M. Smith, MH
Welcome to Captive Nations Week. Never heard of it? You're not alone. Yet this usually-forgotten, federally mandated occasion now in its 60th year is worth resurrecting in the 21st century.
Conor Lynch, The Week
Is this the end of the liberal internationalist consensus?
Diego Cupolo, Al Mon.
On the third anniversary of the July 15 coup attempt, politics, foreign policy and daily life continue to bare marks of the night that would remake Turkey.
Faisal Al Yafai, The National
The leader of the Philippines faces an uncomfortable choice lose face at home or stand up to a regional superpower, with no real backing
Andrs Ortega, Elcano Royal Institute
Europe, the EU, is not doing as badly as is often claimed. But institutional imbalances are emerging that may trigger a crisis.
Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
Many people benefit from the lawbreaking: The Mexican and Central American governments, the Democratic party, employers, ethnic activists, rich progressives, and the illegal border crossers themsel
Adrian Zenz, New York Times
The Communist Party??s past efforts to coerce minorities failed. Repression in Xinjiang will too.
Randy Capps, Foreign Affairs
The crisis at the border is of Washington's own making.
Pavel Luzin, Riddle
Deliveries of the S-400 long range anti-air and anti-missile defence system to Turkey have officially begun. The deal, concluded in 2017, has already seriously damaged relations between Turkey and the USA and threatens to damage them even further. And that is clearly in the interests of the current Russian authorities.
Kanti Bajpai, East Asia Forum
Author: Kanti Bajpai, National University of Singapore With the general elections resoundingly won, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will likely maintain an accommodative realist policy towards China, largely because of ongoing difficulties with the United States and the country's economic fragility. From May 2014 to August 2017, Modi's China policy focussed on constructing a balancing coalition with Australia, Japan, Vietnam and the United States, the most significant... Читать дальше...
Shahzaman Haque, The Diplomat
Urdu is a long-time part of Indian culture, not an alien presence to be purged.
K. Tucker & R. Alvarez, The Bulletin
For the past several years, the controversy over radioactive fallout from the world's first atomic bomb explosion in Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945code-named Trinityhas intensified. Evidence collected by the New Mexico health department but ignored for some 70 years shows an unusually high rate of infant mortality in New Mexico counties downwind from Continued
John Hannah, FDD
It has been more than a year since U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. From the beginning, the controversial decision to leave the accord has faced more than its fair share of criticism. Among critics, a primary line of attack has focused on the administration's heavy dependence on sanctions as the primary tool of its maximum pressure campaign. They have made three major arguments: First, that in the absence of international support, unilateral... Читать дальше...
Jean-Marc Vittori, Worldcrunch
In a world that is closing up, industrial policy is coming back in force. But to succeed, it will have to be reinvented
Jarod Taylor, FPRI
Despite two years of signaling and eight months of rushed bilateral negotiations between the United States and Turkey to forestall Ankara??s purchase of Russia??s S-400 air defense system, Turkey just received the first delivery of S-400 components. Acquiring Russian advanced air defense technology fits into a pattern of worsening relations
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
Matteo Salvini and other populist leaders are learning that Russian interference may not be a vote-killer.
Caroline Kuritzkes, Foreign Policy
It isn't just Trump who has put the country's small businesses under pressure. Daz-Canel is after them, too.
Thorsten Benner, Politico EU
EU claim to top job incompatible with desire for a fair multilateral order.
G. Rachman, FT
In that case, Mr Johnson might have to shelve his own daydreams of becoming a 21st-century Churchill. Instead, he would risk ending up as a British version of Marie Antoinette a French queen, infamous for an ill-advised remark about cake, who met a sticky end.
A. Injoo Park & E. Silverberg, JT
One of the biggest disappointments of the Trump administration has been its inability to facilitate stronger relations between Japan and South Korea
Nick Cohen, Spectator
Germany's Die Welt asked me to tell its readers how on earth someone like Boris Johnson could become prime minister. I gave it my best shot. Whatever else happens to Germany, I cannot imagine a German