Новости за 17.10.2016

George Weigel, National Review
All of this does have a certain 1930s feel about it. If that low decade and its results are not to be replicated in the third decade of this century, the politically correct veto on discussing these eight threats to Europe must be ignored and thus rejected, and a lot more serious attention to these challenges is going to be required in Old and New Europe alike. At the moment, alas, there seems no European figure capable of igniting the kind of debate over its future that Europe needs.

Anna Nemtsova, The Daily Beast
Russia's preparing for war. Is this self-defense, an implied threat to the West, an excuse for political repression, or all of the above?

Robert Kaplan, Wall Street Journal
By seriously pressuring Russia in Eastern and Central Europe, the U.S. can create conditions for a meaningful negotiation whereby Moscow might have an incentive to shape the behavior of its Syrian client in a better direction.

Rod Nordland, New York Times
Mosul's residents are hoarding food and furtively scrawling resistance slogans on walls, while the city's Islamic State rulers have feverishly expanded their underground tunnel network and tried to dodge American drones.