James Jay Carafano, Fox News
So far the Trump administration has been as dependable as a Rolex. When global actors threaten American interests, Trump takes notice. Washington then pressures with one hand and offers an off-ramp with the other.
Rashmee Roshan Lall, The National
The idea of lowering taxes while creating a better society has deep roots in western politics, but its appeal is illusory
Lindsay Lloyd, Bush Center
A look back at NATO's history reveals that the alliance accomplished the objectives it was created to address. And in a new era, NATO can once agai
Alvite Ningthoujam, The Diplomat
Realpolitik brings Israel closer to Southeast and East Asian countries.
Alex Lo, South China Morning Post
Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office broke its silence on the protests in the city and the bottom line is: clean up your own mess!
Roger Boyes, Times of London
The Butcher of Beijing died quiety in his bed the other day but he hasn't been forgiven. Li Peng, the man behind the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989, is still a hate figure for China's protest generation. There will come a day when his corpse will be whipped! says the former student leader Wu'er Kaixi who once confronted the apparatchik in a televised encounter.
Evan Wilson, WOTR
In an atmosphere of mistrust and global rivalry, the United States entered a presidential election cycle. The Democrats, who had held the White House for
Kathleen Hicks, Aspen Institute
A significant number of the Kremlin's tactics fall in the space between routine statecraft and direct and open warfare.
Jude Webber, Financial Times
There is a sense that history begins with him, that nothing of the past works and that he has to start a new era, says Enrique Krauze, a prominent historian who has himself clashed with a president he once dubbed a tropical messiah. He is not only taking decisions good or bad on economic policy but also institutions, which took so much effort to build. I'm truly worried.
Michael Schuman, The Atlantic
The 2020 campaign offers a chance to forge a consensus on how Washington can contend with Chinese power. Right now, there is none.
Economist
It condemns the protests and refuses to rule out deploying the army
Christopher Sandford, Modern Age
Pakistan's prime minister translated celebrity, controversy, and populism into electoral victory. What is the West to make of him?
Alex Clark, Guardian
Whether from Sally Rooney or Edna O'Brien, its experimentalism has never frightened off readers, says Guardian writer Alex Clark
Alex Berezow, ACSH
It's not often that a politician is openly pro-GMO, particularly in Europe. But the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom just praised genetic modification in his first speech to Parliament.
Brian Dillon, New Yorker
The British photographer's latest book, Parade, documented life in the French region of Brittany, hoping to show the complexity and openness of what may seem to be a tribal, inward-looking place.
Konstantin Remchukov with Jacob Heilbrunn, TNI
Konstantin Remchukov: the government doesn't know how to react to the demand of the middle-class to participate in determining how Russia should be governed.
Anne Krueger, Project Syndicate
After mounting protests, Ricardo Rossell has resigned as governor of Puerto Rico, putting the territory's most immediate political crisis to rest. But what the US territory really needs is an accord with officials on the mainland to start addressing structural issues that have been impeding economic growth and formal employment.
Tom Palmer, Reason
Envy and resentment are driving collectivist impulses around the world.
Daniel Gallington, Washington Times
Pearl Harbor, the Marine Barracks in Beirut, the invasion of South Korea, the first Trade Towers attack, the 9/11 attacks, the attack on the USS Cole while all different in scale, were all intended to force us out of a particular geographic area.
S. Inskeep, NPR
After multiple frustrations, U.S. strategists are asking if the North Korean leader is capable of making the nuclear deal the Trump administration wants.
Joshua Alvarez, Washington Monthly
Boris Johnson is about to test a classic political hypothesis.
Emily Landau, Bulletin
US-Iran: avoiding military confrontation As the crunch of the Trump administration's maximum pressure campaign is being acutely felt by the regime in Iran, the Iranians have been lashing out in recent monthsin the Persian Gulf and regarding their nuclear commitments according to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The actions of the regime have Continued
David Brown, SCMP
Britain is an important enough trading partner for the EU to work out a late deal, much as it once did with Greece. Furthermore, Britain looks like it's taking the gloves off and getting ready to spend big.