Economist
Indian leaders blame Pakistan for the deadliest such incident in the past quarter century
Gordon Chang, WA Journal
As the US and India conduct joint exercises 100km from India's border with ChinaâÂÂChina and Russia conduct "island seizing" naval exercises in the South China Sea.
Ruba Husari, ME Institute
The suggested reform program is very ambitious. It aims, according to the I.M.F., to bring spending in line with lower global oil prices, strengthen public financial management, and curb corruption, none of which the successive governments in Iraq had managed to do, or at least attempted to do.
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
If Germany weakens or destabilizes, Europe destabilizes, and it is not too extreme to say that if Europe destabilizes, the world can as well. I am confident in saying I am not making too much of a small thing.
Deutsche Welle
Many newspapers see Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservatives as the big losers in Sunday's Berlin election. But that's only part of the story. Berlin is not necessarily typical of Germany.
Kevin Lees, Suffragio
Earlier this month, voters went to the polls in Belarus to elect the country's rubber-stamp parliament under its authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko and, in what amounts to democratic liberalization, two opposition MPs were elected to the 110-member assembly from the constituency that contains Minsk, the capital.
Shawn Snow, The Diplomat
A growing chorus of states, from the United States to China, appears to be shifting away from Islamabad.
Ishaan Tharoor, Wash. Post
The Spanish region's unofficial foreign minister says it can be a "21st century nation-state."
Ul Haque et al, Dawn
We need to devise a policy response that helps reduce the threat without giving the Kashmiris a feeling of a let-down.
Dominique Moisi, W.crunch
The weakening power of the "Mother of Europe" comes at a bad time for both Germany and the rest of the continent.
Stratfor
World leaders are converging on New York City for the United Nations General Assembly meeting, which is set to officially begin Sept. 20. The following are the key players and bilateral meetings we will be watching this week:
Stephen Wright, AP
The findings will add to pressure on Indonesia to tackle the annual crisis
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
The Russian leader appears to be playing for time as the U.S. election campaign unfolds.
Roger Cohen, New York Times
ATHENS â I have a profound respect for the intelligence of the voter. Winston Churchill is often quoted as saying that the best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter, but more important is what he actually said in the House of Commons on Oct. 31, 1944: âÂÂAt the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of... Читать дальше...
Anne Applebaum, Washington Post
Right-wing nationalists launder a conspiracy theory into official truth.
Peter Hartcher, Sydney Mor. Herald
Julie Bishop is ready for her next assignment â the education of Donald Trump.
Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Listen to either of our two leading presidential candidates talk about terrorism and you quickly learn one thing: Neither one really has any notion what is motivating terrorists either abroad or at home. Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton reacted to the latest series of domestic terror attacks by, unsurprisingly, attacking each other and asserting that America's foes have a vested interest in the victory of their opponents.
Max Boot, Foreign Policy
The GOP candidate's reaction to terrorism - his anti-Muslim rhetoric and his misunderstanding of Middle Eastern politics - is exactly what extremists want in a U.S. president.
Peter Huessy, RealClearDefense
If you don?t think nuclear weapons will ever be used against the United States, the Ploughshares Fund has some new ideas that could make a nuclear attack on the United States more likely.Ã
Michael Safi, Guardian
Narendra Modi's government has promised aggressive response but military action is unlikely due to Pakistan's nuclear capacity.
Caroline Moorehead, Spectator
At War on the Gothic Line and The Winter Fortress are thrilling accounts of the sacrifices and slaughter involved in bringing down Hitler's regime.Ã
