Iran May Be the Threat, But Iraq Is the Prize
Anthony Cordesman, CSIS
Anthony Cordesman, CSIS
Lloyd Evans, Spectator
Only one person in Britain now believes that Boris might deprive us of a Jeremy Hunt premiership. That person is Jeremy Hunt. The rest of us expect the Blonde Ambition' project to reach fruition and
Gordon Chang, National Interest
Beijing must now rein in debt, and reining in debt has scary consequences.
Patrick Maguire, New Statesman
Boris Johnson has won a commanding victory in the Conservative leadership election, beating Jeremy Hunt by a margin of more than two to one. The former foreign secretary won 66 per cent of the vote to his successor's 34 per cent on a turnout of 87 per cent of the Tory party membership, and will replace Theresa May as prime minister tomorrow. The scale of Johnson's triumph is precisely as his team had anticipated and hoped.
Stephen Glover, Daily Mail
STEPHEN GLOVER: We are being driven mad by Brexit. One might almost say that, although Churchill's task in 1940 was enormous, at least he knew what he had to do.
Simon Jenkins, Guardian
The likely next prime minister must swallow his pride and make a deal with Dublin, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Francis Elliott, Times of London
Hat pulled down over the blond thatch, Boris Johnson was waiting for the lift to his tiny office in a far-flung, unfancied corner of the parliamentary estate six months ago. I've been busted back...
Pedro Reina-Prez, Boston Globe
The arrest of former cabinet members and the release of a profanity-laced online chat by Governor Ricardo Rossell has brought a long-simmer crisis to a head.
Minxin Pei, Project Syndicate
In a democracy, a government cannot pursue a long-term struggle with a powerful geopolitical adversary without sustained political support from an informed public. That is why the US urgently needs to launch a credible public debate on US President Donald Trump's confrontational China policy.
Sholto Byrnes, The National
As Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed's visit proves, the relationship between the UAE and China is set to be long and fruitful
James Fanell, Journal of Political Risk
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Joshua Kucera, LobeLog
by Joshua Kucera As Georgia finds itself in the deepest crisis with Russia since the 2008 war between the two countries, Tbilisi's closest ally, the United States, has been conspicuously quiet.
Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
A few weeks ago, I was sitting in the London office of a Conservative MP who was in despair at the prospect that Boris Johnson is poised to become leader of his party, and then prime minister. We chatted about politics and about what books we had been reading.
Jochen Bittner, New York Times
How pacifism conquered Germany.
Agim Nesho, Foreign Policy
The State Department's latest intervention in a European election served nobody's interests at all.
Emily Landau, Times of Israel
In renegotiating, it makes little sense to lay out what Iran 'will never accept' before it meets its full commitments
Economist
An interview with Felipe Fernndez-Armesto and book excerpt of Out of Our Minds
Alex de Waal, BBC
Accused of widespread abuses, the Rapid Support Forces sprang from "Janjaweed" militias linked to genocide in Darfur.
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
Political fragmentation increases the role of professional civil servants. This leads to stability, but also makes voters unhappy.