The American Leader in the Islamic State
Graeme Wood, The Atlantic
How a military brat from Texas became a devoted jihadist.
Graeme Wood, The Atlantic
How a military brat from Texas became a devoted jihadist.
A. Faiola, WP
The opposition decries a nationalist power grab -- but some Poles have never been happier.
Robin Mills, The National
Attempts to analyse Mr Tillerson's probable approach in office in terms of the oil industry's interests are misguided. It is more likely that his tenure will follow the ExxonMobil mindset -- hierarchical, centralised, fact-driven, unemotional, uncompromising and ruthlessly focused on the bottom line.
Elizabeth Dickinson, FP
Why the president-elect is already a big hit in the Persian Gulf.
Ian Birrell, FT
Too much of the care debate focuses on the middle classes and their desire to protect inheritances. The more fundamental issue is how to help those unable to fend for themselves.
Konrad Yakabuski, Globe and Mail
Suddenly, a country deeply wedded to pacifism is asking whether it must prepare itself for war.
Anne Jolis, The Spectator
Trump's rhetoric on Putin has indeed been troubling, in part because it so closely mirrors the credulity with which Obama approached the Kremlin not long ago. Barring any shenanigans in the Electoral College tomorrow, Donald Trump will soon become the fourth US counterpart to Russian President Putin. President Obama says he's offering âÂÂguidance' and âÂÂcounsel' to his incoming successor. One only hopes he's more candid in private than he has been in public about his mistakes over the last eight years... Читать дальше...
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View
Assad has judged that he is perfectly happy if Aleppans, like other Syrian Sunnis, never return to their homes if and when the conflict ends or is reduced.
Patrick Cockburn, The Independent
It has just become more dangerous to be a foreign correspondent reporting on the civil war in Syria. This is because the jihadis holding power in east Aleppo were able to exclude Western journalists, who would be abducted and very likely killed if they went there, and replace them as news sources with highly partisan âÂÂlocal activistsâ who cannot escape being under jihadi control.