Modi: The Strongman Losing His Grip
James Crabtree, Nikkei Asian Review
In election mode, India's leader resorts to populist handouts to boost flagging support
James Crabtree, Nikkei Asian Review
In election mode, India's leader resorts to populist handouts to boost flagging support
Fabio Fiallo, RCW
King's College
The UK is increasingly polarized by Brexit identities and they seem to have become stronger than party identities, a new academic report...
Nesrine Malik, Guardian
The people are rising up. But the western celebrities and the human rights industry that fought for this are absent, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
A. Varshney, Indian Express
Among urban poor, demonetisation has taken an untold toll. Government schemes are a mixed blessing
Anthee Carassava, Times
Imagine your neighbour wakes up one day and starts to copy everything about you, insisting that your bloodline, your heirlooms, your traditions and even parts of your land are theirs. Where does...
Judd Kinzley, China Dialogue
The patterns of Soviet oil extraction have left an indelible mark on China's oil rich western province, writes Judd C. Kinzley
Anthony Dworkin, ECFR
Strikes and elections are raising the tension in Tunisian society and politics. The socio-economic divisions that led to the 2011 revolution still afflict the country and are causing increased public disaffection.
Jawed Naqvi, Dawn
The Good Friday Agreement provides a significant precedent for how seemingly intractable standoffs could be resolved.
M. Haboush, Al Monitor
Analysts fear the escalating tension between Hamas and Fatah will lead to an irreversible separation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Amanda Sperber, Foreign Policy
The brutal attack in Kenya is designed to show Washington and the world that the terrorist group is still a force to be reckoned with
John Roberts, Atlantic Council
Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
Throughout the Brexit process, Britain has tried to split the other 27 EU member states. But it has failed. Much to the surprise of the authorities in London (and probably Brussels, too), the European Union has lived up to its name and stayed united.This display of unity over Brexit is not an accident or a one-off. On the contrary, it says something important about why the European project is much more resilient than its critics realised. The 27 small and medium-sized... Читать дальше...
Amy Davidson Sorkin, NY'er
The time to care is nowunless Britain gets an extension, or there's another major plot twist, Brexit is set to happen on March 29th.
Sholto Byrnes, The National
The president of Venezuela has presided over a precipitous descent into poverty and hyperinflation that has destroyed the lives his own people
John Harris, Guardian
In the face of political stasis, the seductive myth of Britain standing alone against its oppressors is taking hold, says Guardian columnist John Harris
George Vian, Jamestown
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
Wendell Minnick, Nat'l Interest
Glen Fukushima, Japan Times
The uncertainty created by the Trump administration is encouraging many nations around to world to seek new friends and to hedge their bets, and Japan and China are no exceptions.
Tom Switzer, SMH
So many of us have lost faith in public institutions and in our squabbling politicians. We have reasons to complain, but it was ever thus, and we should count ourselves very lucky when we consider the Brexit debacle, the Trump presidency or the rise of race hatred in Europe.