Новости за 22.06.2016

Scott Gilmore, Boston Globe
When the Berlin Wall fell, so did Russia's status in the world.

Christine McCaffray van den Toorn, War on the Rocks
While the frontline with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) lies only 4.5 kilometers south of Sinjar, a potentially more dangerous threat looms.

Fahad Shah, The Diplomat
As India clamps down on Kashmir with an iron grip, it risks permanently losing the hearts and minds of the people.

Vanda Felbab-Brown, Vox
Afghanistan's political problems run much deeper than just the Taliban.

Mustafa Akyol, Foreign Policy
Erdogan's governing philosophy is on its way to becoming Turkey's new “official ideology,” as Kemalism was for almost a century. Some Turkey observers call this ideology “Islamism,” but that's not the whole story. It rather seems to be — just like its predecessor, Kemalism — an ideology centered around a cult of personality: Erdoganism.

Ali Hashem, Al-Monitor
The war in Syria is hitting Iran ever closer to home, prompting Tehran to push for closer coordination with Russia, even as leaders on both sides complain of a lack of confidence and tactical misalignments.

Brendan O'Neill, Telegraph
The EU referendum campaign, as rough and ugly as it has sometimes been, is the best thing to have happened to British politics in a generation.

John Connolly, Monkey Cage
If you look closely, EU membership isn't as important to Scottish voters as some commentators believe.

George Friedman, RealClearWorld
No matter which side wins, a substantial part of the population of one of Europe's major powers thinks so badly of the European experiment that they want to leave. The mere fact that a large portion of the public in such a country is so disillusioned with the European Union that an exit is possible is a blow to the idea of a united Europe.

Daniel Hannan, Telegraph
The door is ajar.

Nick Cohen, Spectator
I myself have many problems with liberal culture and its arrant double standards, and appreciate the democratic case for leaving a decaying EU. But I would not vote for our new nationalists. I know hucksters when I see them. When he argued in favour of a representative parliament, Burke warned of the dangers of politicians becoming ‘bidders at an auction of popularity… Flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the... Читать дальше...

Shiraz Maher, New Statesman
The first signs of a Western-backed attempt to recapture Raqqa, ­Islamic State's de facto capital in Syria, came a fortnight ago when fighter jets dropped leaflets over the city telling residents to leave. “The time has come,” the warnings read, alongside an illustration of residents evacuating the city as incoming forces overran IS fighters.

Jim DeMint & Nile Gardiner, CapX
On a recent trip to London we were reminded of the importance of Great Britain to the free world, and the Special Relationship that binds the United States and the United Kingdom. Our meetings with Members of the Cabinet and backbench MPs were dominated by the upcoming referendum on EU membership.

Ian Bond, Centre for European Reform
The threats to Britain are diverse, and shared with Europe. Responses must be equally flexible and multinational. The age of splendid isolation is not coming back.

Patrick Winn, Public Radio Int.
Myanmar is one of the poorest nations thus far to acquire lethal drones. Thanks to China, they're more affordable and available than ever.

Camille Pecastaing, Foreign Affairs
Brexit could be the best thing for Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

John Tamny, RealClearMarkets
During World War I England's Royal Navy imposed a blockade on Germany in hopes of frustrating trade between Germany and the U.S. U.S. exports to Germany subsequently plummeted, but out of nowhere...

Ted Bromund, Weekly Standard
At times—blessedly—politics barely intrude on normal life. Last year, for example, Britain held an election that bored virtually everyone who wasn't directly involved in it. It was no more consequential than most elections (in other words, it mattered, but not as much as everyone believed), but it had the merit of producing an entirely reasonable outcome that almost no one (myself included) expected: A bored nation voted narrowly for a boring party, the Conservatives... Читать дальше...

Jerry Brown, New York Review of Books
I know of no person who understands the science and politics of modern weaponry better than William J. Perry, the US Secretary of Defense from 1994 to 1997. When a man of such unquestioned experience and intelligence issues the stark nuclear warning that is central to his recent memoir, we should take heed.

Luigi Zingales, Indian Express
Reappointment of Raghuram Rajan as RBI governor would have transformed this stroke of luck into a tangible sign of change.

Matthew Stein, Ozy
Never mind the electricity outages or these Venezuelans will not be kept from their jokes, or from pot.