Новости за 09.07.2016

Jeffrey Gedmin, Amer. Interest
It's the end of the EU as we know it.

Markus Ziener, Huffington Post
Officially the Warsaw NATO summit will be about the deployment of military forces, missiles and arms projects.Â

Harry Kazianis, Rare
A big international court ruling threatens chaos in the South China Sea — and could bring America and China against each other.

Maxim Trudolyubov, Wilson Center
Ahead of the NATO summit that opened in Warsaw on Friday, Russia is aiming to demonstrate to the West that it can be a partner in building mutual trust, but with an important caveat.

Economist
The official inquiry into the war delivers a scathing verdict on its planning, execution and aftermath

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch
Vladimir Putin recently manned up and admitted it.

Tim Johnston, Lowy
The southern Philippines is potentially closer to peace than at any time in the four decades since Muslim insurgents started fighting for independence, but the substantial progress over the past six years is also fragile. The new President, Rodrigo Duterte, needs to build quickly on the foundations laid by the last administration or the process risks collapse.Â

Olga Novitsky, Ramen IR
In order to more effectively address the growing North Korean threat, the next American administration will have to cooperate with the US's frenemies China and Russia.

Petro Poroshenko, WSJ
In 2014, when the enemy came to Ukraine, our army was weak from years of neglect by the pro-Russian presidency of Viktor Yanukovych. Today we have a modern and tenable army, one that has destroyed Vladimir Putin's dream of cutting Ukraine in half.

London Review of Books
David Runciman, Neal Ascherson, James Butler, T.J. Clark, Jonathan Coe, Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, Daniel Finn, Dawn Foster, Jeremy Harding, Colin Kidd, Ross McKibbin, Philippe Marlière, James Meek, Pankaj Mishra, Jan-Werner Müller, Susan Pedersen, J.G.A. Pocock, Nick Richardson, Nicholas . . .

Gordon Chang, WA Journal
By deepening trade ties and integrating their economies, China and Russia not only increase their ability to challenge the international system, they also increase the likelihood they will do so.

Carlos Alberto Montaner, RealClearWorld
Mr. Donald Trump assures us that, under his presidency, the United States will again be an extraordinary country.Â

William Wilson, RealClearWorld
Sometime in the mid-1990s, British Prime Minister John Major reportedly asked Russian President Boris Yeltsin to describe the Russian economy in one word. Yeltsin replied, “Good.” Seeking greater detail, Major asked Yeltsin if he could describe it in two words. Yeltsin replied, “Not good.”

George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
The Italian banking crisis is not only Italy's problem.