Новости за 28.08.2016

Elizabeth Dickinson, FP

The jubilation 12 miles away in Bogotá — where banners proclaiming “Sí, a la Paz!” (“Yes, to peace!”) line the main roads — seems very far from Altos, which is still contested ground. There are at least three armed groups fighting to control the invasión's two unpaved main streets, its drug trafficking corridors, and the recruitment of disaffected local boys and girls as young as 10. If those groups have names, no one knows them; if they have an ideology... Читать дальше...

Nick Miroff, Wash Post
In an era of frustrating, if not failed, U.S. policy interventions abroad, the Colombian peace deal announced last week offers the possibility of a rare victory for American diplomacy.

Barbie Latza Nadeau, The Daily Beast
If you have ever felt the heart-stopping tremor of an earthquake, you know well that the initial jolt is just the beginning. What follows is almost always a relentless cascade of aftershocks, which can feel something like a scary amusement park ride that has short-circuited and that no one seems to know how to stop.

Nicholas Farrell, The Spectator
Even in sunglasses and a German uniform, the Duce wasn't tricky to spot. That hasn't stopped Italy's conspiracy theorists.

Peter Hartcher, SM Herald
Beijing will bluster but will accept Scott Morrison's decision to block two Chinese firms from buying a controlling stake in Sydney's electricity network.

Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times
The possessions in Luko Loku's thatched home convey his simple life. A bedside stool with a sliver of mirror. An old door hinge. A machete lying on the bed frame, as if sleeping.

Peter McKnight, Globe and Mail
Opioid overprescription is a societal problem, much like addiction itself. And it will require a societal solution.

Michael A. Cohen, Boston Globe
The Democratic presidential candidate is showing a lack of political courage on TPP.

Mustafa Akyol, Al-Monitor
Just like the United States after the 9/11 attacks, the Turkish state has a right to defend itself; but now, just like the US government after 9/11, Turkey may be seriously overreacting.

Minxin Pei, Project Syndicate
The embrace of political strongmen – leaders like Donald Trump who promise that they alone can fix the problems besetting democracies – reflects widespread ignorance of the nature and consequences of populist rule. Voters in much of the world could use a history lesson.

Jonathan Head, BBC News
When you meet an assassin who has killed six people, you don't expect to encounter a diminutive, nervous young woman carrying a baby. "My first job was two years ago in this province nearby. I felt really scared and nervous because it was my first time."

Hassan Hassan, Tahrir Institute
Notwithstanding the immediate objectives of the Turkish campaign, the development demonstrates a new state of play in the northern parts of the country. The YPG's withdrawal from Manbij two days after the Turkish entry into Syria has bitter symbolism for the Kurdish group, since the battle in Manbij was the second-deadliest battle for Kurdish forces since Kobane. That iconic battle in 2014 consummated Washington's relationship with the YPG in the global war against IS in Syria... Читать дальше...

Robert Fulford, Nat'l Post
In difficult times, Russians admire proud, ambitious leaders, those willing to establish Russian power and influence in distant places. No one knows that better than Putin.

Scott Shane, New York Times
After years of encouraging and financing a harsh Islam in support of the anti-Soviet jihad, the United States had reversed course — gradually during the 1990s and then dramatically after the Sept. 11 attacks. But in pressuring Saudi Arabia, American officials would tread lightly, acutely aware of American dependence on Saudi oil and intelligence cooperation. Saudi reform would move at an excruciatingly slow pace.