C.K. Hickey & Maya Gandhi, FP
Candidates have faced fewer global questions since the elections of 2004 and 2008, but China and trade have remained consistently popular topics.
Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, The Diplomat
The Islamic State has completed its shift from Middle East to South Asia.
Sen. Marco Rubio, Miami Herald
Just one month in to his administration, President Donald Trump sent a clear message to socialist authoritarian dictatorships in Latin America by imposing sanctions against the right hand man of Venezuelan dictator Nicols Maduro.Mark Feierstein, who served as President Barack Obama's top national security adviser on Latin America, praised the Trump Administration's action as an overdue step to ratchet up pressure on the Venezuelan regime and signal that top officials... Читать дальше...
Michael MacArthur Bosack, Japan Times
The Reiwa Era is one of great promise for the SDF but not without significant challenges.
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
The first time I visited post-communist Romania was in 2009, the same year my book The Next 100 Years was published. In it, I forecast that Russia would become increasingly aggressive and, over time, increasingly weak as its underlying economic problems manifested themselves. I also forecast that Ukraine would become the flashpoint between Russia and the Euro-American alliance.Most readers found this (and other forecasts) to be preposterous. In spite of the war with Georgia... Читать дальше...
Andrs Malamud, Americas Quarterly
Whether he wins reelection in October or not, President Mauricio Macri is set to make history. In December, he will become the first president that isn't a Peronist or general to complete a full term since 1928. Macri already has a track record of breaking molds. He was the first Argentine ruler to be trained in a private university and the first politician since 1983 to start a third party that could last and win elections. Allied with the Radical party, he... Читать дальше...
Henry Kissinger, LAT
In the peaceful competition of the Olympics, the achievement of one nation encourages the efforts of others, spurring all to new heights in human excellence.
Lauren Bean Buitta, War on the Rocks
Women in national security have organized a powerful movement around inclusion, diversity, and the right to be secure in their pursuit of safeguarding
David Wearing, New York Times
The Anglo-American relationship with the House of Saud may be entering a perfect storm.
Bill Durodie, The Conversation
Trade wars are symptoms of underlying economic problems rather than their cause.
L. Bilmes, R. Cappella Zielinski & N. Crawford, Boston Globe
A war with Iran would be long, costly, and catastrophic for the United States and the global economy.
Donald Kirk, Korea Times
Summit fever is upon us. The mere idea of two leaders sitting down and talking suggests the ultimate panacea. Surely they can come to terms once they look each other in the eye and work out all those terrible differences.
Zhenhua Lu, SCMP
Research covering American studies and trade gets major funding boost after complaints China was caught napping by US President Donald Trump.
Charles Grant, New Statesman
Thomas Hobbes described the life of a man as solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short. The Kremlin's view of the world is dark and Hobbesian. But on a recent visit to Moscow, I was struck by the confidence of influential Russians in their country's ability to thrive in such a world. Approval ratings for Vladimir Putin have fallen to just above 60 per cent, their lowest level since Russia's intervention in Ukraine in 2014, but he is unchallenged domestically. Everyone... Читать дальше...
Lionel Barber, Henry Foy & Alex Barker, FT
Vladimir Putin has trumpeted the growth of national populist movements in Europe and America, crowing that liberalism is spent as an ideological force.
Mitsuru Obe, Nikkei
Neither the US nor China is seen as ready for major concessions -- yet
