Iyad el-Baghdadi, IB Times
Iran's nuclear deal with the US and Europe has made the Middle East more divided, unstable and violent.
Zeinab Mohammed Salih, The Guardian
Suad Fadul ekes out a living in one of Khartoum's poorest neighbourhoods, despite being the great-grandaughter of the late Sultan Ali Dinar.
Richard Talley, RealClearEnergy
The country is pinning its turnaround hopes on Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman's ambitious âÂÂVision 2030â reform plans, which include a program of continued austerity, a large-scale sell-off of state assets, the shrinking of the Saudi public sector, and a push to boost foreign investment with a view to establishing the world's largest sovereign wealth fund. The centerpiece of the prince's proposals is the privatization of Aramco, the Saudi government's oil and gas producing enterprise.
Mustafa Saadoun, ALM
Signs are indicating that political disagreements over power among Shiite parties may turn into armed conflict, given the multiple armed factions and their influence on the street and within government institutions.
Pamela Druckerman, New York Times
Can the French overcome this complicated relationship with money and lure bankers from London?
Hans Kundnani, Foreign Policy
Former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder cultivated a very special relationship with Vladimir Putin â and his protégés are picking up where he left off.
Robin Wright, The New Yorker
For the British monarch, the Brexit vote marks an almost Shakespearean turn.
Hannah Beech, Time
In Beijing's view, Washington is itself no respecter of maritime convention.
Economist
Italy's teetering banks will be Europe's next crisis
David Ignatius, Washington Post
The angry populism that led the British to vote against their own interests could hold sway here in November.
Patrick Marnham, Spectator
In France, Brexit has provoked resentment and shock.Ã
David Axe, Daily Beast
The Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia's only aircraft carrier, may be a rusting hulk, but its first combat deployment makes a lot of economic sense for the Kremlin.
Daniel Larison, The American Conservative
Blair's reputation is completely ruined.
Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
The American Dream is alive and wellâÂÂin Northern Europe.
Adair Turner, Project Syndicate
Contrary to glib assumptions, globalization of capital, trade and migration flows are not âÂÂgood for everyone.â If we do not address its adverse effects, Britain's exit from the EU will be neither the last nor the worst consequence.
Edward Joseph, Sasha Toperich & Ognen Vangelov, Foreign Affairs
There can be no better signal of Europe's commitment to the European project than expanding it to the Balkans, a project that has languished of late.
Der Spiegel
Whether they are fans of Donald Trump, supporters of Brexit or Marine Le Pen voters in France, "angry voters" have one thing in common: They've been left in the dust by globalization. By SPIEGEL Staff
Jacob Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures
If they possessed unlimited power, Merkel would be able to let Italy have its cake and eat it too, Obama would have the presidential legacy he wanted, and Xi wouldn't have to crack down on potential rivals. But that is not how the world works, and so each must roll along in the currents in which they are inexorably caught, all the while appearing to be immensely powerful. When you pull back the wizard's curtain, it's an individual pulling levers, creating illusions and just trying not to screw up. Читать дальше...
Kevin Sullivan, RealClearWorld
This is a strain felt most acutely in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan, where millions of displaced Syrians now currently reside. These countries are ill-equipped to absorb so many people. The opposite is true of the United States and the rest of the industrialized world.
Leonid Bershidsky, B-View
The bloc sees a theoretical peril in the Baltics, but the dangers of a confrontation are all too real.
Brad Stapleton, War on the Rocks
On July 8, leaders from NATO member states will descend upon Warsaw for one of the alliance's most anticipated summit meetings in the post-Cold War era.Ã
