Yanis Varoufakis, NS
The memory of past greatness can be debilitating for a people who feel they have failed to rise to a historic occasion. We Greeks have been burdened by this sensation at various moments in our postwar history: in 1967, when we failed to prevent a military coup; or more recently in 2015, when we allowed the troika of the EU, the IMF and the European Central Bank to crush us. Brexit Britain is, today, wallowing in a similar sense of having betrayed both its past and its future. Читать дальше...
Chemi Shalev, Haaretz
Following his successful appearance at the AIPAC Policy Conference on Monday, Benny Gantz gave a wretched interview to Channel 12 anchor Yonit Levi. He was impatient, looked as if he hadn't slept for weeks and showed how inexperienced he is in conversing via satellite.
Kavi Chongkittavorn, Bangkok Post
Speculation is rife about imminent changes in Thailand's diplomatic direction after five years of military-ruled guidance. Political pundits and campaigners ahead of the polls last week also sent out strong signals that they expect a new cabinet in Government House with new policies. One of the casualties would be Thai-Chinese ties, which have progressed and strengthened without waveringly over the past five years. However, the outcome of Sunday's election indicates... Читать дальше...
Pepe Escobar, Asia Times
Slowly but surely, the EU is shifting its priorities to the East
A.D. Miller & R. Sokolsky, Pol.
One year into the job, the secretary of state is good at flattering President Trumpand little else.
Liz Sly, Washington Post
The winding down of the war has brought no respite for the president's devoted followers.
Schofield, PH
As Westminster gears up for the constitutional novelty of indicative votes, it's important to remember that Theresa May's Brexit deal is not dead. Not yet anyway.
Tom Standage, 1843
When the bicycle first appeared it was seen as an agent of radical social change
Georges Fahmi, Chatham House
Protesters have been taking to the streets in Sudan and Algeria, drawing parallels to the Arab uprisings in 2011.
D. DePetris, TNI
Many of the extremist group's fighters will now become insurgents but that is not something America can solve.
Bhatiya, WPR
In March 2014, then-President Barack Obama signed the first tranche of executive orders imposing sanctions against the Russian Federation for its illegal invasion and annexation of Crimea. Five years later, the confrontation between the United States and Russia has come to dominate the national security conversation, driving unprecedented tensions in the trans-Atlantic relationship. It is also likely to feature prominently in foreign policy debates during the 2020 presidential election campaign.
R. Schuttenhelm, VN
The Netherlands is famous for its polders and dikes. But the sea that we have been fighting for our entire history was not increasing in volumen. Now it is.
Farida Jalalzai & Meg Rincker, The Conversation
To reach the highest rungs of power, a new study shows, it really helps if your dad was president.
Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker
In Brazil, a budding authoritarian borrows from the Trump playbook.
Robin Simcox, Foreign Policy
The terrorist attack in Utrecht may be a sign of what's to come.
Peter Hartcher, SMH
Malcolm Turnbull started his time at the top shackled to the very policies voters thought had been discarded along with Tony Abbott.
Stephen Wertheim, New Republic
The case against American military supremacy
Adrian Karatnycky, The American Interest
A look at the oligarch behind comedian Volodymyr Zelensky's surprise bid for the presidency of Ukraineand the feud with Petro Poroshenko that started it all.
Kate Hawkesby, New Zealand Herald
COMMENT: The bottom line for Facebook is money, not respect for their community.
David Herszenhorn, Politico EU
Britain and Beijing loom as potentially formidable, if very different, rivals.
Michael Spence, Project Syndicate
With new sources of uncertainty seemingly proliferating by the day, a broad economic slowdown should come as no surprise. And as long as the rules and institutions governing the global economy remain in doubt, continued underperformance is to be expected.
