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The "liberal international order" is under severe strain. Although its supporters welcomed the defeat of former U.S. President Donald Trump, the order still faces major challenges from both within and without. Populist politicians across the globe call for major changes in the norms and values of world politics. They attack liberal order as a so-called globalist project that serves the interests of sinister elites while trampling national sovereignty, traditional values, and local culture. Читать дальше...

Henry Hill, Spectator

Is Britain a nation? If you're trying to maintain the United Kingdom — or destroy it for that matter — this is surely a very important question. It may seem obvious at first, of course the United Kingdom is a nation. Yet Unionists too often seem reluctant to address the question.

Peter Goodman, NYT

LONDON — The world got another warning this week about the perils of its heavy reliance on global supply chains. As a single ship ran aground in the Suez Canal, shutting down traffic in both directions, international commerce confronted a monumental traffic jam with potentially grave consequences.

Matthew Karnitschnig, Politico EU

BERLIN — Who knew that Angela Merkel and Muhammad Ali were soulmates?

Michael Rubin, National Interest

There is no magic formula to success on North Korea, but certain strategies are guaranteed to fail. Relying on Beijing's good offices both encourage China to play a double game.

Ben Caspit, Al Monitor

Gideon Saar's New Hope party garnered only six Knesset seats, but has managed to seriously destabilize the coalition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Economist

Binyamin Netanyahu looks to pull off another magic trick

Afif Abu Much, Al Monitor

If the current numbers hold and the Ra'am Party gets four Knesset seats, its leader Mansour Abbas could hold the key to choosing the country's next prime minister.

Daniel DePetris, RealClearWorld

Nord Stream 2, the undersea Russian pipeline designed to transport more natural gas to Germany, is the energy project nearly everyone in Washington, D.C. loves to hate. Some lawmakers are going to great lengths to drill home their point. Sen. Ted Cruz, a co-author of mandatory sanctions legislation targeting the pipeline, blocked a vote on President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the CIA, William Burns, over the issue. That hold that

Amanda Mull, The Atlantic

The Ever Given is very big and very stuck.