Myron Magnet, NYPost
Anyone who says that President Trump is unable to learn on the job hasn't been paying attention to how much his insight into a host of key problems has deepened over three years. But the president
Matthew Continetti, Free Beacon
In October 1950 the People's Liberation Army entered Tibet. The communists made short work of the Tibetan military. The following year, representatives of the Dalai Lama signed a treaty with the People's Republic of China (then all of two years old). The "Agreement of the Central People's Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet," or the "Seventeen Point Agreement" for short, promised that Beijing would uphold Tibetan autonomy... Читать дальше...
R. Donadio, Atlantic
The far-right politician Matteo Salvini has triggered a government crisis, forcing parties that despise one another to contemplate alliances, if only to block his rise.
Luke Coffey & Alexis Mrachek, Heritage
Days before this year's meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) from August 24 to 26, President Donald Trump proposed that Russia be allowed to rejoin the group in 2020. Russia was once part of what was then the G8, and was kicked out after its invasion of Ukraine in 2014. The U.S. should not support the idea of Russia rejoining the bloc until Russia meets certain conditions regarding its nefarious behavior.
Frida Ghitis, World Politics Review
AMSTERDAMIt wasn't long ago that the far right was surging in the Netherlands. Anti-immigrant politicians were dominating the political debate and energizing their followers with an intensity that traditional mainstream politicians appeared incapable of matching. The Dutch seemed on track to move away from their near-legendary penchant for compromise, ready to trade it in for the kind of resurgent nationalism seen in other parts of Europe and across the Atlantic. Читать дальше...
Kathryn Salam, Foreign Policy
Who lit the match, and who can put out the blaze?
