Syria Peace? Don't Hold Your Breath
Michael Weiss, The Daily Beast
There's little trust among the diplomats in Geneva, in fact, and far, far less among the fighters on the ground.
Michael Weiss, The Daily Beast
There's little trust among the diplomats in Geneva, in fact, and far, far less among the fighters on the ground.
John McLaughlin, Ozy
The subsequent months and years brought dramatic changes to the CIA: new resources, new authorities, a closer integration with the U.S. military and an entire generation of officers socialized in war. It also brought new dangers. When an officer is killed in the line of duty, the CIA carves a star in the marble wall of its headquarters lobby. There are 117 stars; one-third of them have been carved since 9/11.
Dave Rich, New York Times
Mr. Corbyn faces a challenge in a new election for the leadership, which most analysts think he will win thanks to a large influx of left-leaning supporters into the party's ranks. But when the Jewish Labour Movement, an organization affiliated with the Labour Party for nearly a century, recently polled its members on how they would vote in the leadership election, only 4 percent supported Mr. Corbyn, while 92 percent backed his challenger, Owen Smith. (The result of the race will be announced on Sept. Читать дальше...
Lauren Frayer, LAT
As Americans cast ballots this fall, they might spare a thought for Spaniards preparing to do the same -- for the third time in a year, with little hope of actually electing a government.Ã
Rex Murphy, National Post
Having been snubbed by his own party, it's no wonder Mulcair has stayed in the shadows.
Herman Wasserman, AIC
It is still not uncommon to hear South Africans say that they're going on a business trip or holiday âÂÂin Africaâ â as if their own country lies on another continent. We could blame this attitude onâ¦
Rian Malan, Daily Maverick
With murders on an upward trend and robbery rates soaring, how are the poor to defend themselves?
Michael A. Cohen, Boston Globe
When Trump says that his opposition to the Iraq War is evidence of his âÂÂgreat judgmentâ that claim is contradicted by the fact that he didn't actually oppose the Iraq War.
Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
The revelation of Abbas's KGB service requires us to recognize that the Sovietsâ?? long game of subversion continues on today.
Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor
A recent poll put Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, if elections were held today.
Jim Wyss, Miami Herald
A survey by Caracas-based Datincorp found that 57 percent of all Venezuelans said they want to leave the country, up from 49 percent in May of 2015.
F. Klug & K. Tong-hyung, AP
North Korea's latest nuclear test, its most powerful to date, is a game-changer ... according to North Korea.
David Francis & John Hudson, FP
The isolated regime conducted its fifth and most powerful nuclear test on Friday just months after the U.N. imposed new economic penalties. Are sanctions good for anything?
Charles Krauthammer, National Review
China's ostentatious rudeness to President Obama at the airport in Hangzhou was perfectly reflective of the world's general disdain for him.
Walter Russell Mead, American Int.
We don't live in the world the âÂÂliberal internationalistsâ have imagined exists; we live in a world where, more and more, the law of the jungle applies.