The French Are Finally Doing Better Than the Germans
F. Giugliano, Bloomberg View
France is no longer looking like one of Europe's walking wounded. Increasingly, that seems to the fate of the export-dependent Germans.
F. Giugliano, Bloomberg View
France is no longer looking like one of Europe's walking wounded. Increasingly, that seems to the fate of the export-dependent Germans.
Margarita Zavadskaya & Alexey Gilyov, Riddle
Part five in the Russian Media: Moscow and Beyond Calling series on media, propaganda, and authoritarianism in Russia
Erin Blakemore, National Geographic
Ali Mamouri, Al Monitor
As attacks on Iran-backed militias' facilities in Iraq continue, Israel actually hints it may be behind them.
Michael Rubin, National Interest
The United States need not leave Djibouti, but it is time to consider a Plan B for otherwise a single whisper from Beijing to Djibouti's president could cripple America's ability to defend itself and its allies.
Ekaterina Zolotova, Geopolitical Futures
In the long-running standoff between Russia and Ukraine, some cautious optimism is emerging. On Wednesday, the two countries reached the final stage of negotiations for a prisoner exchange. On Aug. 7 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke on the telephone. Following the call, Zelenskiy announced a meeting among representatives of the foreign ministries of the Normandy format countries (France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine)... Читать дальше...
Nouriel Roubini, Project Syndicate
Unlike the 2008 global financial crisis, which was mostly a large negative aggregate demand shock, the next recession is likely to be caused by permanent negative supply shocks from the Sino-American trade and technology war. And trying to undo the damage through never-ending monetary and fiscal stimulus will not be an option.
J. Krzyzaniak, Bulletin
Before pressing on with Skyfall, Vladimir Putin would be well-advised to review some of the myriad problems that the United States faced in the 1950s and 1960s with its own nuclear-powered cruise missile program, Project Pluto.
Michael Horton, The American Conservative
Taking a page from T.E. Lawrence and primitive drone technology, these 'ragtag' insurgents are besting major powers in Yemen.
Japan Times
The U.S.-Japan trade deal, agreed in principle on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in France, spells out a big win for the U.S. that would slash
Mladen Lakic, Balkan Insight
Faced with high prices and a shortage of burial plots in the Bosnian capital, a growing number of Sarajevans are looking across Bosnia??s ethnic dividing line for their final resting place.
Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs
Seventy-five years ago, Charles de Gaulle, leader of France's provisional government, returned to Paris. For four years, he had lived in exile in London. Now he made his way through an exuberant crowd at the Htel de Ville, the site at which France's earlier revolutions and republics were consecrated, greeting the leaders of the nation's resistance movements. De Gaulle had not planned or rehearsed the speech he gave on this occasion, but it was perhaps his greatest. Читать дальше...
Matthew Karnitschnig, Politico EU
The shrinking German economy suggests the Midas touch of its longtime leader is fading.
Michael Hirsh, Foreign Policy
The president is signaling he wants to disassociate from Beijing more than he wants a deal. The impact could be incalculable.
George Will, National Review
Uncertainties infused into the global economy by the trade war probably have helped to produce a global slowdown.
Valrie Marcel, Chatham House
Guyana has struck oil but intends to stick to its low-carbon path, writes Valerie Marcel in Georgetown
John Patrick Leary, New Republic
How political pundits have abused the word into meaninglessness
N. Rothman, Commentary
The West imposed punishments on Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, but that will to oppose tyranny and territorial expansion is declining.
Mark Galeotti, Moscow Times
Opinion How long will this awkward friendship last?