, Economist
The government is making it easier to look after kids
Louis Jude Selvadoray, The Hindu
The incentive of an enviable income for teachers could mitigate many ills that affect India's education system
Ethan Lou, Maclean's
Canada would survive a full-scale trade war with China, but it would offer a painful lesson on how much we now rely on that country
Henry Foy, FT
Putin gained power by neutering the old cadre. But new names have sprung up to fill their places.
Jean Pisani-Ferry, Project Syndicate
The single most important economic development of the last 50 years has been the catch-up in income of a large cohort of poor countries. But that world is gone: in an increasingly digitalized global economy, value creation and appropriation concentrate in the innovation centers and where intangible investments are made.
Doug Saunders, Globe and Mail
The Prime Minister's bold foreign-policy message no longer makes sense in a world without reliable allies. These are the steps that should be taken after the election, by whichever party wins, to protect our national interests
Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs
Simone Weil is more relevant than ever, 70 years on.
Aaron Kliegman, FB
The Palestinians' continued refusal to engage the Israelis in a serious way, coupled with their inability to create a productive society, has had a corrosive effect on their pursuit of statehood, driving many international supporters not toward anger or even impatience, but toward apathy.
Daniel Alarcn, New Yorker
Once the bright young hope of the Latin-American left, Alan Garca was caught up in an epic corruption investigation.
Mac Margolis, Bloomberg View
His rocky first six months rebut fears of a return to authoritarianism.
Richard Moss, Proceedings
Eight months after the PD-50 floating dry dock sank in an accident at the No. 82 ship repair yard near Roslyakovo, Russian media reported that the Russian Federation Navy (RFN) has developed a plan to complete the renovation and modernization of its lone aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov.
Bill Wirtz, The American Conservative
Europe's leaders have voiced broad skepticism of another intervention, leaving American hawks standing alone.
Alex Berezow, ACSH
It's not a big secret that the British far left is anti-American.
H. Derakhshan, Guardian
Public broadcast companies could join up to create a platform that values diversity and privacy, says media researcher Hossein Derakhshan
Fred Kaplan, Slate
As the president continues to play nice with North Korea, the national security adviser's days may be numbered.
Max Boot, Wash. Post
Only a change of president can fix American foreign policy.
Andrew Bacevich, LAT
When the U.S. makes threats and drops bombs, our standing in the world drops.
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
Socialism is a global political movement that emerged from the French Revolution. Its goal was to speak for the dispossessed, only sometimes as a democratic political party. In all of its guises, it has been a powerful political force in most of the world. In the United States, however, it has been relegated to the political margins, seen largely as alien to the American ethos. It has now emerged explicitly as a subject of debate in American politics and therefore... Читать дальше...
