E.A. Wayne, Forbes
By Earl Anthony Wayne Trade with Mexico supports some 4.9 million U.S. jobs, according to a new project by the Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute. We should be seriously thinking about the millions of U.S. jobs supported by trade with our southern neighbor while weighing the wisdom of calls for imposing 35% [...]
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
The American founders would have been appalled by a referendum, much as Europeans and Latin Americans are appalled by features of the American system. But I will argue that the founders were right on referendums. They do not yield the will of the people, but their chaotic discord. They are a way for representatives to evade responsibility, not a way to empower the nation.Ã
Jim Stavridis, Huffington Post
Big doors swing on small hinges.
Anna Nemtsova, Daily Beast
The Kremlin, which brooks no separatism in the Russian Federation, is encouraging it all over Europe.
Thanassis Cambanis, The Atlantic
In Aleppo, Syrians endure one of the war's most violent phases yet.
Dave Majumdar, TNI
The Russians might not be willing to back down in a confrontation with American forces.