Новости за 09.04.2019

Bryan Riley, RealClearWorld
The recently released Economic Report of the President reiterated President Donald Trump's goal of zero tariffs, zero nontariff barriers, and zero subsidies for international trade. This is a goal that deserves bipartisan support. A good start would be for Congress and the administration to work together to achieve passage of the United States-Canada-Mexico Agreement. In his State of the Union Address, President Trump referenced this as a key policy directive for 2019.

Zaretsky, Forward
The anniversary arrives at an apt time the tide of anti-Semitism that surged across France in the late 19th century again seems to be rising again.

Tafi Mhaka, Al Jazeera
The general election is approaching in South Africa, so let's blame everything on migrants.

A. Kleikamp, Die Welt
Thirty years after a young West German computer whiz working for the KGB was found dead, we return to an unsolved mystery from the final days before the Wall fell.

Sens. Inhofe, Reed, Risch & Menendez, NY Times
If Turkey accepts delivery of a Russian S-400 missile system, it will be sanctioned as required by American law.

Stephen Bush, NS
It's official: the United Kingdom will have elections to the European Parliament, almost three years after the UK voted to leave the European Union and the best part of two months after the UK was supposed to leave under the Article 50 process assuming, that is, that the 27 other member states of the EU accept the British government's request for an extension. Whatever happens, these elections are now set to be among the most consequential in British political history, whether... Читать дальше...

Natan Sachs, Brookings
Polling averages in Israel suggest a tight race but one in which incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a consistent advantage over his main challenger, former chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces Benny Gantz.

Vladimir Ruvinsky, Moscow Times
Opinion The planned Ukrainian presidential televised debates offer a powerful and positive image of potential change in Ukrainian politics.

Holly Otterbein, Politico EU
Bernie Sanders is viewed abroad as a potential figurehead for a worldwide movement against right-wing populism.

Daniel Drezner, Reason
The splintering of international economic interdependence is a worrying sign for peace through trade.

Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy
The future will be determined by a handful of big questions that don't yet have answers.