Новости за 04.02.2019

Mikhael Yigal Maimon, Israel Hayom
Benny Gantz's public relations people and his fans in the media are trying to compare him to Yitzhak Rabin. He too is a former IDF chief of staff who jumped into politics. But they've forgotten that prior to being elected prime minister, Rabin served as Israeli ambassador to Washington, as a Knesset member and as a cabinet minister. But for those who are well-versed in history, the current atmosphere is reminiscent of a different savior who appeared in the Israeli political skies.

Susan Hattis Rolef, Jerusalem Post
Benny Gantz'??s appearance was criticized from every possible direction, which suggests that he must have hit the nail on its head.

Dan Perry, Times of Israel
As the right undermines democracy and the Palestinians toe a maximalist line, a middle road is needed: peace with caveats

Peter Mller, Der Spiegel
He has drawn fire for stroking a female colleagues' hair; he stumbled badly during a NATO dinner; right-wing populists have taken aim as European elections approach. How well is European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker really faring?

David Olusoga, New Statesman

Parag Khanna, Foreign Policy
There are plenty of reasons Asia has been multipolar for almost all of recorded history, and Beijing understands them all.

R. Dergham, Nat.
The US administration will be closely watching the group's operations, particularly its alliances with Tehran

Lionel Shriver, Spectator
One of my vanities is that all my novels are different. Yet one astute journalist identified a universal thread: Too many people,' she said. From among the many other piquant factoids in Paul

Danny Zaken, Al Monitor
Flattering comments in Israel's liberal press do not mean that premiership candidate Benny Gantz espouses left-wing positions.

Edward Lucas, Times of London
If you think Europe is under strain now, wait until it faces a new nuclear arms race. That is what awaits us after this weekend's decision by the United States and Russia to suspend participation...

Hari Kunzru, New York Review of Books
From the ill-conceived Brexit referendum onward, Britain's governing class has embarrassed itself. The Remain campaign was complacent, the Leave campaign brazenly mendacious, and as soon as the result was known, most of the loudest advocates for severing ties with the European Union ran away like naughty schoolboys whose cricket ball had smashed a greenhouse window. Negotiations have revealed the pitiful intellectual limitations of a succession of blustering cabinet ministers... Читать дальше...

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg View
In returning to populist economics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems to have given up on hopes of transforming the country.

Harold James, Project Syndicate
Exactly 100 years after the start of the Paris peace process that formalized the end of World War I, the world is at a historical crossroads again. As in 1919, the temptation to pursue more democracy and deeper international cooperation must be managed carefully, lest tragic unintended consequences follow.

A. Decina, War on the Rocks
Recently, the Texas National Security Review published two roundtables on the future of conservative and progressive foreign policy, featuring essays by

Alexander Gabuev, Financial Times
Rosneft is so heavily invested in the Maduro regime that the only option is to double down.

Emiliana Duarte, New York Times
For more than a decade, I have been fighting against a government. Now I am fighting for one.

J. Lugo-Ocando, Clarin
From Spain's Podemos to Noam Chomsky, many left-wingers around the world are too blinded by ideology to see the Venezuelan crisis for what it really is.