Новости за 02.06.2016

Ishaan Tharoor, WaPo

Tens of thousands of refugees fled a war. They journeyed across the Eastern Mediterranean, a trip filled with peril. But the promise of sanctuary on the other side was too great. No, this is not the plight faced by Syrian refugees, desperate to escape the desolation of their homeland and find a safer, better life in Europe. Rather, it's the curious and now mostly forgotten case of thousands of people from Eastern Europe and the Balkans who were housed in a series of camps across the Middle East... Читать дальше...

Patrick Stewart, The Guardian
My family history leads me to reject the thirst for isolationism of those who want to leave the EU: we need to embrace common sense and hope again.

Tasha Kheiriddin, National Post
If Canadians are having fewer children than they would like, should the state financially help them to have more — or should it pursue population growth through immigration?

Tom Rogan, National Review
Forget it. Mrs. Clinton's foreign-policy record isn't just one of unmitigated failure; she actually believes her failures are successes -- she says the Russian reset was a “brilliant stroke.” Oh, and via her e-mail server, Clinton likely spent her tenure as secretary of state as an unwitting, unpaid intelligence asset for the aforementioned nations. In short, for U.S. adversaries, this election offers great promise.

David Gardner, Financial Times
As far as today is concerned, Mr Erdogan's relentless power-grab overshadows everything. Institutions and the rule of law have buckled as the separation of powers is eroded. By demanding unconditional and subservient loyalty, the president has cut himself off from the objective and granular analysis needed for solid policymaking.

Aaron David Miller, WSJ
After 20-plus years of planning mostly failed Middle East peace conferences for Republican and Democratic administrations, I know a fatally flawed one when I see it.

Mohamad Bazzi, Reuters
Leaders of the Shi'ite militias have pledged that they will not take part in the main offensive on the city, and will instead help secure nearby towns and lay siege to Islamic State fighters. But the battle over Falluja highlights Iran's growing military and political influence over Iraq, a country wracked by a complex civil war that leaves it open to outside manipulation.

Nancy Youssef & Michael Weiss, Daily Beast
The fight against ISIS is succeeding, but ironically the wins scored by U.S.-backed forces raise tough questions about who exactly will rule when the terror group is gone.

Maysam Bizaer, Al-Monitor
With the lifting of nuclear-related sanctions, Iran and the EU can now restore their commercial ties — but not without bumps in the road.

Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch
We have it on highest authority: the recent killing of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour by a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan marks “an important milestone.” So the president of the United States has declared, with that claim duly echoed and implicitly endorsed by media commentary -- the New York Times reporting, for example, that Mansour's death leaves the Taliban leadership “shocked” and “shaken.”But a question remains: A milestone toward what exactly?

BBC
Is Vladimir Putin using hybrid warfare to destabilise Europe? That's what many Europeans think. Tim Whewell--who has been watching Moscow for the BBC for over two decades--examines the evidence.

Brendon Hong, Daily Beast
As the anniversary of the June 4, 1989, massacre approaches, China is still trying to come to terms with the contradictory legacies of Mao and Deng.

Keith Johnson, Foreign Policy
Beijing is spending billions on new ports and rail lines, but its ambitions for Europe are as much about geopolitics as commerce.

Rashmee Roshan Lall, The National
Long-held prejudices are working against India's economic interests.

Mandy Sinclair, Brownbook
Developed as an Alpine-style resort during the French protectorate in Morocco in the 1930s, much of the architecture throughout Ifrane bears Swiss influences, like pine panelling, pointed roofs and stonewalls. Originally designed as a ‘hill station', Ifrane's architecture, and its pine and chestnut trees, were imported from France.

Hayes Brown, BuzzFeed
The suspended accounts — including @DarthPutinKGB — have been revived after spending nearly a day shutdown.

Chakravorti, Chaturvedi & Mazzotta, HBR
It's been nearly 300 years since paper money became accepted as legal tender. While much has changed about how we make, sell, and buy goods, cash has stuck around. It's been only recently that the road to a wider cashless society has started to really take shape. From apps such as PayPal, Venmo, or Square Cash to mobile payment platforms like Kenya's mPesa, Bangladesh's bKash, or Apple Pay, there are signs that cash is following the path of other “information... Читать дальше...

Jeffrey Bialos & Stuart Koehl, TNI
Five points on which the Pentagon's "Third Offset" deserves scrutiny.

Edward Lucas, Center for European Policy Analysis
The “Leave” campaign grotesquely invents statistics, underplays the costs of leaving and portrays Britain as the victim of a sinister foreign plot. Boris Johnson, the ex-mayor of London and Conservative Party leadership contender, has even, disgracefully, implied that the European Union is a continuation of Hitler's Third Reich.Yet the “Remain” campaign is little better.

Cui Tiankai, Bloomberg View
Disputes over the region's interests offer an opportunity for cooperation, says China's ambassador to the U.S.

Harry Kazianis, YaleGlobal
US naval excursions are temporary response to Beijing's permanent islands and equipment in the South China Sea.Â