A. Nadibaidze, LSE
The campaign for the European Parliament elections on 23-26 May offers an opportunity for key EU policy areas to be debated. Yet as Anna Nadibaidze writes, the issue of EU enlargement in the Wester
Adewale Maja-Pearce, London Review of Books
At 35 per cent, the turn-out for Nigeria's general election in February was the lowest for any presidential (and parliamentary) ballot since democracy succeeded military rule twenty years ago. During the three weeks I spent on the road in the run-up to the vote, it became obvious from the . . .
Tom Peck, Independent
Wipeout in the local elections? Wipeout in the EU elections? Prime Minister Cameron would still be staring down the barrel of both these things
Robert Blair, Wash. Post
When civil war ended in 2003, few Liberians trusted the government to protect them.
Daniel Strand, Providence Mag
Robert Kagan seems unwilling to consider that there might be something to learn from these authoritarians. If he did, he might paradoxically find an ally in the cause of preserving and securing liberal democracy and the rules-based order it helped build.
Roger Boyes, Times of London
There are streets in London where you can feel the slight rumble of Underground trains deep below the pavement. You would have to be barefoot (not recommended) and hypersensitive, the traffic...
Sam Mullins, WOTR
When asked what kept him up at night in September 2018, Kevin McAleenan, then commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and now acting secretary
C. Costa, Defense One
A former Trump administration counterterrorism leader explains what??s changed since Obama, and what ought to come next.
M. Lerichie, AA
One of the last things Omar al-Bashir did before he was ousted on 11 April was to oversee South Sudan's latest peace deal. The then Sudanese president stepped in where most in the region and international community had given up and, in September 2018, shepherded in the Revitalised Agreement for the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan.With the support of allies such as China, Russia and Saudi Arabia, al-Bashir used resources and his influence on various armed and opposition groups in South Sudan to broker a deal. Читать дальше...
Brendan O'Neill, Spectator
Why aren't we Brits talking about the revolt just across the English Channel? Our silence on the gilets jaunes and their spectacular, sustained rebellion against the increasingly tyrannical rule of
D. Gorenburg, RM
Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy, an important new book by the Israeli scholar Dmitry Adamsky, explores the critical but highly understudied juncture between religion and the military. Focusing on the role played by the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) in the restoration and development of the Russian nuclear weapons complex in the post-Cold War period, Adamsky highlights the organizational and ideological impact of the church on the gradual remilitarization of Russia over the last three decades. Читать дальше...
Luis Rubio, Worldcrunch
If President Lpez Obrador really wants to give his country peace and security, he'll need to tackle criminal complicity among the powers that be.
Motoko Rich, New York Times
A Japanese royal sought to make peace with the lands his country had once conquered. But at home, too, there were fences to mend.
Mathieu Boulgue, Chatham House
NATO faces a Russia challenge, but lacks unity over its response. A targeted dialogue of differences' with Moscow and between NATO members themselves could be the way forward to ending the communication failures, which increase the risk of miscalculation and policy errors.
Seth Frantzman, National Interest
Moscow must recognize that it has allowed Ankara to have more leverage in Syria.
D. Trenin, Carn. Moscow
A broad public discussion on Moscow??s foreign policy goals and objectives is long overdue. International issues are affecting the interests of Russian society as a whole more and more, making it necessary for private citizens to take a greater interest in their country??s conduct abroad, especially in the single continental space that is Greater Eurasia.
Anna Nemtsova, Daily Beast
Olena Zelenska used to write gags for the TV comedy that got her husband elected president of Ukraine. But she says their commitment to freedom and democracy is no joke.
Ben Judah, The American Interest
Forget economic anxiety. Rotterdam is a warning that the emerging political fight across Europe really is about cultural assimilation after all.
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald
Rebellion against Maduro dictatorship is not a coup attempt. It is an attempt to restore democracy.
