Erin Dunne, Washington Examiner
While Washington remained transfixed by Michael Cohen's testimony to Congress and lingering questions about Moscow's interference in U.S. politics, Russia flexed its muscles, with Turkey's foreign minster declaring that a long-disputed plan to buy Russian missiles was a done deal.
Simon Tisdall, Guardian
The blunderer-in-chief has let North Korea's dictator emerge unscathed over his regime's appalling human rights abuses, says Simon Tisdall
Fred Lucas, Daily Signal
"I'd much rather do it right than do it fast," President Donald Trump says of a denuclearization agreement with North Korea.
Michal Romanowski, Yale Global
Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy
North Korea disputes Trump's account of what went wrong in Vietnam. Can diplomats salvage Trump's ultimate deal with Kim Jong Un?
Hoffman, J-Post
Due to his 25 years of warning against Iran??s nuclearization, Netanyahu has often been compared to Noah, who warned the world of its imminent destruction and arguably proved to be right.
Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has completely excluded Likud ministers from the party's election campaign, choosing to stand alone even as he stands to be indicted for corruption.
David Dollar, Brookings Institution
Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump are meeting in Hanoi. The choice of venue naturally draws attention to the Vietnam model, which some North Korean officials have expressed an interest in following.