Новости за 06.12.2016

Blumenthal & Schriver, TNI
Higher-level engagement with Taiwan serves U.S. national interests and values.

Hans-Jurgen Schlamp, Der Spiegel
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi failed to get the result he wanted in a critical referendum on Sunday. With the announcement of his intention to resign, Italy and Europe face storms ahead.

Thomas Lippman, LobeLog
These are difficult times in Saudi Arabia. The long slump in the price of oil is eviscerating the economy. Neighboring countries are plagued by violence and extremism. Saudi Ar…

N. Grossman, Arc
The diplomatic ruckus over Taiwan is just the start.

Marc Thiessen, Washington Post
Trump sent the right message.

Allen Abel, Maclean's
In the Hero City of the Revolution, on the day of the dictator Castro's funeral, Allen Abel finds Cubans yearning for freedom, but tied to the past

Jack Goldstone, RealClearWorld
One of the last great revolutionary leaders of the 20th century has passed away. One may hesitate to call Fidel Castro “great” -- but whether you admire or revile him, no one can deny that he exercised global influence over a generation of revolutionary leaders, from Latin America all the way to Africa, and managed to keep his small nation locked in defiant opposition to the United States for over half a century.

Michael Auslin, CNN
It is time to stop debating the wisdom of Trump's call with Taiwan's President, and prepare for what China's response might be.

Balazs Jarabik, The Cipher Brief
Russia undeniably wields some degree of influence over Central and Eastern Europe due to the high volume of energy exports it sends their way. However, that leverage may be overplayed.

Izabella Tabarovsky, The Russia File
In Russia, as in much of the post-Soviet space, the past is the present. From Ukraine, to Belarus, to Poland and Lithuania, historical narratives of communism, World War II, …

Shikha Dalmia, Reason
Modi restores a command economy, ends liberalization.

Giulia Paravicini, Politico EU
Resigning as PM is not enough for some members of his party.

Daniel Kochis, Daily Signal
Italy just rejected a handful of constitutional amendments, and the prime minister says he will resign.

Erik Jones, The Conversation
The Italians have rejected Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's constitutional reform package. Now the real struggle for Italy begins.

Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
The prime minister had to resign after misjudging the will of the people.

James Palmer, Foreign Policy
Beneath Beijingâ??s seemingly mild criticism of Trumpâ??s phone call are currents of raw, public nationalism the government canâ??t control.

George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the telephone with the president of Taiwan. This caused deep upset because it was counter to an understanding in place since President Richard Nixon opened the door with China in 1972.Â

Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor
Two arms deals recently inked by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has Israel baffled and worried.

Andrew Coyne, National Post
Much of the firestorm Trudeau will endure will be of his own making. And yet there is as much opportunity in the situation as there is peril

Bryce Edwards, NZ Herald
It's Keymageddon! The phenomenally successfully National Party Prime Minister has pushed the eject button, and everyone is scrambling to understand what it all means. Here are 20 items of analysis to help understand this quickly changing political situation.

Economist
Under John Key, the country has been a haven of prosperity and stability

Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
Events set off by Renzi's defeat could endanger the euro and risk a financial crisisÂ

Joschka Fischer, Project Syndicate
The new course US President-elect Donald Trump will chart for his country is already discernible; we just don't know how quickly the ship will sail. But we should not harbor any illusions: Europe is too weak and divided to stand in for the US strategically, and without US leadership, the West cannot survive.