The Ally Trump Needs Against Maduro
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald
Senior officials say that U.S. economic sanctions against Venezuela may not be effective without the help of European countries that President Trump has antagonized.
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald
Senior officials say that U.S. economic sanctions against Venezuela may not be effective without the help of European countries that President Trump has antagonized.
S. Gregg, Law and Liberty
Samuel Gregg revisits Keynes' 1919 book Economic Consequences of the Peace and its role in shaping our world today.
Niall Ferguson, Times of London
If you'd told me 30 years ago America would be in another Cold War with another communist superpower by 2019, I wouldn't have believed you. If you had told me that, simultaneously, socialism would...
New York Times
The latest on the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 Max 8.
Newt Gingrich, National Review
A response to FCC commissioner Brendan Carr.
Aaron Stein, WOTR
At a U.S. Air Force base in Arizona right now, Turkish Air Force pilots are learning how to fly American jets that may never be delivered to Turkey and
Gideon Rachman, Fin. Times
Technology, not military power, will be the basis for this new global split
Imdat Oner, Americas Quarterly
A NATO member and a longstanding but increasingly estranged U.S. ally, Turkey joined countries like China, Russia, Iran and India in backing Maduro's legitimacy as president in January after more than fifty other nations recognized congressman Juan Guaid as the country's interim president. The close relationship with President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an offers Maduro a much-needed lifeline that might help his regime breathe under increasing isolation and sanctions.
P. Dobriansky, Mia. Herald
The Trump administration is forging a key strategic partnership with Brazil in support of common economic and security goals.
Alex Ward, Vox
But who will replace Bouteflika?
Aarti Shankar, CapX
It isn't obvious that Brussels has further concessions it is willing to offer
Malia Bouattia, Al Jazeera
Bouteflika's withdrawal from elections is an important first victory, but also a limited advance for the people.
W. Burns, Carnegie
Who lost Russia? It??s an old argument, and it misses the point.
James Forsyth, Spectator
There was no triumphalism in Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker's press conference. Nor was there much detail. May talked about how the joint interpretative instrument meant that the backstop could
K. Rudd, G'dian
There??s no way free trade with Australia or others can make up for the hit of leaving the EU, says former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd
Hussein Agha & Robert Malley, New Yorker
Wrongly defining the struggles gripping the Middle East encourages misguided remedies.
Daniel Hegeds, German Marshall Fund
In the eyes of many Old Europeans the European Union's democracy and rule of law crisisthat is, the ongoing autocratization in Hungary and Poland and its repercussionsstill appears to be just an embarrassing proof of the backwardness of East-Central Europe with limited impact on important European matters. Accordingly, it enjoys limited attention and only limited political resources have been allocated in recent years to repair breaches of fundamental values within the EU.
Daniel Drezner, Washington Post
When Pompeo took over as secretary of state, he promised to restore the department's swagger. But the data on this is incontrovertible: Regardless of who the secretary of state is, the Trump administration seems determined to do everything in its power to make Foggy Bottom an unattractive place to work. It will take years -- perhaps a decade -- to undo the damage this administration has done to the department.
Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy
The fact that Democrats and Republicans hate each other is making the United States weaker.