Achal Prabhala & Sudhir Krishnaswamy, NY Times
Today, the Indian government holds more than a dozen patents related to cow urine and has filed applications for them in nearly 150 countries. Many nations, including the United States, France and South Korea, have recognized these, but not India, which has much stricter standards for patents. For now.
Brad Plumer, Vox
The country's not quite ready to go 100 percent renewable -- at least not yet.
Eli Lake, Bloomberg View
There's boycott talk in the U.S. and EU, but Israelis are forging ties with India, Russia and the Arabs.
RealClearWorld
Watch part two of RealClearWorld's recent interview with author Shadi Hamid on his latest book, "Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam Is Reshaping the World."
David French, NRO
Americans have divided themselves into political camps after the Orlando shooting, adding further incentive to jihadists to target America.
Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian
Contempt for politicians has been on the rise for years. But this EU referendum campaign has torn away at the veil that divides civility from mayhem.
Ryan Cooper, The Week
The original idea of the EU was a noble one. Here's how a generation of politicians and bureaucrats messed it up.
Paul Krugman, New York Times
There are still four and a half months to go before the presidential election. But there's a vote next week that could matter as much for the world's future as what happens here:à Britain's referendum on whether to stay in theà European Union.
Konrad Yakabuski, Globe and Mail
Almost everywhere in the West, right-wing demagogues and left-wing populists are gaining ground at the expense of moderates
Z. Khalilzad & J. Dobbins, WaPo
Obama can take steps to engage Tehran even as we compete with it.
Pamela Falk, Observer
US ambassador Samantha Power employs âÂÂmuseum diplomacyâ and takes diplomats on a tour of the Met Museum.
L. Todd Wood, Wash. Times
The Obama administration has gotten America into quite a conundrum when it comes to the Russian Federation and its wily leader, Vladimir Putin, who are aggressively pushing back against NATO encroachment on former Soviet and Warsaw Pact territory.
P. Kim Bui, Reportedly
400 people have died and thousands detained, HRW reports.
Bonnie Glaser & Matthew Funaiole, Nat'l Interest
Beijing's no supervillain.
Nikki Wiart, Maclean's
Now that Bill C-210 is before Senate, and will likely become law, what do some of Canada's artistic minds think of O Canada?
Aaron David Miller, Wall Street Journal
Is there value or utility in identifying as Islamic (radical or extremist) terror attacks carried out by those who identify with Islamic State or other jihadi causes?
Polly Toynbee, Guardian
It's wrong to view the killing of Jo Cox in isolation. Hate has been whipped up against the political class.
John Bew, New Statesman
The Labour MP and humanitarian I came to knowà was the type of person who would restore one's faith in politics.Ã
Fraser Nelson, Telegraph
Six years ago, a woman booked an appointment with her local MP, Stephen Timms, and stabbed him twice in the stomach. She had intended to kill him, and had drawn up a list of several MPs who had voted for the Iraq war. She wasn't part of a terrorist cell, but still her attack was seen â at the time â as part of the jihadist threat facing Britain.
Aaron Zelin & Jacob Olidort, Wash. Institute
The group's public executions of gay men are part of a deliberate moral policing campaign, one aimed at showing supporters and enemies alike that it means to enforce its narrow, atavistic view of Islamic law wherever it can.
Andrew Cockburn, TomDispatch
These days, lamenting the apparently aimless character of Washington's military operations in the Greater Middle East has become conventional wisdom among administration critics of every sort. Senator John McCainà thundersà that âÂÂthis president has no strategy to successfully reverse the tide of slaughter and mayhemâ in that region. Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studiesà bemoansà the âÂÂlack of a viable and public... Читать дальше...