Think Britain Is Angry and Divided? Look at the Continent
Timothy G. Ash, Guardian
Now is not the time for knee-jerk responses to the Brexit vote. Better to watch the shifting jigsaw and make the right move
Timothy G. Ash, Guardian
Now is not the time for knee-jerk responses to the Brexit vote. Better to watch the shifting jigsaw and make the right move
Michael Gove, Spectator
This past week has been a momentous one for our country.
Josh Rogin, Washington Post
Beijing appears to be curtailing trade in retaliation for Kim Jong Un's nuclear tests.
Piers Morgan, Daily Mail
Boris, the greatest character in British politics since Churchill, fell victim - just as his hero did - to ignominious failure and defeat after victory in a clash of European nations.
J. Kantor & C. Einhorn, NYT
How Canadian hockey moms, poker buddies and neighbors are adopting Syrians, a family at a time.Ã
Philip Stephens, Financial Times
Britain's politics are going the way of Greece. The economic risks ofà Brexitwere well rehearsed. The political perils were neglected. The out decision defies the majority in parliament. Its legacy is a rudderless Conservative government, a Labour opposition fallen to civil war and a political class at sea about what to do next. This is a nation surrendering its claim to be one of the world's most stable democracies.
Ralph Jennings, CS Monitor
The newly inaugurated president of the Philippines faces accusations that as mayor of Davao he used death squads to clean up crime. He is pledging to be just as tough in his new job, but he will need to show his softer side, too.
Tom Rowley & Meabh Ritchie, T'graph
The Lancashire town of Accrington suffered some of the highest losses on the first, fatal day of the Somme, when its men were sent over the trenches. One century on, the legacy is still being felt today
Kevin Lees, Suffragio
Since Coalition prime minister John Howard lost the 2007 election, and thereby leaving office after 11 consecutive years in office, Australia has changed prime ministers exactly four times.
Kathleen McNamara, Foreign Affairs
The European Union won't fall. And yet the emotions and cultural chasms brought to bear in the Brexit vote cannot and should not be ignored.
Christine Nikol, Observer
Please, Americans, the British do not need your partisanship right now. Wish the parties well, hope for the best, and please, don't drag them into a pre-November brawl instead.Ã
Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal
Lots of thinking and rethinking in Europe, but alas, not much clarity
Hugh Gusterson, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Those who voted for a âÂÂBrexit,â with the avowed goal of âÂÂmaking Britain great again,â may have set in motion a course of events that will result in Britain's unilateral nuclear disarmament.For those who favor disarmament, this would be good. For those who hoped Britain's departure from the European Union would restore its glory on the world stage, it presumably would not.
Bruno Lete, GMF
Ukraine's top priority needs to be its domestic policy. Success at home will determine the rest, including strengthening Ukraine's partnership with NATO. To make a case that Kyiv is a reliable partner of the Alliance, it must first start to modernize all fields of government, military, and the private sector. Ukraine must continue to demonstrate to NATO, and itself, that it can carry out reform and fight corruption. If it cannot, Allies' political willingness to invest in the NATO-Ukraine partnership will decline.
Jacob Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures
Of the many outstanding questions regardingà the ramifications of the British vote to leave the EU, one of the most important is the future of Scotland. Just two years ago, the Scots held a referendum over the question of their independence, and voted by a 55-45 percent margin to remain in the United Kingdom. The outcome was by no means assured. I lived in England in the year leading up to the vote, and the fears that Scotland would vote to leave were very real. Читать дальше...
Andreas Kohl Martinez, CapX
âÂÂWe are moving in the wrong direction. An expansion of the influence of the State has no place in a globalized world. Nevertheless, nationalist and socialist concepts have survived in almost all States. We should bid farewell to nationalist and socialist ideas to the extent possible and transfer more responsibilities to the citizens. We do â¦
Michael Weiss, Daily Beast
The fighters from the so-called Islamic State saw the American-supported fighters coming, and just took them apart.
Maxim Suchkov, Al-Monitor
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's apology appears to have broken the ice with Russia, but the relationship still needs time to thaw.
Maria Savel, World Politics Review
Spain held its second general election in six months on Sunday, after political leaders failed to form a governing coalition in the wake of December's inconclusive vote. However, results from Sunday's voting didn't move the needle much from December, and Spain, once again, faces the prospect of continued political deadlock.
M. Schneider-Petsinger, RCW
When the next round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) starts in mid-July, the process will have been ongoing for more than three years. Progress has been slow, with disputes between the negotiating parties compounded by strong public opposition to what is often seen as a secretive process designed to benefit big business. Similar concerns have been raised with regard to the other two pillars of the Obama administration's trade... Читать дальше...
Tom McTague & Alex Spence, Politico EU
How the Brexit âÂÂdream ticket' fell apart.