Paul Wells, Maclean's
Paul Wells: Under the proposed 'McLellan protocol' the incessant piling-on the attorney general by staffers would not have been possible
Lucy Hughes-Hallett, NS
These are two terrible books; terrible because their subject matter is so harrowing. Both are concerned with the last days of the Third Reich as seen, not from military headquarters, but from the wrecked streets and vile-smelling cellars where ordinary Germans waited for the end. They are very different works. Heinz Rein lived through the final fighting when Hitler, from his bunker, decreed that any German officer ordering a retreat was to be killed on the spot by his own men. Читать дальше...
Hannah Beech, New York Times
Fear of what awaits them has kept the Rohingya from returning to Myanmar, where they were targets of ethnic cleansing. But life in Bangladesh refugee camps is intolerable. There's no good place to go.
Majid Rafizadeh, Independent
The security threat Iran poses to both regional and international security is real and urgent. Attempting to ignore reality and revive the failed nuclear agreement with little more than warm words is not the way to combat the issue
Dong Geon Lim, National Interest
Pyongyang is developing sophisticated systems that Seoul and Washington don't have a way to shoot down. Here is a breakdown of what Kim tested this month.
Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post
Iranian-backed paramilitaries helped defeat ISIS and many locals are loyal to different groups within the Hashd al-Shaabi or Popular Mobilization Forces.
Z. Montague, WPR
Of the many paradoxes surrounding China today, the trajectory of its massive Belt and Road Initiative has become one of the most puzzling. Even as the expansive plan has become essentially synonymous with Chinese foreign policy in general, it remains increasingly difficult to nail down with precision what, exactly, it is.
John Keiger, Spectator
One thing on which Remainers and Brexiteers can agree is that Brexit delayed is Brexit denied. The government continues to proclaim that the UK will leave the EU on 31 October with or without a deal.
J. Sullivan, The Atlantic
Working on economic policy at the White House, I came to understand that the stakes of the confrontation are far higher than those of trade alone.
Rym Momtaz, Pol. EU
French president lays out strategy for G7 summit.
Economist
The results would be disastrous, for Brazil and for the world
Daniel Gordis, Times of Israel
If you evaluate Israeli politics through the prism of American democracy, you will be disappointed (and embarrassed). You will also miss what Israel is all about
Joshua Keating, Politico
Trump probably doesn't realize it, but he's not the first president in recent years to look at the coming impact of climate change and decide to buy land. And with dislocated populations and scarcer resources looming on the horizon, he might not be the last.
Rahul Mukherji, The Hindu
Vivekananda was a proponent of a multicultural nation rooted in religious tolerance and modernity
Ankit Panda, The Diplomat
Is India's nuclear policy heading into uncharted waters?
