Nicholas Vinocur, Politico EU
Nicolas Sarkozy and his conservative rivals are all imagining the future of the EU.
Heath Prince, The Conversation
Five years ago, young people in the Middle East and North Africa led a major uprising with hopes for a better life. A University of Texas labor market expert explains why little has changed.
Britt Peterson, Foreign Policy
Headed to Rio, Paris, or Cape Town this summer? We asked distinguished writers and thinkers to pick their favorite books about 20 of the world's greatest cities.
Sibel Oktay, New Republic
Two policy changes may have opened the door to the Istanbul airport bombing.
Simon Tilford, CER
Britain is in serious trouble. It does not need further concessions from you, but the dust needs to settle before it can take decisions about its future.
Anthony Fensom, The Diplomat
After years of political instability, Australians go to the polls again on July 2.
Stephen Bush, NS
A political class that failed to predict a Leave vote has yet to come to terms withà the consequences.
J. Stewart, NYT
The race is on to be the new London.
Ozgur Mumcu, Worldcrunch
ISTANBUL â When it was time to make a victory speech, all the cities of the Muslim world were being cited, âÂÂNot just Turkey, but also Baghdad, Islamabad, Kabul, Beirut, Sarajevo, and Skopje won today."
Jonathan Freedland, Guardian
Though events are moving fast, it's crucial to hold on to our fury at the selfishness that caused this crisis
Sergey Aleksashenko, National Interest
Putin must undertake serious reforms to keep the country competitive.
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
But as the EU splinters, there is no moral high ground.
Geert Wilders & Susanne Koelbl, Spiegel
Could Brexit lead other countries to seek to leave the European Union? SPIEGEL spoke with far-right Dutch populist Geert Wilders about how he wants to use a "Nexit" to prevent the "Islamization" of the Netherlands.
