Новости за 15.03.2019

Michael Watson, RealClearWorld
Reports last week that Berlin refused to ban Huawei from Germany's 5G internet infrastructure appeared to mark a loss for the Trump administration's efforts to combat the growing influence of China's tech giant. However, U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell wasted no time in kicking off a new round of the fight. Grenell warned Berlin that the United States might withhold intelligence cooperation from Germany if Huawei isn't banned. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's next... Читать дальше...

C. Charpentier, Proceedings
A French carrier squadron trained with a U.S. carrier strike group while their aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, underwent a midlife upgrade. The improved interoperability that resulted will benefit both navies.

Stein Ringen, LA Times
The last year has not been kind to the men in Beijing. Turns out, speaking clearly at the big bully works.

Darren Morton, NZ Herald
Before 1.40pm today, New Zealand had seemed immune from terror threats.

R. Evans, B-Cat
On Friday, March 15th, one or more gunmen opened fire in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. As I write this, three men and one woman have been taken into custody by local law enforcement. It is unclear to what extent they were all involved. The only thing we know is that one of the...

Frida Ghitis, WP Review
When President Donald Trump stunned the world last year by agreeing to hold a summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Unthe first-ever meeting between an American president and a North Korean head of stateit felt like a punch in the gut to South Korean conservatives. Hard-liners on North Korea, they were already roiling from corruption scandals that had brought down President Park Geun-hye with massive protests in 2016 and led to the election of President Moon Jae-in.

David Gardner, Financial Times

Graham Allison, National Interest
"I'm prepared to bet that despite his unorthodox approach, at the end of his first term, Trump will have been more successful in checking North Korea's nuclear advance than either Bush or Obama were."

Robert Hamilton, Foreign Policy Research Institute
When it comes to North Korea, all eyes are on nuclear weapons, but the lack of attention toward chemical and biological capabilities weakens defense against potential attacks, according to experts in the field.

George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel and Russia had agreed to cooperate on withdrawing foreign forces from Syria. If confirmed, it would mean that Russia has agreed to force the Iranians out of Syria, a significant development for both Israel and the Syrian war itself. It's even more critical given that

Robert Kaplan, WaPo
We'll still be fighting wars. We just won't need the Army as much as we do now.