David French, National Review
If actions speak louder than words, then Barack Obama has been systematically admitting the failure of his own foreign policy. With the notable â very notable â exception of his Iran policy, his actions over the past year reveal an increasingly aggressive military approach to our foes and geopolitical rivals, along with increased military support for key allies.
Christian Whiton, The Commentator
In the world of Gates, terrorism, much like the weather, just seems to happen. The notion that something ideological -- a grand political goal -- motivates terrorism, is apparently a conceptual bridge too far for Gates
Candida Moss, The Daily Beast
Donald Trump is far from the first to use forced migration as a political cudgel, but he may want to learn about how it has often backfired.
Eli MacKinnon, Foreign Policy
The dense, tangled warrens of Baishizhou will soon succumb to modernity. Yet without them, this Chinese metropolis might never have risen.
Tom Phillips, The Guardian
Theresa May's security concerns were âÂÂfictitious', says Xinhua, in a qualified welcome for the nuclear project go-ahead
Saeid Jafari, Al-Monitor
In addition to opposition from the public and the Reformists, former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces antagonism within his own Principlist camp.
Robert Fulford, National Post
A new movie tells the story of the deliberate near-annihilation of the Armenian people.
Chih-Cheng Chang & Chih-Chin Chen, Diplomat
How has Tsai Ing-wen handled Taiwan-Japan relations during her first 100 days in office?
Ralph Vartabedian & W.J. Hennigan, LA Times
Pyongyang's aggressive testing program, in defiance of tough international sanctions, has set off an urgent debate about the risks of a nuclear-armed North Korea and raised questions about whether the policies of deterrence honed over six decades of nuclear confrontation apply to a nation that operates outside international norms of behavior.
Christopher Balding, Bloomberg View
The government thinks it can control prices. It's not working.
Dani Rodrik, New York Times
The new model of globalization stood priorities on their head, effectively putting democracy to work for the global economy, instead of the other way around. The elimination of barriers to trade and finance became an end in itself, rather than a means toward more fundamental economic and social goals. Societies were asked to subject domestic economies to the whims of global financial markets; sign investment treaties that created special rights for foreign companies;... Читать дальше...
Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest
Communal tensions in India suggest to the military and intelligence elites in Islamabad that the rising power of Islam will eventually lead to the undoing of India.
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Hld
While the news went almost unnoticed in the United States, the decision by South America's Mercosur trade bloc's founding members to demand that Venezuela restore democratic practices by Dec. 1 may be the region's most important diplomatic event in recent years, and could mark a turning point in Venezuela's international standing.
Robin Wright, The New Yorker
Since the 2011 uprising in Syria devolved into a civil war, the country has disintegrated into four zones. It may stay fractured.
Christoph Reuter, Der Spiegel
The cease-fire agreed to by Russia and the United States in Syria means that Aleppo and other devastated cities have been given a chance to breathe. But the temporary calm is unlikely to bring us any closer to the end of the war.
