Новости за 01.09.2016

Kamran Bokhari, Geopolitical Futures
Media reports treat the story of the Taliban taking over districts all across Afghanistan as something that should not be happening. The underlying assumption is that the Taliban would not be resurging if mainstream forces were not corrupt and if they behaved democratically. There is a general tendency to overlook the reality that Afghanistan is afflicted by a much deeper problem – there is no mainstream to begin with, at least not one that is coherent. Читать дальше...

Andrew Small, German Marshall Fund
WASHINGTON — New British Prime Minister Theresa May's first visit to China for the G20 this weekend marks the start of a soberer phase in relations between Beijing and London.

Kaj Leers, RealClearWorld
For years national politicians have pronounced in chorus that tax evasion problems should be dealt with on a European level. Now that the European Commission has done exactly that -- slamming Apple with a €13 billion bill in back taxes -- the veil has come off. Ireland is appealing the decision. Tax competition is alive and well in Europe.

A. Evans-Pritchard, T'graph
The EU authorities are trying to subvert the sovereign prerogative of the elected Dail to determine Irish tax and fiscal policies, and some are clearly hoping to shut down Ireland's special low tax model and end its role as an off-shore aircraft carrier for US companies.