Stephen Maher, Maclean's
Stephen Maher: Trudeau and his inner circle turned a completely manageable concern into a scandal. And one of them will need to take the fall.
Pawel Slabiak, New Republic
Chike Ukaegbu is the youngest presidential candidate in Nigerian history. His campaign is being run by an improbable and eccentric cast.
Petropoulos & Wolff, Bruegel
There is a fear that EU companies will find it increasingly difficult to be on top of global value chains. Many argue that EU-based firms simply lack the critical scale to compete and, in order to address this problem, that Europe's merger control should become less strict. But the real question is where the EU can strengthen itself beyond the realm of competition policy.
Roberto Saviano, New York Review of Books
The migrant caravan that left Honduras and headed north toward the US last October is the largest flight from drug trafficking in history. Though the phenomenon of Central American caravans isn't new, never before have thousands of people decided to flee from criminal organizations in such numbers. It is, in a sense, the biggest anti-mafia march the world has ever seen.
Sara Angel, G&M
The Max Stern Art Restitution Project, based in Montreal, has become one of the world's most important voices on Nazi-looted art recovery.
John Reed, Financial Times
Liberals and royalists alike regarded her shortlived run for office as controversial.
Byron York, Wash. Examiner
When someone says, "I'm a glass half-full person," that means he or she tries to look on the positive side of any situation, even if the reality is mixed. In the case of border security and the spending bill passed by Congress, it would be hard, from the administration's point of view, to call it a
A. Rawnsley, Guardian
A lot of the blame lies with the cynical manoeuvres of the party leaders, but parliament as a whole also bears responsibility
L. Rouse, African Arguments
15 years after the brutal war ended, no one has been prosecuted in Liberia and many victims feel they've been forgotten.
Pepe Escobar, Asia Times
Businesses in the Middle East have begun to think Make trade not war' and being part of China's Belt and Road scheme
Anne Applebaum, Washington Post
European leaders have learned that there is no point in seeking agreement with Trump, which is why Pence's speech sounded so off.
Yazeed Fakier, Daily Maverick
Surely there is still a last-gasp opportunity for the politics of the possible, of effective coalitions, for the combined opposition to pool resources and collective brainpower to provide deserving and decent South Africans with a viable alternative.
Bruce Bawer, PJ Media
Germans overwhelmingly dislike the United States, and it's not about Trump.
Luigi Scazzieri, CER
Tensions between Italy and France are rising due to domestic politics in both countries, personal acrimony between Salvini, Di Maio and Macron, and policy differences.
Conrad Black, NP
Vivian Bercovici, Commentary
Israeli's Labour Party has slowly declined to the point that it is now on life support. But has it received a reprieve?
