Amal Nasser, Al-Monitor
The recent attacks on vessels in the Red Sea by Yemen's Houthis and the United States threaten international trade along this route.
Steven Boykey Sidley, Daily Maverick
My daily lived experience, for the most part, seems far removed from the vicious racism of some of the Fallists, or even the oft-repeated anti-white lashings of the EFF, and even occasionally by the ANC as they try to seduce those voters who would approve of the sentiment. But as I move through my day there is rarely ever a hint of tension with the many people of different cultures that cross my path in every way conceivable â social, business, service and serendipity. Читать дальше...
Arkady Ostrovsky, The Economist
The revolution of 1991 overturned the Soviet Union's political, economic and social order and put 15 countries on the map where there had previously been only one. But like many revolutions in history, it was followed by a restoration.
Anthony Sattin, Conde Naste Traveller
It's the most-talked-about destination of the year. As Iran opens up to visitors its monuments top every travel hitlist -- but we skip the sights and head west, to go dancing with nomads in the mountains instead.
Matteo Fagotto, Foreign Policy
Encroaching waters off the coast of Togo, Ghana, Mauritania, and others are destroying homes, schools, fish, and a way of life.
Andrew Browne, Wall Street Journal
Beijing is more jealously guarding its domestic markets, and a sharp turn toward authoritarianism under Mr. Xi is reinforcing the trend. New national security laws are driving out U.S. tech companies. Anti-Americanism is on the rise. A video recently released by the Supreme People's Procuratorate warned of the âÂÂdark shadow of the Stars and Stripes.âÂÂ
Josh Gelernter, National Review
With a real response to North Korea, we might be able to kill two birds with one stone: impede the progress of North Korea's increasingly capable, increasingly dangerous missile program, and remind Iran that â Syrian red lines aside â the United States is not to be trifled with.
Creede Newton, The Daily Beast
The fractured drug cartels hit high and low. In Acapulco these days, they're even knocking off taxi drivers who don't pay up, or who work for rival gangs.
Kate Linthicum, LA Times
The protestersà boarded the Mexico City subway dressed in black burqas. They weren'tà Muslim, just women trying to make a point that their bodies â whether cloakedà in heavy cloth orà tank tops â weren't objects to be stared at or touched.Ã
Anne-Marie Slaughter & Elizabeth Weingarten, PS
Many foreign policymakers in the US and around the world still don't seem able to grasp that examining the behavior of women and men alike can improve their analysis and their proposed measures. Indeed, it's an oversight that can weaken their countries' national security.
Diego Arria, NY Daily News
Moammar Gadhafi and Vladimir Putin are two of the worst tyrants of the modern age, and both have been the subject of international efforts to stop their bad behavior. The similarities between the two men are stunning.
Mimi Lau, South China Morning Post
Those organising illegal religious activities could be fined up to 300,000 yuan.
Franco Ordonez, McClatchy
Tucked into the 12 pages of new regulations regarding U.S. relations with Cuba is a directive to the director of national intelligence to cooperate with Cuban intelligence services. For Cuban-Americans in South Florida, who remember the downing of two planes belonging to Brothers to the Rescue by a Cuban fighter jet, an incident that led to the unmasking of a spy network, the order is unbelievable.
Miljenko Jergovic, New York Times
The Bosnian Serbs lost the war, and the siege was lifted from Sarajevo primarily because film and photographs showed what was happening to the inhabitants of the city. After three and a half years, the deadly reality show that had been broadcast to all the eyes in the free and protected world became unbearable. Then, in Dayton, an accord was signed. The bloody spectacle was over.In Aleppo there is no spectacle. There they are suffering and dying far from the cameras of photographers and television crews.
Omair Shaaban, Washington Post
People here are suffering because we want freedom. Before the war started, I joined a demonstration against Assad's regime -- and I was arrested, beaten and detained in a tiny cell for five days. The longer the demonstrations went on, the more violent the regime's reactions were. Eventually, the Free Syrian Army tried to launch a revolution, and the war began.
Ariel Cohen, RealClearWorld
With the final stretch of the U.S. presidential elections upon us, Russia's challenge in Syria has rapidly developed into a centerpiece of the foreign policy debate. The candidates need to formulate a clear vision of how to deal with Moscow.
