Santiago Villa, Worldcrunch
With business sense and political pragmatism, communist China probably sees more sense backing Venezuela's liberal opposition, which could seal the fate of its longtime ally.
Narges Bajoghli, Foreign Affairs
Among the revolutionary faithful, the young seek confrontation while their elders embrace change.
E. Dreyfuss, Wired
The country's antitrust regulator told Facebook it couldn't demand so much data from users simply to have an account. Experts say it's a big deal.
Colin Clarke, Foreign Policy
Regime change in Caracas won't change the country's problematic relationship with the terrorist group.
Charlotte Stanton, Carnegie
The technology to create sophisticated fake videos??deepfakes??is getting more advanced with serious implications for governments and businesses.
Heidarali Masoudi, Al Monitor
Despite a likely Western European snub in terms of level of representation, the Warsaw summit holds the possibility of being a starting point for a European-American consensus against Iran down the line, potentially depriving Tehran of even the minimum benefits of the nuclear deal.
Tony Barber, Financial Times
However, not everything is going Mr Salvini's way. Northern Italian business interests, a core element of the League's support, are less than impressed with the government's erratic economic policies. Above all, the Italian economy is once again in recession. As many Italian leaders before Mr Salvini have discovered, a weak national economic performance diminishes Italy's clout on the EU stage. It is premature to predict Mr Salvini's imminent eclipse, but it is perhaps... Читать дальше...
L. Szab, AC
Editor's Note: This article is a response to Stephen Blank's essay, Putin's Energy Strategy Is More Ambitious than You Think , which was published by the Atlantic Council's UkraineAlert blog on January 4, 2019. Since arriving in Washington in the...
Alberto Alemanno, Politico EU
Italian populists' attacks on Paris are a sign Europe's politics is finally crossing borders.
Franois Nicoullaud with Kourosh Ziabari, L-Log
by Kourosh Ziabari It has been more than 300 years since Iran and France launched official diplomatic ties. The initial contact between the two nations dates back to the late 16th and early 17th ce
G. Olsen, N-Rep.
All that talk about "reclaiming" congressional war powers? Historically, Congress has applauded presidential wars.
Alberto Nardelli, BuzzFeed
Exclusive: A diplomatic note seen by BuzzFeed News reveals that senior European diplomats think the prime minister is trying to buy time with MPs and the risks of a no deal by accident are increasing.
Pankaj Mishra, Bloomberg View
It was not about Muslim rage. It was a rebellion against a Westernized, undemocratic technocracy.
Ume Farwa Azeemi, Asia Times
Global politics has come to a very interesting point: A gradual rise of multipolarity is creating geo-strategic spaces for states to maneuver for their individual interests and, at the same time, opening new avenues of cooperation for shared geo-economic interests. This scenario is compelling states to adjust the undertones of their foreign policies and adapt to []
John Campbell, Council on Foreign Relations
The Giant of Africa's next president will have to contend with daunting security and economic challenges.
Thomas Erdbrink, NY Times
The country has changed enormously, as a growing middle class has quietly and successfully rebelled against the rigid ideology of the early years of the revolution.
Josef Joffe, Commentary
Fabulous riches, half a billion people, and the world's second-largest economy do not a superpower makeView Post
