Barbara Slavin, Atlantic Council
A year after it was reached, a landmark nuclear agreement with Iran has met its primary goals but remains challenged on multiple levels by those who never supported the deal and oppose reconciliation between the Islamic Republic and the United States.
Daniel DePetris, Defense One
Riyadh is killing civilians with American help, and itâ??s jeopardizing the international credibility of the United States.
Adam Minter, Bloomberg View
Authorities have reason to channel anger over the South China Sea verdict.
Ted Galen Carpenter, TNI
Beijing and Moscow may feel forced to stand up to the West.
Ivan Krastev, New York Times
Samuel Johnson once wrote of the âÂÂwonderful concentration of the mindâ that the prospect of being hanged brings. It is how European leaders should feel in the wake of Brexit. As the reality of a British departure from the European Union sinks in, policy makers are being forced to concentrate their minds on some very uncertain and unsettling repercussion
Anne Applebaum, Washington Post
Prime Minister Theresa May's appointments reflect a profound shift.
Richard Falk, Al Jazeera
Neither realist arguments nor ethical considerations will lead to a US disengagement from the Middle East.
Sonia Purnell, Guardian
He has insulted world leaders, and sometimes whole continents, on numerous occasions. And yet, in uncertain post-Brexit times, he is Britain's new public face.
Marco Rubio, National Review
One year ago today, President Obama announced the start of the flawed nuclear deal that he claimed would prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Unfortunately, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has made America less safe. It at best only delays Iran's nuclear-weapons program and does nothing to protect Israel and our allies in the region from Tehran's continued nefarious activities.
Mary Dejevsky, The Independent
Depending on who tells it, gasps, shudders or dismissive laughter spread through the ornate Locarno rooms at the Foreign Office as the news broke. The news, of course, being that one of the first Cabinet appointments announced by the new Prime Minister was that of Boris Johnson to be foreign secretary and, as such, the country's chief diplomat. Diplomat? you might splutter; the buffoon who brought us the racial slight on the President of the United States, who has... Читать дальше...
David Willman, LAT
The system designed to defend American cities and towns against a nuclear attack by North Korea is âÂÂsimply unable to protect the U.S. publicâ and will remain ineffective unless Congress exerts rigorous oversight, according to a new report.
Karina Piser, World Politics Review
The deal comes at an important moment for Israel, whose strategic outlookâÂÂinternationally, domestically and in terms of the conflict with the PalestiniansâÂÂis rapidly evolving. While prospects for stability in the region seem increasingly far off, the implications for Israel itself are less alarming.
Sami Karam, New Geography
âÂÂI think, if you want to write a new narrative at some specific moment in the story of a city, it is important that you have to feel the transformation and see the transformation. So the physical transformation is important but always there is more a spiritual thing, as happens with emotional connections and inspirational things.â ______Architect Alejandro Echeverri.
David Graham, Atlantic
The brash and flamboyant politician, the U.K.'s new foreign secretary,à is one of the more cosmopolitan figures on the world stageâÂÂbut he's also one of the least diplomatic.
Josh Rogin, WaPo
The proposal would open the way for deep cooperation against Syrian rebels deemed to be terrorists.
Graham Allison, The Diplomat
In ignoring an upcoming verdict on the South China Sea, Beijing is following well-established precedent by great powers.
Eduardo Barajas Sandoval, Worldcrunch
BOGOTAà âÂÂà With the completion of the new, widened canalà âÂÂà without help from the United Statesà âÂÂà Panamaà has shown it has made strides as a sovereign state since the 1977 treaties that led it out of its semi-colonial status.
David Francis, Foreign Policy
The new government has no fewer than five officials appointed to implement the Brexit. And no one â including them â knows how they're going to do it.
Dylan Matthews, Vox
It's having its second leadership race in less than a year.
Zsolt Darvas, Bruegel
In the United Kingdom's Brexit referendum, income inequality and poverty boosted âÂÂleave' votes, in addition to geographical differences and larger shares of uneducated and older people in UK regions, according to my regression analysis. The actual presence of immigrants did not have a significant effect on the results. Disadvantaged people voted in smaller proportions. Turnout was also low among the young and residents of Scotland, Northern Ireland and London, who were more likely to vote âÂÂremain'.
David Davis, Conservative Home
Economic growth in the UK has been founded on a number of unhealthy characteristics in the last decade or so. It has depended above all on large population increases based on uncontrolled mass migration. This has made the economy bigger, but not necessarily better for individual citizens, as shown by GDP per capita growth rates of two per cent or less â significantly weaker than in most decades since the Second World War.
