Новости за 10.11.2016

George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
Donald Trump has been elected president of the United States. The extent of the bewilderment is significant. The pollsters were shocked. The media was surprised. The financial markets were stunned. Many in the Republican Party were astonished. And the Democratic Party was totally taken off guard. The thought that a man with Trump's values and behavior could become president was, to many, unthinkable. I do not mean that they disagreed with him, or hoped that Trump would lose. Читать дальше...

Maxim Shrayer, Tablet Magazine
I went to bed last night wondering what Chekhov, my favorite Russian writer and a supreme student of vulgarity, might say about this election.

Stephen Marche, The Walrus
We are now the last country on earth to believe in multiculturalism

Hugh White, Lowy Interpreter
Our next thoughts should be for ourselves. It seems only prudent to expect that a lot will go wrong over the coming months and years, as America's role in the world, including and perhaps especially in our region, swerves off the rails. The temptation will be to blame everything that goes wrong on Donald Trump. If only Hillary Clinton had won, we will be inclined to think, then all would have been well.

Clarke & Gartenstein-Ross, WOTR
Jihadist strategy has always been dynamic and opportunistic. Militant groups, which are typically outgunned and outspent by their state opponents, have lon

James Frayne, Cons Home
The British public's vote to leave the EU was a surprise to British political and media elites. Trump's winning of the Presidency was a shock to those same elites in the US. Why? And does it matter?

Economist
A Trump presidency will be bad for the world economy and worse for places outside America

James Stavridis, Foreign Policy
Dismissing a President Trump's reservations about the premier Western military alliance won't wash.

Tom Rogan, National Review
The incoming administration should learn from the successes and failures of the previous generation of American foreign-policy hands.

Tobias Stone, Huffington Post
Note: this essay contains a lot of links out, which are underlined. Consider them further reading or me backing up my opinions.It seems we're ...

Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
What assumptions can we make about U.S. foreign policy in the next four years, especially with regard to the Middle East?The first, I think, is...

Max Fisher, New York Times
Whether or not Donald J. Trump follows through on his campaign pledges to diminish or possibly abandon American commitments to security alliances such as NATO, his election victory forces nations around the world to begin preparing for the day they can no longer count on the American-backed order.Â

Mark Leonard, Project Syndicate
Europeans will not only have to get used to Donald Trump; they will have to look at the world through different eyes. There are four reasons to believe that Trump's America will be the single biggest source of global disorder.

Greg Myre, NPR
Trump casually tossed out provocative foreign policy pronouncements during his campaign. From Vladimir Putin to the Taliban, many abroad are watching closely to see what Trump will do in office.

Asli Aydıntasbas, ECFR
The speed of Turkey's decline is mind-boggling, even when you live through its day-to-day machinations.

John Bew, New Statesman
We are dependent on the “leader of the free world”, so our government, like many others, will have to hold its nose over President Trump.

Z. Beauchamp et al, Vox
From NATO to the Middle East, the world will be in for four years of uncertainty and risk.

Matthew Winkler, Bloomberg View
The oil-price crash clobbered the continent, but a few economies have made it work for them.

Richard Kohn, Wash. Post
They must be prepared to speak truth to power.

Roland Nelles, Der Spiegel
With Donald Trump's victory, the world is entering a new and dangerous phase of instability. To fulfill his campaign promises, he will need partners. But there is no indication that the president-elect is interested constructive solutions.

W. James Antle III, National Interest
The election ended with a victory for Trump. It is less clear whether it will also result in a victory for Trumpism.