Новости за 30.09.2016

Kevin Sullivan, RealClearWorld
Trump's dogged insistence that he was openly critical of the Iraq invasion represents a missed opportunity to draw a stark contrast between himself and Secretary Clinton, the chosen candidate of the foreign policy establishment. But to truly understand the nuance -- yes, nuance -- in Trump's views on Iraq in those days leading up to the war, and how they appear to have informed his current foreign policy approach, it's important to first consider the political climate of the post-9/11 United States.

Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
So Obama let Syria burn. He let Iran and Hezbollah transform the country into their colony. And he let Putin transform the Mediterranean into a Russian lake.

Karen Weigert, RealClearWorld
The Obama Administration's stalled effort to regulate carbon emissions from power plants, the Clean Power Plan, was back before the courts on Tuesday. Even if it survives the process, the Clean Power Plan and the United States may miss a chance to catch up with China, which is building a transformative platform set to dominate global carbon markets.

Amitav Acharya, National Interest
The principal challenge to American primacy comes not from multipolarity, or the rise of new powers, but from the rise of new threats.

Stephen Kinzer, Globe
Primacy assumes that there is only one good way to live, and Americans have found it.