Richard Bernstein, Observer
Trump and Clinton give short shrift to many pressing issues, including the increasing threat of nuclear annihilation.
Geranmayeh & Liik, ECFR
Joint military operations in Syria have brought Russia and Iran relations closer than at any point since World War II.
Fred Maynard, 1843
âÂÂThe fascist octopus has sung its swansongâÂÂ. George Orwell's classic example of a mixed metaphor came to mind walking around âÂÂWar MapâÂÂ,à a new exhibition at London's Map House. In this collection of military maps from the first half of the 20thà century, monstrous eight-tentacled beasts pop up so often that you could be forgiven for thinking they were a standard cartographical feature.
David Herszenhorn, Politico EU
In defending the Euro-Atlantic alliance, US secretary of state highlights its weaknesses.
Michael Cecire, National Interest
NATO's current posture of retrenchment is a withdrawal from the Alliance's founding raison d'etre.
Samanth Subramanian, The Atlantic
Why the details of the latest fight are still murkyâÂÂand why this time was different
Cyril Almeida, Dawn
ISLAMABAD: In a blunt, orchestrated and unprecedented warning, the civilian government has informed the military leadership of a growing international isolation of Pakistan and sought consensus on several key actions by the state.
Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch
Donald and Hillary Take a No-First-Use Pledge on Relevant Information.
Eric Mandel, Jer. Post
A change in America's Iran policy is the key to promoting American national security interests.
George Eaton, New Statesman
A change is going to come,â declared Theresa May, channeling Sam Cooke, at the outset of her first Conservative conference speech. For her, the Brexit vote was not merely a mandate to leave the EU but to reshape domestic policy. She aspires to redressà the social and economic grievances that underlay the referendum result.Ã
H. Thoburn, WA Journal
Ninety-eight percent of Hungarians just voted to refuse EU mandated immigration quotas without the national parliament's approvalâÂÂbut not enough voters turned out. What's next?
Paul Roderick Gregory, Forbes
The Clinton campaign has decided to change the subject from the flood of damaging and incriminating emails to warnings of Russia's attempted intervention in the US election.
Maria Engstrom, Intersection Proj.
Conservative mobilization and sexualization of the nation.Ã
Wyatt Roy, Times of Israel
'Look at their luck,' the soldier joked to his comrades.
Shaun Walker, The Guardian
A decade after the assassination of Anna Politkovskaya, news organisations increasingly avoid topics that could anger the Kremlin
Ilan Berman, Foreign Affairs
Ilyas El Omari is on the offensive. The bespectacled 49-year-old activist who heads Morocco's Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) has spent years honing PAM's political message and worldview. Now, with the Kingdom heading into what is shaping up to be a decisive general election on October 7, Omari senses a political opening.
Alex Massie, Spectator
Scottish jobs for Scottish workers. We're going to stop foreigners from coming here and taking jobs Scottish people can do.
Ari Shavit, Haaretz
Two speeches by the U.S. president were more precise, on-point and moving than anything said by any center-left Israeli leader of the past generation.
Ariel Bolstein, Israel Hayom
Two events recently took place in Ukraine, both having to do with the past that shaped the heritage of the Jewish people in the 20th century. In the city of Odessa, on the coast of the Black Sea, Ukrainians celebrated the far-reaching legacy of Zionist leader Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky, one of the greatest Jewish writers, thinkers and political activists of his generation. And in Kiev, they marked 75 years since the Babi Yar tragedy -- the massacre of tens of thousands... Читать дальше...
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
The Russian president plans to act as an equal, whether or not the U.S. wants to treat him as one.
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
A confrontation with the United States is no longer inconceivable.
