Aaron Jones, RealClearWorld
On April 14, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a halt to funding to the World Health Organization. At least, that was the message most people received in coverage of that announcement. The truth is far more complicated. It demonstrates the power of soundbites and partisan coverage as both sides vie to win the news cycle on any given day.
David Patrikarakos, Spectator
They said we were going to uncouple from the Middle East. Barack Obama, they said, was going to pivot to Asia. Donald Trump was, finally, going to get the United States the hell out of there. Intellectually, politically and, most importantly of all, militarily, we were going to put this most vexatious of regions behind us. It was, they assured us, a new day.
E. Chausovsky, CGP
The global coronavirus crisis is likely to have geopolitical effects for years, if not decades, to come. Indeed, the entire global order could shift as the world’s major powers – from the United States to China to Europe to Russia – all cope with the crisis in different ways. One particular relationship that could see important changes in the post-corona era is the one between the United States and Russia....
Dan Feferman, RealClearWorld
After over a year in which Israelis went to the voting booth three times, a coalition agreement was finally reached Monday as people gathered in their living rooms to watch the annual Holocaust Memorial ceremony.
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Janan Ganesh, FT
Coronavirus exposes how little the autocrats have in common.
R. Castillo, African Arg.
If China continues to use mass surveillance technologies after COVID-19, staying untraceable may be impossible for undocumented migrants.
International Crisis Group
Naval incidents in the Gulf have spotlighted the danger that a U.S.-Iranian skirmish could blow up into war. The two sides have little ability to communicate at present. They should hasten to design a military-to-military channel to lower the chances of inadvertent conflagration.
Daniel Larison, TAC
Our dominance in the world is in the rear view, yet Trump and other pols refuse to get the message.
Jiangli Yang & Aaron Rhodes, The American Interest
If the WHO is to remain a credible international organization, it must answer these questions—publicly and in detail.
Tsvetana Paraskova, Oil Price
Collapsing demand and brimming storage in the United States, Canada’s almost exclusive oil outlet, have resulted in a very usual situation in the Canadian oil industry. Prices for delivery at Cushing, Oklahoma, are so low that Canada’s producers don’t have incentive anymore to send their oil south of the border.
Susi Dennison, ECFR
The post-corona recovery threatens Europe’s cohesion, but Spain’s attempt to bridge the north-south divide is likely to fall short.