Leila Al-Serori et al, Suddeutsche Zeitung
Heinz-Christian Strache, the head of Austria's right-wing populist FP party, met with a purported Russian multimillionaire on Ibiza in July 2017. She offered him campaign support in exchange for public contracts. What he didn't know was that the entire exchange was being recorded by hidden cameras.
Vessela Tcherneva, ECFR
North Macedonia's recent successes have sent a ripple throughout the region
Camilla Cavendish, Fin. Times
Politicians still owe the electorate an honest appraisal of the costs of leaving the EU
Bloomberg
The Trump administration is pulling out the big guns in its push to slow China's rise, with potentially devastating consequences for the rest of the world.
Shelley Rigger, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Over the past 30 years there have been many moments when Taiwan-watchers worked themselves into a tizzy worrying about the potential for conflict in the Taiwan Strait. Whether it was Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui describing the relationship between Taipei and Beijing as a special state-to-state relationship in 1999, President George W. Bush rebuking Lee's successor during a meeting with a PRC leader in 2003, or the PRC's National People's Congress passing the Anti-Secession Law in 2005... Читать дальше...
Joe Macaron, Al Monitor
As tensions between the United States and Iran are at their height in the Gulf region, there are talks about Iran pushing for the opening of al-Bukamal crossing between Syria and Iraq.
Gordon Chang, National Interest
Xi Jinping Wants the Chinese people to believe that Americansand not himare responsible for the declining economy.
Brian C.H. Fong, The Diplomat
Will Hong Kong be a Free World outpost or a bastion for Red China?