Tom Collina, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
President John Kennedy took powerful pain medications. President Richard Nixon was a heavy drinker. President Ronald Reagan had dementia. And now President Donald Trump has the coronavirus. These conditions can significantly impair one’s ability to think clearly. And yet, as president, each had—or, in Trump’s case, still has–the unilateral authority to launch US nuclear weapons within minutes.
Sabena Siddiqui, Al-Monitor
India is seeking to remain involved in the development projects at Iran's ports, especially since Chabahar Port helps India gain access to an important geopolitical region.
Christian Le Miere, SCMP
Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic
Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner
China was confronted at the United Nations this week over its human rights shredding campaign in Xinjiang Province and Hong Kong. In response, Beijing assembled an alliance of authoritarians in its defense.
Evelyn Forget, Foreign Affairs
How the Pandemic Made a Fringe Idea Go Mainstream
Marina Nagai & Sophia Pugsley, EurasiaNet
Mutually exclusive interpretations of the words "peace" and "compromise" block any capacity to imagine a future together.
James Forsyth, Spectator
When the lockdown tiers are announced, it is inevitable that huge swathes of the north will be under much tighter restrictions than the south. It is not hard to see how a divided Britain translates into political trouble, as I
Allison Meakem, Foreign Policy
If Turkey intervenes in Nagorno-Karabakh, it would only be the latest entry in Ankara's growing list of military adventures.
Kareem Shaheen, The National
Once the backer of the revolution against the Assad regime, Ankara now recruits rebel soldiers to fight faraway wars
Lara Setrakian, NYT
Without engagement from the United States, the region may be engulfed in war.