Tom McTague, The Atlantic
Britain's Conservative Party has endured for hundreds of years, but in trying to pull the country out of the EU, it will have to adapt to survive.
Frederick Kempe, CNBC
Given China's increasingly centralized and personalized leadership, Xi may be at the same time the world's most influential leader and one of its most vulnerable, writes Frederick Kempe of the Atlantic Council.
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
Austria just held an election that indicates a new direction for European politics: Increasingly, the center right might find itself working with the Greens.
James Kirkup, Spectator
I can't say I like it much, but the slogan for the Conservative Party conference in Manchester is a work of political genius: Get Brexit done: invest in our NHS, schools and police'. In ten words, it
Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review
The leader of Austria's conservative party looked strong in the snap elections this past weekend.
M. Knights & C. Hiney, Wash. Institute
Stratfor Worldview
M. Vinogradov, PONARS Eurasia
Mikhail Vinogradov, Russian political expert, discusses with Maria Lipman the recent political developments in Russia, particularly the Russian regional and municipal elections and the government's general policy toward elections.
Paul Taylor, Politico EU
The former French president liked to grandstand but left France weaker.
Kaushik Basu, Project Syndicate
Argentina was one of the world's richest economies in the first few decades of the twentieth century, but subsequently became a cautionary tale of how a wealthy country can lose its way. By peddling policies that bring about short-term highs at a huge long-run cost, US President Donald Trump risks taking America down a similar path.
Gavyn Davies, Financial Times
It started with Brexit but is now depressing worldwide capital investment.
Peter Hitchens, Daily Mail
We were warned from the start that the new 'Supreme Court' would be a menace, by people who well understood what was going on. But as usual nobody did anything to stop it. Britain's slow-motion Left-wing revolution just carried on, rolling over old and trusted rules and institutions, and crushing them into dust.
Seth Frantzman & Eric Mandel, The Hill
Iraq is a complicated country and the U.S. role there today is primarily aimed at defeating ISIS remnants.
Yangyang Cheng, ChinaFile
Dear People's Republic, Or should I call you, China? I am writing to you on the eve of your 70th birthday. 70, what an age. For a man to live to 70 has been rare since ancient times, the poet Du Fu wrote in the eighth century. You have outlived many kings and countless men, and you have lasted longer than every other state that has espoused the hammer and sickle. Congratulations must be in order.
Micah Goodman, NY Times
Shaking the rigid ideologies that have defined Israel's politics.
Romirowsky, Tablet
The Israeli notion of mamlachtiyut does not translate well into English. Coming from the word mamlacha, or kingdom, the word suggests the quality of acting in sovereign-like fashion. It was the term David Ben-Gurion invoked when he spoke of Jews' ability to have military power while at the same time exercising caution with their political power. Read Israeli
Yara Hawari, Foreign Policy
Arab voters are simply used as pawns in Israeli politics. The Joint List's leaders are naive to think any Israeli prime minister will ever address
Robert Zaretsky, Slate
On the Holocaust, the Iraq war, and climate change, Chirac was willing to tell unpopular truths.
Raghida Dergham, The National
Tehran has only managed to increase its isolation and frustrated its allies
Tawane & Dubo, East African
Significant changes in the context and dynamics of the Somali political environment are emerging.
International Crisis Group
Gulf states are competing for influence in the Horn of Africa to control the Red Sea, transposing internal rivalries onto a fragile region. Horn governments should increase their bargaining power with their powerful neighbours, who should recognise the risks their policies pose to regional security.
Doug Bandow, National Interest
China poses a challengeserious, but not overwhelming. This warrants a proportional response: tough, but not panicked.
