Mostaghim & Bengali, LA Times
In Tehran, the ritual is becoming as familiar as the âÂÂDeath to Americaâ chants at Friday prayers. It's the yearly rush to enter a lottery for the chance to immigrate to the United States.
Benjamin Weinthal, Weekly Standard
Communists in the east and leftists in the west were active enemies of the Jewish state.
Rohollah Faghihi, Al-Monitor
Converging views on Syria appear to be leading to real mutual support between regional powers Iran and Egypt.
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View
High Court has to weigh modern democracy versus U.K. tradition.
Bhavan Jaipragas, SCMP
There is a mix of around 8,000 homegrown and foreign fighters in the northern Iraqi city, which straddles IS-controlled areas in north-western Iraq and neighbouring parts of eastern Syria.
Andrew Desiderio, Daily Beast
Once again, the U.S. hopes Obama's popularity in Europe will help save a vital political ally and preserve unity. But as Brexit proved, that's not a sure thing.
Mohammed Alyahya, New York Times
Accusations against Saudi Arabia and Salafi theology distract us from the real causes of violent extremism.
Trevor Timm, The Guardian
The U.S. should attempt to de-escalate tensions by negotiating some form of international cyber treaty before this gets out of control.
Nick Miroff, Washington Post
Ecuador's decision to cut off his Internet access comes amid a broader political realignment in South America.
Jordana McMillan, Jerusalem Post
The UNESCO resolution is a modern pogrom against the Jewish peopleâ??s connection to its historic homeland.
Brahma Chellaney, Japan Times
A Japan-India partnership on major projects in Myanmar can help reduce the salience of Chinese influence there.
Barbara Kay, National Post
Does the heritage group want to protect our cultural history or score points against Jews?
Gordon Chang, National Interest
Taiwan and its friends are becoming more powerful together.
Daniel Byman, Brookings Institution
True victory in the battle of Mosul, the Islamic State's capital in Iraq and the largest city it controls, will be difficult. Far harder than the military fight will be the political struggle.
Ivan Krastev, New York Times
Millions of Europeans support populist candidates. So why don't they back Trump?
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
Different problems, different goals, different outcomes. Fans like Trump should proceed with caution.
Barbie Latza Nadeau, Daily Beast
Two Italian organized-crime rings are accused of trading in weapons with ISIS fighters for illegally pilfered artifacts from Libya.
Sander Loones, EU Observer
The Belgian region's rejection of the EU-Canada trade deal risks the prosperity of the entire continent.
Anca Gurzu, Politico EU
Oslo warns that the pipeline first needs to make business sense.
Michael Byers, Globe and Mail
Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion is setting a new course for the Arctic: co-operation with Moscow on a âÂÂfull range' of issues
Vish Sakthivel, WP Review
The ailing health of Algeria's aging president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, commonly leads Algeria-watchers to assess the prospects for regime continuity and the risks of political instability in what amounts to an interregnum. Both make up chapters of the country's recent history. Over the past 25 years, Algerians lived through 10 traumatic years of insurgency and counterinsurgency, sometimes called the Dark Decade that shook the country to its foundations from 1991-2002,... Читать дальше...