Alex Lo, South China Morning Post
Right-wing media in the West are baying for a bloody crackdown in Hong Kong not because they are concerned about our freedoms but rather to advance their own agendas
Steven Cook, Foreign Policy
The Trump administration's nonresponse to Iranian aggression has sent an unmistakable message.
Stuart Ambrose, Proceedings
A bigger presence in Africa could provide the United States opportunities to maneuver against China.
Ned Donovan, Spectator
Curfews, internet shutdowns, house arrest for opposition leaders. It's the kind of list one normally hears in the world's great authoritarian dictatorships. But today it is in fact the state of
David Leheny, Los Angeles Times
The nationalistic mood that keeps Abe in power is based on nostalgia, not about the wartime past, but the postwar era of the Japanese economic miracle.
BBC
It is the most significant move on the disputed region in decades and is likely to spark major unrest.
R. Heydarian, Nikkei
Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia all show signs of rejecting Beijing's influence
Richard McGregor, RealClearDefense
Mykola Vorobiov, Jamestown Foundation
On July 21, Ukrainians went to the polls for the third time this year to vote for a new parliament in snap elections. According to the preliminary results, President Voldymyr Zelenskyy's Servant of the People (SoP) party received 43.16 percent of ballots cast, giving it 124 mandates in the 450-seat Verkhovna Rada. This will be combined with the 130 seats
Elizabeth Aranda & Alessandra Rosa, The Conversation
Rossell's corruption is just the latest in a string of disasters for Puerto Ricans -- but it also created an opportunity for a stressed community to come together.
Benjamin Wilhelm, WPR
On Tuesday, Chinese officials abruptly announced that most of the Uighur Muslims held in detention camps in the country's western Xinjiang region had been released. The claimwhich was not supported by any evidence and almost immediately challenged by inmates' relatives, foreign governments and human rights groupsmarks another step in China's efforts to deflect international criticism of its repressive policies in Xinjiang, where at least 1 million Uighurs are believed to be incarcerated.
Andrew Wood, The American Interest
Putin's return to the Kremlin in 2012 blighted Russia's chances of peaceable evolution. That will stay so while he and his inner circle hang on to power, perhaps beyond 2024. Russia and the rest of us will suffer in consequence.
Michael Stott, FT
The failure of Juan Guaid to dislodge Nicols Maduro from power has accelerated the economic implosion.
Mark Galeotti, Moscow Times
Opinion Violence paired with a smart effort to co-opt the population is, sadly, an eminently successful technique.
National Review
We are contending with an evil ideology white supremacy that deserves to be treated by the authorities as has been the threat posed by militant Islam.
