Walter Russell Mead, American Interest
A depressed ruble and floods in France have conspired to propel Russia into a wheat-exporting leader.
Rori Donaghy, Middle East Eye
Emirates withholds $500m in funding for Palestinian Authority as row boils over between its president, Mahmoud Abbas, and UAE crown prince.
Dilip Hiro, Quartz
A quarter century of market reform leaves India richer with wider inequality.
Ed Cropley, Independent Online
With a Bible in one hand and iPhone in the other, Evan Mawarire makes an unlikely adversary to Robert Mugabe, who has seen off foes from apartheid assassins and union leaders to Tony Blair and the IMF over 36 years in power.
Farhad Khosrokhavar, New York Times
Whether Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, who killed more than 80 people during Bastille Day celebrations in Nice, was an agent of the Islamic State or an unhinged loner who borrowed the group's jihadist symbols, the slaughter raises the same fundamental question: Why do so many more attacks of this magnitude occur in France than in other European countries?
Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic
RealClearWorld - Elections
James Stavridis & Dov Seidman, Time
The world has seen many failed alliances, from the League of Nations to the Warsaw Pact. We should all hope that NATO does not become one of them. And yet, with the European Union coming under fire from many corners, including the recent âÂÂBrexitâ vote in the U.K., recent fears about the aggression of Russia in the Ukraine, criticism of NATO expansion, and Donald Trump even saying that NATO is âÂÂobsolete,â we're seeing signs that the enduring... Читать дальше...
Tobin Harshaw, Bloomberg View
It's not that the coup revealed a huge security risk. It's just that there areÃÂÃ more strategic locations for U.S. deterrence -- like Europe.
Robbie Gramer, RealClearWorld
If Erdogan's power grab continues unabated, NATO will have to confront a very uncomfortable conflict between its twin commitments to shared democratic values and shared security. Turkey is proving that the two may be mutually exclusive.
New York Times
If we cannot be properly reimbursed for the tremendous cost of our military protecting other countries, and in many cases the countries I'm talking about are extremely rich. Then if we cannot make a deal, which I believe we will be able to, and which I would prefer being able to, but if we cannot make a deal, I would like you to say, I would prefer being able to, some people, the one thing they took out of your last story, you know, some people, the fools and the haters, they said... Читать дальше...
Rafia Zakaria, Aeon
A diplomat in British India blundered a border. The consequences continue to shape world politics.
Economist
The dusty and poor Eritrean capital is bidding for UNESCO world-heritage status thanks to its colonial-era futurist architecture
Christopher Harding, BBC
Depression was not widely recognised in Japan until the late 1990s - then a campaign called it a "cold of the soul" and sales of anti-depressants boomed.
Isi Leibler, Jerusalem Post
There were no bleeding hearts â?? certainly no Jews â?? who minimized the malevolence of the Nazis. Evil was evil.
Philip Stephens, Fin. Times
The belligerence of domestic politics is spilling on to the world stage.
Jeffrey Gedmin, Atlantic Council
When asked recently why he turned up in Moscow last December to help celebrate the tenth anniversary of RT, Michael Flynn rambled about wanting to deliver stern lectures to the Russians.Ã
John Bew, New Statesman
The possiblity of the UK becoming a more dynamic actor is an exciting oneà â but the prospect of the union breaking up is feared in the US.
Freddy Gray, Spectator
Nigel Farage is here in Cleveland at the Republican Convention. He'sà enjoying himself, and why not? Britain has voted for Brexit,à and he doesn't have a party to run. He can bask.
Evelyn Gordon, Commentary
Following last week's terror attack in Nice, a Belgian Jewish organization issued ahighly unusual statement charging that, had European media not spent months âÂÂignoringâ Palestinian terror against Israel out of âÂÂpolitical correctness,â the idea of a truck being used as a weapon wouldn't have come as such a shock. But it now turns out that European officials did something much worse than merely ignoring Palestinian attacks: They issued a 39-page report... Читать дальше...
Vanessa Newby, Lowy Interpreter
Incredible though it may seem, after the events in Turkey this weekend Lebanon is looking like one of the most stable states in the Middle East, despite not having a president or a fully-functioning government.
Peter Pomerantsev, Granta
âÂÂWe are living in a âÂÂpost-fact' or âÂÂpost-truth' world. Not merely a world where politicians and media lie â they have always lied â but one where they don't care whether they tell the truth or not.'Ã
