Новости за 13.05.2020

Jerry Hendrix, National Review

The U.S. Navy needs more ships to defend its Arctic interests.

Joseph Hammond, The Dispatch

China and Russia are seeking to gain influence in the region. The West should consider its strategy.

Huseyn Aliyev, Russia Matters

The start of armed conflict in eastern Ukraine in 2014 led to the emergence of over 40 pro-government volunteer battalions fighting on Kyiv’s side. The inability of the Ukrainian armed forces—plagued by corruption, low conscription rates and lack of funding—to halt advances by...

Jessica Moody, AA

With political tensions high and trust in the fairness of the 31 October election low, Côte d’Ivoire looks set for contested results.

Aaron D. Miller, Time

To annex or not to annex, that is indeed the question

Stephen Walt, FP

The coronavirus pandemic has already devastated the international economy. Its military fallout remains to be seen.

Karlson, Stern & Klein, Foreign Affairs

Herd Immunity Is the Only Realistic Option—The Question Is How to Get There Safely

Joshua Wong with American Enterprise Institute

Last year, protests dominated Hong Kong after Beijing introduced a controversial extradition bill that would allow citizens to face trial in mainland China. Since then, millions of protesters have taken to the streets to demonstrate against Xi Jinping’s Chinese Communist Party.

Vessela Tcherneva, ECFR

It is the EU’s responsibility to normalise relations between Kosovo and Serbia in the long term. Therefore, the bloc should set the principles of, and drive, the dialogue between the countries.

Diego Cupolo, Al Monitor

Shopping malls, barber shops and some stores reopened across Turkey Monday as the government rolled backed coronavirus precautions with aims to bolster the battered economy.

A. Pevzner, Jerusalem Post

Both countries would be wise to remember that no hostility lasts forever, as demonstrated by the gradual improvement in China’s relations with (and media coverage of) Japan.

T. Long & F. Urdinez, Amer. Quarterly

A case study in how the pandemic is shaping Beijing’s influence in the region.

Roger Boyes, Times of London

With Russia struggling to contain the virus, high-rollers are stepping in to protect their interests.

Ray Takeyh, Council on Foreign Relations

Iran has suffered one of the most severe coronavirus outbreaks and remains highly vulnerable as a result of official missteps and misinformation.

Simon Watkins, Oil Price

It is true that Saudi Arabia has been able to gain some temporary advantage in key Asian export markets, as its shipments to China more than doubled in April to 2.2 million barrels a day (bpd) and those to India, at 1.1 million bpd, were also the highest in at least three years. This, though, as much as any other factor that might endure, was a product of Saudi slashing its official selling prices (OSPs) for April crude sales to some of the lowest levels in decades... Читать дальше...

Martin Wolf, Financial Times

Future historians may mark this as the decisive turning point in Europe’s history towards disintegration

David Goldman, Asia Times

As US reevaluates its relationship with China, Asian giant's export data show increasing regional integration

Jeremy Youde et al, ChinaFile

The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations agency charged with guiding the global response to the coronavirus pandemic, has become a battleground for two sparring superpowers. On April 14, 2020, President Trump announced that he would halt U.S. funding for the organization pending a review into what he

Thomas Meaney, New Yorker

Nixon’s Secretary of State was a far less remarkable figure than his supporters, his critics—and he himself—believed.