David Ignatius, Wash Post
WASHINGTON -- Sometime over the next several years, the next U.S. president could confront a genuinely dangerous threat from a faraway place -- a North Korean missile that can hit U.S. territory with...
Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest
A bipartisan consensus on bringing India and the United States closer together is a good thing, and has given birth to a process that has been paying dividends. Indeed, it's how these things â¦
Shashi Tharoor, Project Syndicate
India's renowned Kota coaching institutes â whose sole purpose is to prepare high-school students for brutally difficult university entrance examinations â have produced nine suicides this year, and 56 in the last five years. This is what happens when an entire country commits to a perverse conception of academic excellence.
Harish Menon, Quartz
When the Hindi film industry does not stand by its own core values, it loses respect.
Wladimir van Wilgenburg, The Daily Beast
It looks like Manbij will fall to Kurdish and Arab fighters backed by U.S. and French special forces in the near future. But their next target remains a question mark.
Nigel Farage, Daily Telegraph
It is part of my vision that after a Leave vote, by controlling our borders and stopping a flood of unskilled migrant labour into the country, wages would rise for British workers. The minimum wage would no longer be the maximum wage for so many of our citizens. Our younger generation would have a proper chance of getting their foot in the door, with employers encouraged to train them, rather than simply relying on cheap migrant workers.
Li Ming, Foreign Policy
I believe that Fanya is not a typical case of financial mismanagement, but rather that the government and state-owned banks are heavily implicated as well. Now, according to public announcements in late March and early April, authorities say Fanya engaged in illegal fundraising. But it seems that no one is going to hold the state-owned banks accountable for the role they played. And when we protest and try to fight for our own rights, the government would rather spend money... Читать дальше...
Ahmad Abu Amer, Al-Monitor
Each year, organizers of summer camps in the Gaza Strip compete to lure youngsters to their program of activities -- and to their ideology.
Eduardo Salcedo-Albaran & Luis Jorge Garay-Salamanca, City Journal
Transnational criminal cartels, still poorly understood, are undermining order around the world. Here's how they can be disrupted.
Masha Gessen, New York Review of Books
The Italian graphic novelist Igort went to Ukraine in 2008 and stayed for nearly two years. He met people at marketplaces and on country roads, and drew their lives. The living voices and the vivid images in his book are those of the powerless.
L. Todd Wood, Washington Times
Israel can no longer count on the United States for its ultimate security. America is no longer the protector of last resort. Israel simply cannot trust us, for yes, the United States of America, formerly Israel's only true friend, is now conspiring for its demise through a policy that has simply enabled Iran.
Ulrich Speck, World Affairs Journal
Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin are wrestling over which approach to security will be more effective in coming years: economic strength or nuclear intimidation and military conflict.
Richard Javad Heydarian, Asia Times
Intensified Sino-American rivalry, and its regional reverberations, was well on display during the latest edition of the Asian Security Summit, better known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, which brought together the world's leading defense officials and experts in Singapore.
Ian Bateson, Foreign Policy
During her time in Russian prison, Nadiya Savchenko became a symbol for Kiev'??s fight against Moscow. But can she make the jump from martyr to politician?
Mike Giglio, BuzzFeed
Rebel commanders with U.S. ties are being courted by Russia â with promises of money, weapons, and air support. Mike Giglio reports from the TurkeyâÂÂSyria border.
Sylvie Kauffmann, New York Times
PARIS â I must confess: French people can go crazy over soccer but I am not one of them. To me, the best part of the game on television is when the players run onto the field and I can check out the weird haircuts. The next 90 minutes are quite baffling. What I find fascinating, though, about French soccer is what is going on off the field.
Amir Handjani, Reuters
This week, Hillary Clinton made history by becoming the first female nominee for president of a major American political party.
Zack Beauchamp, Vox
Contrast Donald Trump with Justin Trudeau.
Kergin, Sarukhan & Wayne, RCW
Relations among North America's three big neighbors are much more important to their citizens' self-interest than the great majority of those citizens realize. The U.S. media's focus on Mexico is too often negative, while Canada frequently gets neglected. The political campaign season in the United States has magnified negative statements about North American ties by candidates building on stereotypes and false premises. How can we push back and get our publics... Читать дальше...
Micah Halpern, Observer
For extremist Muslims, however, Ramadan is more than introspection and atonement.
Kevin Sullivan, RealClearWorld
Siege and starvation certainly isn't a new tactic for Damascus, but such measures are no doubt felt more sharply in a time of fasting and religious obligation. As one of the five pillars of the Muslim faith, the decision of whether to fast is one of great significance to any Muslim -- even those living under occupation and war.