Jacob Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures
Jim Geraghty, National Review
Of course Trump wanted Ukraine to investigate somebody. He always wants somebody investigated.
Jasper Craven, New Republic
A new report offers a broad view on the dirty tricks trolls use to hook American servicemembers.
James Durso, The Hill
China is today the confluence of a Marxist police state with personalized rule.
Peter Nicholas, The Atlantic
New reports about President Trump's calls with the Ukrainian president could push Nancy Pelosi to recalculate the politics of an attempt to remove him from office.
Ben Macintyre, Times of London
The first image of Justin Trudeau with his face blacked up appeared last Wednesday: a photo taken at a costume party in 2001. He apologised. Then it emerged that he had previously blacked up for a...
Andy Beckett, Guardian
In the face of no-deal Brexit and a crisis in capitalism, once hostile voices are considering the benefits of a Labour government, says Guardian feature writer Andy Beckett
Rachel Avraham, FP Blogs
With 96% of the votes counted, the recent Israeli elections are increasingly looking like the contested 2000 elections in the United States. Although Benny Gantz's Blue and White received 33 seats in the Israeli Knesset against Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud, who got only 31, it is unclear who will be the next Prime Minister of Israel.
Tony Burman, Toronto Star
The goal of the U.S. policy, ostensibly, has been to bring the country back to the negotiating table, but it appears to be aimed at provoking Iran.
L. McCluskey, NS
Let the people decide. What could be clearer or more honourable than that? In these divided times, where the Tories and the Liberal Democrats, two parties aspiring for government, have opted for the polarising messaging of the demagogue, Jeremy Corbyn is saying that Labour will not dictate to the voters but instead work for them and with them. Let us unpack what the Labour leader is offering voters. He is saying, elect me into No 10 and the party I lead will honour the vote... Читать дальше...
Hussein Ibish, Bloomberg
If Tehran is allowed to believe it is winning against the U.S., it will grow more reckless.
New York Post
Providing yet more evidence that it's an utter travesty, the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday chastised a Hong Kong lawmaker for calling out the truth. Tanya Chan, the founder of Hong
Guy Hedgecoe, Politico EU
Although separatist group ended its terrorist campaign eight years ago, its legacy plays a prominent role in Spain's politics.
Paul Goodman, Conservative Home
People confronting politicians provide good pictures. Footage of a member of the public furiously berating a member of Parliament captures the culture cap between the governed and those who govern them: the sense that they just don't get it.
Robert Zaretsky, Slate
If he thinks this is how to connect with the working class, he's wrong.
Philip Stephens, FT
Hillel Fradkin, Mosaic
The Jewish state has little choice but to adapt to a world shaped by forces greater than its own. That doesn't make it illiberal, no matter what esteemed foreign-policy types think.
Yossi Klein Halevi, Los Angeles Times
The nightmare scenario of a government dominated by a nationalist-religious coalition has been averted.
Justin Ling, Foreign Policy
Racist images taint a prime minister who painted himself as a liberal savior.
Emily Taylor, Chatham House
Emily Taylor examines the controversy around the Chinese tech giant's mobile broadband equipment and the different approaches taken by Western countries.
Ben Caspit, Al Monitor
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to garner a 61-seat majority in the elections, and could be now facing his political demise.
Fiamma Nirenstein, Israel Hayom
It is crucial to vote in Israeli elections, but in this current one, it's not because the contenders' perspectives are so very different, as has been the case in past elections. The latter saw figures such as Shimon Peres, who believed in a shared future with the Palestinians, go head to head with those of the opposing camp, who were skeptical of peace gestures and devoted to the defense of the newborn and coveted Jewish state.
Ahaan Bagwe, Foreign Policy Research Institute
In early August 2019, Kashmir, a region contested by India and Pakistan, had its decades-long special status revoked. When Kashmir was integrated in 1947, India gave it a certain degree of autonomy, going so far as to allow it its own constitution. Since then, there have been myriad conflicts within
Armin Rosen, Tablet Magazine
The title of the talk was The War in Syria Is Not Over, but it was more like Nir Rosen's valedictory address. For roughly 20 minutes, the gonzo war-journalist-turned-mysterious-diplomatic-operatorwho counts top advisers to both former U.S. President Barack Obama and Syrian dictator Bashar Assad among his acquaintances and admirerslaid out his narrative of Syria's civil
Ben Judah, The Atlantic
Carole Cadwalladr may be the most consequential journalist of her age. But is her activism undermining her reporting?
