Ross Clark, Spectator
Politics may seem to be deeply confusing at present, but in fact there is one very stark conclusion to come out of the Peterborough by-election that while Labour and the Conservatives are both
Frida Ghitis, World Politics Review
Only one thing is clear in Israel's suddenly chaotic politics. On July 16, Benjamin Netanyahu will become the longest-serving prime minister in Israeli history. But two months later, he may be on his way out of office.
Darwish et al, CNN
When Murtaja Qureiris was a child, he led protests demanding rights for Saudi Arabia's Shia minority. Now he faces the death penalty.
George Soros, Project Syndicate
What voters said in last month's European Parliament election is that they want to preserve the values on which the European Union was founded. But can Europe's leaders carry out the radical institutional reforms that voters also want?
Jack Detsch, Al Monitor
The United States has a general deal in place to establish a safe zone in northeastern Syria, the Trump administration's top Syria policy official said, but the effort will not include European countries.
K. O'Neill, Conv.
A year after China stopped accepting most scrap material exports, other Asian countries are following Beijing's lead, forcing wealthy nations to find domestic solutions for managing their wastes.
Yehia Hamed, Foreign Policy
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sold his country as an investment destination with the IMF's helpbut the living standards of ordinary Egyptians are plummeting as elites