Bradley Klapper, AP
WASHINGTON (AP) â A group the White House recently identified as a key surrogate in selling the Iran nuclear deal gave National Public Radio $100,000 last year to help it report on the pact and related issues.
Nancy Youssef, Daily Beast
The terror group was already worried that its main city, Raqqa, was under threat. A new push from the U.S. military looks to make that paranoia worse.
Scott Sagan & Benjamin Valentino, WS Journal
Public opinion supported the strike on HiroshimaâÂÂand if provoked, many Americans might well back nuclear attacks on foes like Iran and al Qaeda
Yossi Verter, Haaretz
Outgoing defense minister is taking a time-out from politics to prepare for the anti-Netanyahu operation to come.
Mati Tuchfeld, Israel Hayom
The cries of horror on the Left in the wake of Yisrael Beytenu's decision to join the coalition and Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Lieberman being tapped as the new defense minister were expected. Any other reaction would have been surprising.Ã
Brian Andrews, National Interest
Ultimately, an independent U.S.-Vietnam relationship will widen the aperture of potential areas for cooperation and could provide more stability in Vietnam's relationship with China.
Zack Beauchamp, Vox
It's a sign of the times in Israel.
Steven Metz, World Politics Review
In 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama campaigned for president promising to extricate the United States from its grinding wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. His administration, Obama hoped, would be known for domestic programs rather than war-fighting. Unfortunately America's adversaries had different intentions. Obama has now been at war longer than any other U.S. president.
Peter Hartcher, Sydney Morning Herald
Malcolm Turnbull entered a Faustian pact from the very outset. It wasn't going to end well.
Tom Rogan, National Review
The U.S. needs to push back against China in the Pacific.
Tony Badran, Weekly Standard
Following the mysterious death of Hezbollah senior military commander Mustafa Badreddine in Syria last week, speculation continues to swirl over the identity of his possible successor. The prevailing theory holds that this role will fall to Ibrahim Aqil and/or Fuad Shukr, ranking members of Hezbollah's military council and veterans of the group and its security apparatus. However, a report in the London-based Asharq al-Awsat on Tuesday, citing anonymous Lebanese sources... Читать дальше...
Suzanne Maloney, Brookings
Iran's dissatisfaction about the progress of sanctions relief presents a serious diplomatic dilemma for Washington. But it should not be interpreted as evidence that the deal is âÂÂunraveling.â Rather, the chorus of complaints from Tehran demonstrates the accord is working exactly as it was intendedâÂÂforestalling Iranian nuclear ambitions while amplifying the incentives for further reintegration into the global economy.
Eli Lake, Bloom View
There's a fringe in conservative policy making that wants to get the politicians out of the process.
Ploughshares Fund
As foes of the Iran deal strike back.
Bradley Klapper, AP
WASHINGTON (AP) â A group the White House recently identified as a key surrogate in selling the Iran nuclear deal gave National Public Radio $100,000 last year to help it report on the pact and related issues.