Liang Tuang Nah, EA Forum
The current COVID-19 pandemic could indirectly apply the brakes on North Korea’s belligerent behaviour. Though North Korea initially denied that there was a single COVID-19 case within its borders, the fact that it shares a lengthy border with China makes this highly unlikely. Indeed, there was significant trade across this frontier in late 2019 when the virus was spreading rapidly across China....
Michael Hart, WPR
In the early weeks of 2020, the signs pointed to progress in Myanmar’s convoluted effort to finally end 70 years of ethnic strife in its border areas. On Jan. 8, representatives from the government and the 10 ethnic armies that are party to a 2015 cease-fire deal convened in the capital, Naypyidaw, where they reached an eight-point agreement on the next steps to continue implementing that cease-fire. They also vowed to meet...
Frank Partnoy, The Atlantic
Zachary Evans, National Review
China does not present a military threat to “world peace,” the European Union’s top diplomat told reporters on Tuesday.
The Economist
EVEN AS IT grapples with short-term troubles, among them another spat between America and Germany, NATO is starting to plan for the next ten years: how to adapt to the rising power of China? Finding an answer may be vital if the alliance is to retain a sense of purpose in 2030.
Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic
Philipp Fritz, Worldcrunch
Compared to other EU member states, Poland was barely affected by the international financial crisis or the refugee crisis of 2015. Now, the country could emerge from the coronavirus pandemic in a stronger position than before.
Dmitri Stratievski, Riddle
Debates about the expediency and effectiveness of EU sanctions against Russia have not abated in Germany over the past six years. Though they do not make headlines in the German information space, they are still quietly at large. Before, these disputes touched upon economic, geopolitical or even domestic political affairs. Now a humanitarian aspect is there too. This theme has come to the fore amid the COVID-19 pandemic and due to a change in Moscow’s paradigm. In 2018... Читать дальше...
Ross Clark, Spectator
M. Hobbes, HuffPo
Developing countries listened to experts, locked down and prevented thousands of deaths. Why doesn’t the West want to admit it?
Martin Wolf, Financial Times
The permanence of the losses caused by the pandemic depends on the size of the scars
Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asian Review
President Xi Jinping, seeking to press China's advantage while its neighbors are distracted by the coronavirus pandemic, has lately opened multiple fronts in his campaign to make China the world's foremost power -- from Hong Kong and Taiwan to the South and East China Seas to the Himalayan frontier.
Geoffrey Aronson, Center for Global Policy
The election of Israel’s new government, led once again by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, marks a turning point in Israel’s history as well as American efforts to manage the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
James Holmes, National Interest
Anik Joshi, Foreign Policy
Border issues, Pakistan issues, and an aggressive Beijing are causing New Delhi to pick sides in the new cold war.
Hanne Cokelaere et al, Pol. EU
Next phase of lockdown easing begins, but there is concern about a new spike in cases.