Hayes Brown, BuzzFeed
Manbij, a city in the Aleppo province of Syria, fell under the control of rebels backed by the United States on Friday after heavy fighting.
Bre Payton, Federalist
Throughout the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, Israeli athletes have been faced with stark anti-Semitism.
Rob Garver, Fiscal Times
While Americans are distracted by an increasingly chaotic presidential campaign, half a world away, Russian troops are massing along the border of Ukraine again suggesting the possibility of a new escalation of the violence that has raged there since Moscow's invasion of Crimea in 2014.
A.D. Miller, WSJ
Had the U.S. followed the policy Mr. Trump advocated in 2007, things would be even more chaotic than the situation the U.S. faces today. History makes this clear.
Akila Radhakrishnan, Time
U.S. abortion restrictions on foreign assistance have serious consequences
P. Cockburn, Ind.
The Syrian army and its militia allies from the Shia world are preparing a counter-offensive to cut the recently-opened corridor connecting East Aleppo to rebel territory. Syrian and Russian aircraft pound the ruins of this corner of Aleppo through which also runs the main supply road to the government-held west side of the city.
David Petraeus, Washington Post
My success in Iraq in 2003 shows how to achieve stability and governance.
Julia Rampen, New Statesman
A country's former masters are fighting to survive.Ã
Elias Groll, Foreign Policy
A mysterious cache of leaked emails ensnares GOP officials.
Antonia Colibasanu, RealClearWorld
Digital power embraces and enhances the three dimensions that traditionally define national power -- political, economic, and military. In order to establish how nation-states build digital power, it is essential to understand the developing factors for the digital environment and the way states facilitate, use, or impede evolution in the sector. Ã
Carlos Alberto Montaner, RCW
Today Fidel Castro marks his 90th birthday. He was severely ill a decade ago, but has survived several complicated intestinal surgeries and the degeneration typical of such an advanced age, including some cerebral deficits.
Carl Bildt, European Council on Foreign Relations
Istanbul, in western Turkey, is one of Europe's great cities. As Constantinople, it was the capital of the Roman and Byzantine Empires, and after its capture and renaming by Mehmed II in 1453, it served as the capital of the Ottoman Empire for nearly another 500 years.
Maxim Trudolyubov, Kennan Institute
Vladimir Putin is both feared and admired for his signature move of creating suspense that keeps everybody on their toes.Ã
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
Moscow appears to be setting up conditions to justify action against Ukraine but its goal is unclear.
