Новости за 31.01.2019

S. Ackerman, DB
Inside Yemen's prisons can be found torture, rape, disappearances, a snarling dog nicknamed Shakiraand, according to survivors, the American sponsors of a dirty war.

James Batley, Lowy Interpreter

Matthew Karnitschnig, Politico EU
As US ambassador to Germany, Ric Grenell hasn't won many hearts and minds. But he has gotten results.

Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, Bloomberg View
It's been a surprisingly short time in coming. It was only last September that Federica Mogherini, the European Union's high representative for foreign affairs, announced that the European parties to the Iranian nuclear dealformally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Actionwould establish an a special purpose vehicle to assist and reassure economic operators pursuing legitimate business with Iran, giving them a route around secondary sanctions imposed by the Trump administration.

Alla Hurska, Jamestown

George Friedman & Jacob Shapiro, GPF
For years, Venezuela has been the picture of protracted collapse, a feat made all the more impressive by the fact that its downfall was largely unassisted. Yet talk of foreign intervention abounds. A Russian plane recently landed in Caracas, and the rumor is it's meant to pick up a few hundred million dollars worth of Venezuelan gold. The amount of money is less meaningful than the signal its transport sends that President Nicolas Maduro is closing up shop. Читать дальше...

Philip Stevens, FT
The dynamic could change. This could start with a binding motion calling for a delay to the timetable. The second step could be a series of votes to explore options for a softer Brexit. My hunch is that the faster the clock ticks the more likely it is that Britain will tumble into an unintended election. A second referendum could follow. But Mrs May must first be stopped.

James Forsyth, Spectator
Theresa May will soon arrive in Brussels with a series of unlikely demands. She must tell the European Union that she wants to re-open a deal that she was hailing as not just the best, but the only

Kate Linthicum, LAT
The bloodshed, fueled by cristal methamphetamine is fundamentally different from previous iterations of violence in Tijuana.

Mandy Smithberger & William Hartung, TomDispatch

Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, CSIS
The late Gabonese president Omar Bongo Ondimba reportedly said that in Africa one does not hold elections to lose them. That certainly has been a common characteristic of elections across the continent. But on January 10, 2019, after a contentious election in the Democratic Republic of Congomarred in irregularities and violent repressionthe Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) declared Flix Tshisekedi, an opposition candidate, the winner, with 38 percent. Читать дальше...

Rep. Mike Gallagher & Colin Dueck, National Review
The Western alliance bolsters American national interests.

Gerard Baker, Times of London
John Bolton, President Trump's national security adviser, rather enjoys his reputation as a Dr Strangelove figure. In the polite and often colourless world of diplomacy he revels in the role of the...

Economist
It is now being reshaped

I. Al-Bakri Nyei, Afr. Arg.
One turbulent year after George Weah came to power, the challenges are starting to pile up, but hope remains.

Adam Tooze, FP
If Western elites understood how the postwar liberal system was created, they'd think twice about asking for its renewal.

C. Bing & J. Schectman, Reuters
Reuters reveals how a UAE surveillance operation, staffed by former U.S. cyber-agents, spied on dissidents, rivals and Americans. Inside 'Project Raven.'

Hal Brands & Charles Edel, The American Interest
One hundred years later, the Versailles settlement stands as the foremost example of world leaders drawing all the wrong lessons from tragedy.

Brianna Lee et al, Council on Foreign Relations
Violence continues to rage in Mexico more than a decade after former President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown on drug cartels.

Katy Balls, Spectator
It's been a disappointing night for the Remain and soft Brexit factions of parliament. Ahead of the votes on amendments to Theresa May's Brexit plan, there had been a hope among some that the votes

A. Durn-Martnez, Conv.
President Lpez Obrador campaigned on some outside-the-box ideas to 'pacify' Mexico after 12 years of extreme violence. But so far his government has emphasized traditional law-and-order policies.

Fehim Tastekin, Al Monitor
Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested reactivating the 1998 Adana Accord to prevent Turkey from intervening east of the Euphrates River in Syria.

M. Hirsh, FP
From trade to troop drawdowns, some Dem presidential contenders may have a hard time contrasting their views with the president's.

Pujol-Mazzini, WPR
BAMAKOOn a Monday morning last June, toward the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, Amadou Barry, a 55-year-old cattle herder and member of the Fulani ethnic group, noticed smoke coming out of a nearby village. It wasn't long before he registered the sound of gunshotsa telltale sign that a militia attack was underway. In a matter of hours, the village, Gueourou, had been turned to ashes, like so many others in the region of Mopti, in central Mali.

Rafael Behr, Guardian
Ultimately the problem is not the deal, or the backstop, or Brussels: it is Brexit itself, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr