Новости за 11.07.2016

James Kirkup, Telegraph
There is no bad way to become prime minister, but this not how Theresa May wanted to win.

George Mikhail, Al-Monitor
Although Donald Trump's stance on the Muslim Brotherhood is in line with that of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the presumptive Republican nominee's statements on Muslims in general have decreased his popularity in Egypt.

Tunku Varadarajan, Politico EU
One team had the will to win. The other just had je ne sais quoi.

George B.N. Ayittey, Foreign Policy
African leaders should admit that a caricature of the European Union can't possibly work for Africa.

Patrick Tucker, Defense One
Anti-Europe leaders successfully turned the idea of a less-than-NATO rapid response force into political red herring.

Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest
Attack on regional governor shows influence of Syrian Civil War.

James Kirchick, Voice of America
With the Tories moving further to the right and becoming officially anti-EU, the time is ripe for a new party of the pro-European, respectable center-left to emerge.

John McLaughlin, Ozy
Britain gave us modern history's greatest statesman, Sir Winston Churchill. We cannot know how Churchill would have voted in 2016, but he did say in 1949 that Britain's interests and the Commonwealth's were in a United Europe. And I recall what Churchill in 1941 said to students at Harrow School: “… never, never, never … give in.”

Shaun Walker, The Guardian
President Putin denies that Russia welcomes Britain's vote to leave the EU -- but it offers a possibility of weakened sanctions and a shift in power relations.

Tom Switzer, SMH
It's time Turnbull reached out to conservatives. The common mantra is that if only the star of Q&A had embraced a "progressive" agenda he would have won a convincing majority. This is hogwash.

Aaron David Miller, Wall Street Journal
Aaron David Miller: ISIS, its affiliates and the extremist ideology they represent are a generational problem that, at least right now, lacks a comprehensive solution.

Riada Asimovic Akyol, Nation
Istanbul— “Be calm now…something happened in Istanbul tonight…” said my husband, Mustafa, while approaching me with an iPad in his hand, hesitantly announcing news of the latest horrific terrorist attack on June 28.

Josh Rogin, Washington Post
Republicans warn that unilateral executive actions would break promises to Congress.

Josh Gelernter, National Review
Some dark new twists to voting-booth demographics.

Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
The new parliament that will be seated in September will bring no new faces. Exactly as Russians wish.

European Council on Foreign Relations
NATO's Warsaw Summit is, officially, not just about Russia. Except that it is still basically all about Russia. The deterioration of relations with Russia after the Ukraine crisis has posed difficult, even existential questions for the alliance. What is the nature of the Russian threat? What does Russia want? Is cooperation with Russia still possible?

Ian Buruma, Times Literary
IÂ have little doubt that Jeremy Corbyn was sincere when he originally denied that anti-Semitism could be a problem for the Labour Party, since it had always been staunchly opposed to racism. London's former Labour mayor Ken Livingstone also probably believes that his fierce anti-Zionism has nothing to do with anti-Semitism. As he put it: “A real anti-Semite doesn't just hate the Jews in Israel, they hate their Jewish neighbour . . . It's a physical loathing”. Читать дальше...

Manuel Muniz & Bernardo Navazo, New Atlanticist
The result of the June 23 referendum in the United Kingdom could lead to the first instance of a member of the European Union leaving the Union's ranks.

Buttonwood, Economist
A more tolerant, open Britain has emerged in the last 40 years. Will it survive the post-Brexit ugly mood?

Umesh Pandey, Bangkok Post
While most of the world continues to obsess over every twist and turn in the Brexit saga and its impact on global markets, a major development tomorrow could have implications that hit closer to home.

Wang Wen & Chen Xiaochen & Chang Yudi, Diplomat
The South China Sea issue will not stop China-ASEAN trade -- or cooperation on the