Dan Hannan, Spectator
Sola mors tyrannicida est, wrote Thomas More: death is the only way to get rid of tyrants. And so itâ¦
Economist
Cuba's communist leader, who outlasted ten American presidents, has died at the age of 90
Jacob Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures
One of these things is not like the other, and the media has seized upon it with its usual penchant for exaggeration and hysteria. In their telling of the tale, Merkel has become the political establishment's last bulwark against the illiberal tremors of popular dissatisfaction and rising nationalism being felt across the West, and the announcement of her candidacy has been greeted in those circles reeling from the direction of world affairs with salvational zeal. Читать дальше...
Daniel Politi, Slate
Lots has been written about 'fake news' in the U.S. election cycle, often tinted by the idea that much of it was the creation of money-grubbing, unethi ...
Paul Mikov, World Politics Review
On Dec. 11, when Macedonians go to the polls in early parliamentary elections, foreign policy should weigh heavily on their minds. The government in powerâÂÂa coalition of the predominantly Macedonian party known as VMRO-DPMNE and the Democratic Union for Integration, or DUI, the country's largest ethnic Albanian partyâÂÂhas declared that its foreign policy and diplomacy over the past decade has been largely successful. But from relations with its neighbors... Читать дальше...
Adam Minter, Bloomberg View
Why Trump is wrong to pressure Apple to move its factories back home.
Theodore Sorensen, Daily Beast
Having gotten to know Castro, the late JFK aide and chief speechwriter wrote, he could see why the Cuban strongman held on to power for so long.
Michael Curtis, The Commentator
Globalization feeds a sense of injustice, and loss of cultural identity. But there is no going back to pre-globalization. Trump and France's Le Pen are not the same, but their supporters are driven by many similar concerns, some legitimate. Elites need to take them seriously, or populism could get uglier still. What happens next in France will be instructive
Anne-Sylvaine Chassany, Financial Times
François Fillon, the surprise frontrunner in the race for France's centre-right presidential nomination, first attracted international attention â and caused domestic consternation â with a fit of French bashing.
Tom Hamburger, Washington Post
The president-elect has done little to set boundaries between his personal and official business, and he has reacted defensively to suggestions of a conflict of interest.
Carroll & Watts, Guardian
The man who led a revoltuion and strode the world stage for half a century left Cuba with free healthcare, food shortages â and not a single street in his name
Anthony DePalma, New York Times
Fidel Castro has died at 90 years of age
Glenn Garvin, Miami Herald
Fidel Castro, who towered over his Caribbean island for nearly five decades, a shaggy-bearded figure in combat fatigues whose long shadow spread across Latin America and the world, is dead at age 90. His brother Raul announced the death late Friday night.
