Scott MacDonald, Global Americans
Washington can no longer take the Caribbean for granted. That means more than just impotently warning partners south of the hemisphere about China and Russia. Instead it will require more effective diplomacy and economic statecraft.
David Stern, Politico EU
Comedian's success shows how country has evolved since 2014 revolution.
Keith Johnson & Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy
By seeking to cut Iranian exports to zero, the U.S. president is taking a major economic and political risk.
Miller & Sokolsky, Politico
How the administration will fundamentally damage U.S. national interests for years to come.
Britta Sandberg, Der Spiegel
A 23-year-old politician is leading Marine Le Pen's right-wing populists in May elections for the European Parliament. His name is Jordan Bardella, and he's as eloquent as he is radical.
Andrew Michta, Amer. Int.
Beijing's financial and military inroads into Europe are calling into question America's traditional assumptions about Transatlantic cooperation.
Ethan Kapstein & Jacob Shapiro, Foreign Policy
How Washington can beat Beijing's global influence campaign.
Ian Johnson, New York Review of Books
Enter Xu Zhangrun. A fifty-six-year-old professor of constitutional law at Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University, Xu is well known in Beijing as a moderate and prolific critic of the government's increasing embrace of authoritarianism. The government is, of course, adept at marginalizing such voices. As a result, Xu and his supporters are unknown to the vast majority of Chinese people. That makes it hard for public intellectuals to effect change. But they perform another... Читать дальше...
