L. Todd Wood, Washington Times
During the eight years of the Obama administration, the transformation of former Ottoman territory has been sweeping and complete.
John Ivison, National Post
The lesson from both Obama and Trudeau is that if everyone just did more nice things, and not so many awful things, things would be much nicer.
M.K. Narayanan, The Hindu
The question is: quo vadis,à India-Pakistan relations? Tensions remain high on both sides. All of India feels that mere impotent rage and euphuistic excesses are insufficient. There is clamour for action, all the more because the present government had come into office promising strong action against Pakistan after accusing the United Progressive Alliance government of pusillanimityà vis-à -visà the neighbour. The shoe is now on the other foot, and the wearer is since learning where the shoe pinches.
Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Policy
Twenty five years after the end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union's most infamous spy agency is back in all but name.
Desmond Lachman, American Enterprise Institute
Anyone who doubts that Angela Merkel's political star is on the wane need only look to last weekend's dismal Berlin local election results. Anyone who doubts that Mrs. Merkel's dominant political position will be sorely missed in the year ahead has only to consider that Europe will need very strong leadership to avoid a âÂÂhardâ Brexit, to orchestrate a Greek public debt restructuring, and to bailout the hapless Italian economy if need be.
Greg Gutfeld, Fox News
What's truly intriguing about the attacks over the weekend, wasn't the attacks themselves -- but the responses to them.
Adam Gopnik, New Yorker
New Yorkers' response to the weekend's bombings was not merely âÂÂboldâ or âÂÂcourageousâ but something even better: cool, plain, dull indifference.
Tom Rogan, National Review
And why Putin is lying about it.
Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Being unpredictable as a leader is fine, if you know where you're going and it is a tool to get you there by keeping foes off balance. But being unpredictable because you have no discipline; because you think issues like ISIS are just a manhood test; because you have not studied the issues so anything can come out of your mouth; and because you don't realize that when we tell countries like Japan or South Korea or our NATO allies that we might not protect them from Russia or China... Читать дальше...
Joshua Keating, Slate
In his final address to the U.N. General Assembly, the normally taciturn U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that he felt âÂÂdeep concernâ as he prepares to leave office before launching into a litany of worldà leaders' recent failures.
Tom McTague, Politico EU
NEW YORK â Brexit might mean Brexit, but Britain still wants to be a player on the world stage.That, at least, was the messageà Theresa Mayà wanted the world to hear as she addressed the United Nations general assembly in New York Tuesday.
Katie Glueck, Politico
The Trump organizing efforts are more extensive in the West Bank than in West Palm Beach, Fla.
M.G. Oprea, The Federalist
Liberal politicians and members of the media want to deny ISIS's ability to attack America because doing so gives them an excuse for inaction.
Scott MacDonald, National Interest
Regime change may be as serious a threat as Pyongyang's nuclear weapons.
David Feith, Wall Street Journal
Pyongyang is undeniably a liability for Beijing. Its policies raise the risk of war in Asia; they deepen the regional U.S. military presence and bind the U.S. closer to South Korea and Japan; and many Chinese are embarrassed to support such a backward regime. But China's leaders take ideology seriously, as they do âÂÂstabilityâ and other oft-cited motivations for backing Pyongyang. Communist solidarity, with its old affinities and paranoias, dies hard.
Alberto Barrera Tyszka, NY Times
MEXICO CITY â Long before becoming president, when he was a soldier,à Hugo Chávezà organized cultural activities, most notably beauty pageants. On a stage, microphone in hand, Mr. Chávez served as host, pumping up the audience and announcing the winner. The showman in him already struggled to emerge from under the uniform. Mr. Chávez said he imitated the proceedings he had seen on television in these improvised contests. This is how he learned to play to an audience.
Zack Beauchamp, Vox
The world is getting better, and people don't seem to notice.
Paul McLeary, Foreign Policy
U.S. Central Command has launched an investigation into the mistaken airstrike on Syrian troops over the weekend.
Deutsche Welle
DR Congo's Interior Ministry reports that 14 civilians were killed as well as three policemen. One was reportedly "burned alive" during protests against President Joseph Kabila's failure to schedule elections.
Mark Galeotti, European Council on Foreign Relations
If true, this would be a serious shift in policy, reflecting a dawning awareness on Putin's part that his old strategies for governing Russia are looking increasingly ineffective.Ã
Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic
The making of Rodrigo Duterte.
