Anthony Seldon, New States.
Roll up, roll up for the Brexit blame game, it's waiting to take you away. Not since Robert Walpole became the first prime minister 298 years ago has this country seen such a prolonged and deep political crisis. Not since the struggle between Catholic and Protestant factions calmed in Britain (if not in Ireland) after the 17th century has there been so much deep intolerance, hatred and violence simmering just below the surface. Whatever happens in the next few weeks and months... Читать дальше...
Cliff Taylor, Irish Times
Cliff Taylor: Government would support long UK extension to avoid a no-deal nightmare
Shimrit Meir, Ynet News
Opinion: A year has passed since the start of March of Return campaign and Gaza's rulers have nothing to show for it, leading them to make desperate decisions because now it's a matter of political survival
Nadav Shragai, Israel Hayom
"Rose-colored blindness," a phrased coined by the writer Aharon Megged, almost hit us a decade ago. In the spring of 2007, a few years before the Arab Spring which turned out to be a chilling winter a few dozen artists, writers and former MKs and defense officials gathered on the Shouting Hill near Majdal Shams in the northern Golan Heights. They waved to Syrian President Bashar Assad and asked that the Israeli government see him as a partner and someone with whom they could hold a dialogue. Читать дальше...
Iain Martin, Times
We have reached the point in Brexit when Leavers must prepare to fight off a last-minute coup by Remainers. MPs and peers are on the verge of overruling the 2016 referendum result and stopping our...
Andrew Bacevich, The American Conservative
He now perceives global authoritarianism as today's greatest challenge, with conservatives on the wrong side of the fight.
Katya Gorchinskaya, Al Jazeera
The Ukrainian electorate has run out of patience.
Kamel Daoud with Rachel Donadio, Atlantic
Hundreds of thousands of Algerians have been protesting to prove to the world and to the regime that they could move without destroying the country, says the Algerian writer Kamel Daoud.
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
But Poroshenko is highly likely to face a run-off against Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a comedian who speaks better Russian than Ukrainian. Like Caputova, he is a political novice and a popular figure from outside the establishment. Like Caputova, Zelenskiy appears to hold broader views than his establishment rival. He's not churchy, he opposes forcing the Ukrainian language on Russian speakers, and he is backed by the liberal reformers pushed out of the government in... Читать дальше...
Zalman Shoval, Jerusalem Post
Russian-Israeli relations in the Putin era greatly differ from those in the Cold War period, when Israel and Syria were mainly pawns on the chess board of the East-West confrontation.
Constantinos Filis, ECFR
Both North Macedonia and Greece are gearing up for new elections. Political forces on all sides are ready to go into political battle over the Prespa Agreement
James Goldgeier & Gorana Grgic, War on the Rocks
As the campaign for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president heats up, a key foreign policy question is whether and under what conditions candidates
Ted Fraser, Globe and Mail
As Theresa May navigates Brexit, Scots are considering an escape of their own
Vi. Bercovici, Comm.
Israel's control of the Golan Heights is legal as the spoils of a defensive campaign, unlike Russia's aggressive occupation of Crimea.
Oliver Wiseman, CapX
The end of the sentence 'Brexit means' is, once again, up in the air
Valeria Moy, Americas Quarterly
Across generations, Mexicans have been raised believing that oil is one of Earth's blessings to the country. We grew up learning about the great advantages of having oil and thinking about the ways in which we would distribute all the riches that came with it to make Mexico a more equal country. It is therefore not surprising that many Mexicans have an emotional attachment to crude, a neural connection that links oil to nationality, pride and sovereignty.
Daniel DePetris, National Interest
The Islamic State may be beaten back, but it is not gone, and it's lurking in the corner ready to capitalize on mistakes.
Jessica Mathews, New York Review of Books
Shortly after the success of The Art of the Deal (1987) made Donald Trump a supposed expert on negotiation, he lobbied the George H.W. Bush administration to put him in charge of arms reduction talks with the Soviet Union. The position went instead to Richard Burt, an experienced diplomat and arms control expert. When the two men met at a New York social event, Trump pulled Burt aside to tell him what he would have doneand what Burt should doto start off the negotiations. Читать дальше...
Meg Lundsager, Hill
EU leaders likely fear that they will not be able to control or even know the details of Chinese involvement in the Italian economy.
Tom Kibasi, Guardian
May??s latest plan is a desperate attempt to avoid a 12 April exit. It won??t work, but it may help her party in an election, says Tom Kibasi, director of the IPPR
Alberto Nardelli, BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed News has seen a diplomatic note of an EU27 ambassadors meeting on Thursday that states that the UK's remaining options are no-deal or a long delay to Brexit.
Simon Speakman Cordall, Al Monitor
Algeria's army chief has called on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be declared unfit, paving the way for a caretaker president. But protesters argue the military must hand power to the people.
Fahd Humayun, Foreign Policy
A BJP victory in India's upcoming election could spell more trouble for the relationship.
