Eliana Rudee, Observer
Iran-backed Hezbollah already mounting on Jewish state's border.
M. Becker, Spiegel
The European Commission insists that it knew nothing about diesel emissions manipulations perpetrated by Volkswagen and other automobile manufacturers. Documents obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE show otherwise.
Aaron D. Miller, WSJ
Aaron David Miller: This is more than negative headlines; it's an ominous trend line for anyone concerned about Iran's growing role in the Middle East and its continued interest in one day attaining nuclear weapons.
Indira A.R. Lakshmanan, Politico
A year after Obama's crowning diplomatic achievement, the fight against it is very much alive. And it might be succeeding.
David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy
The world is getting flatter not just in economic terms, but perhaps in moral ones as well.
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
A French parliamentary report says law enforcement needs to improve faster.
Maurizio Molinari, La Stampa
Following attacks in Paris, Brussels, Istanbul, and now Nice, Europe must unite to combat the Islamist terror campaign.
Con Coughlin, Telegraph
The terrible Bastille Day terror attack in Nice that has claimed at least 84 lives suggests that the French security authorities are still struggling to come to terms with the sheer scale of the threat from Islamist extremists their country faces.
Economist
At least 77 people are reported dead, just two weeks before the country's state of emergency was due to end.
Calla Wahlquist, Guardian
âÂÂI have never seen that level of chaos and hysteria and terror,' says witness in Nice who watched event unfold from hotel.
L. Todd Wood, Washington Times
âÂÂWar is merely the continuation of politics by other means.â â Clausewitz
Amir Peretz, Jerusalem Post
At the end of the day, there are no good wars.
Carl Bergqvist, WOTR
When the Warsaw summit started last week, the heads of NATO's 28 member states were joined by their colleagues fromà two of the alliance's closest partner countries, Sweden and Finland. This would have been impossible 20 years ago, but much has happened since. As the region around the Baltic Sea has become a focal point of geopolitical conflict, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Finnish president Sauli Niinistö will continue walking a fine line of deepening cooperation... Читать дальше...
Tim King, Politico EU
The UK's Foreign Office has been losing influence for years. Now it's headed by the least experienced foreign secretary in decades.
Kamran Bokhari, Geopolitical Futures
As the bloc disintegrates, member states will become less committed to collective security.
Andrej Mrevlje, Worldcrunch
A road trip and reflections from another New York-based Slovenian on a visit back to the homeland of the once Melanija Knavs, who could be the next American first lady.
Steve Mollman & Heather Timmons, Quartz
"There was no evidence that China has historically exercised exclusive control over the waters or their resources," the court said.
Matt Gurney, National Post
Canada and its allies can apply considerable diplomatic pressure to ensure Beijing understands that if it wishes to be treated as a responsible global power, it must act like one.
Ariane Tabatabai, The Bulletin
Members of the US Congress marked the one-year anniversary of the historic Iranian nuclear deal with actions that could help derail it. With Tehran eager to reap trade benefits from the agreement signed with six world powers last summer, the House of Representatives eroded some of those hopes by passing a bill that would bar US airplane maker Boeing from selling aircraft to Iran Air.
J. Russo, Observer
This sacrosanct principle can't survive in the 21st century.
Hilton Root, RealClearWorld
