The Lime Grower Who Fought a Mexican Drug Cartel
Ryan Devereaux, Intercept
How a Lime Grower Led an Uprising Against One of Mexico's Bloodiest Drug Cartels.
Ryan Devereaux, Intercept
How a Lime Grower Led an Uprising Against One of Mexico's Bloodiest Drug Cartels.
Colum Lynch, Foreign Policy
With the United Kingdom looking less united than ever before, a rump Britain could lose influence at the U.N. -- and face mounting pressure to give up its seat on the Security Council.
Max Fisher, New York Times
Over the past year, Turkey has endured at least 14 major terrorist attacks, killing more than 200 people. The Turkish government blamed the Islamic State for Tuesday's, an assessment many analysts share. But while that group, also called ISIS and ISIL, has claimed responsibility for some of the attacks, others have been attributed to Kurdish groups.
Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker
In snubbing both the government they elected and the opposition, Leave voters manifested disdain for the political process entirely.
Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal
Why do breakaway political parties want to remain in the European Union?
Charlie Cooper, The Independent
The old (and not especially accurate) joke about Stephen Crabb is that he would never reach the top of politics because he was forever making sideways moves. But in the space of a few months, the Preseli Pembrokeshire MP has gone from Wales Secretary to Work and Pensions Secretary to potential Prime Minister with impressive speed.
Fehim Tastekin, Al-Monitor
Although Israel did not meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's top condition of lifting the Gaza blockade, Erdogan is still hailing the reconciliation between the countries as a major win.
Timothy Lee, Vox
The common currency is a flawed project that threatens to hold back European economies for decades to come.
Robin Mills, The National
The vote has profound long-term consequences for energy markets and geopolitics, beyond a single mid-size country now slipping down the global ranking.
Grant Wyeth, The Diplomat
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is far from the transformational figure he hoped to be.
Henry Kissinger, Wall Street Journal
The cascade of commentary on Britain's decision to leave institutional Europe has described the epochal event primarily in the vocabulary of calamity. However, the coin of the realm for statesmen is not anguish or recrimination; it should be to transform setback into opportunity.Ã
Peter Schecter, RCW
The announcement is the first critical step toward ending Latin America's longest-running armed conflict and starts the clock on the political battle to consolidate peace. It will be an explosive political fight. President Juan Manuel Santos has been adamant about the need to subject the peace agreement to a popular vote, allowing the Colombian people to decide rather than leaving this big decision up to political elites. Many people have recommended a different course. The... Читать дальше...
Thomas Friedman, New York Times
The British vote by a narrow majority to leave the European Union is not the end of the world â but it does show us how we can get there.
Anoosh Chakelian, New Statesman
172 no confidence votes to 40 in support of the Labour leader.
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
Berlin is willing to sacrifice any part of the EU except the free trade zone.
John McLaughlin, Ozy
Why an intelligence briefing could feel like a cold shower for Trump.
Rafael Behr, Guardian
Johnson and co are grossly irresponsible. They see this historic crisis as a rich man's parlour game.
Parag Khanna, Foreign Policy
But since it's tough to put Buckingham Palace on a trailer, quasi-independence is the next best thing.
S. Kurl & C. Dade, Globe and Mail
When Canadians are asked what should be done with NAFTA over the next few years, the most popular response is âÂÂrenegotiate it'
Jack Moore, Newsweek
No group is yet to claim responsibility for the coordinated attack. The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) is suspected of carrying out the blasts due to the nature of both the target and the attack. While Turkey is facing an insurgency from Kurdish militant groups, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its affiliated wing the Kurdistan Freedom Fighters (TAK), these groups usually target Turkish authorities.
Oliver Carroll, Moscow Times
If there is anything the last two years should have taught us, it is that the unthinkable can happen â separatism, disintegration, even wars â and that it can happen very quickly.