Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
In a world of trade wars, price competition becomes more difficult and harder to predict. That increases the importance of quality, and thus of the corporate and national brands that serve as quality guarantees to consumers. Economists need to start building that into their models.
Rajeev Bhargava, The Hindu
It's time to challenge the idea of religion as a monolith and follow Gandhi who encouraged multiple religious attachments
Anatole Kaletsky, PS
Despite all the lurid headlines about the trade war causing a recession in the United States or some kind of collapse in China and its Asian neighbors, recent economic data reveal a very different picture: the main victim has been Europe. But, fortunately for the European economy, overdependence on foreign trade is not the whole story.
Jeremy Shapiro, CapX
Let's face it, the confirmation hearings for the new European Commission are not exactly must-see TV. They mostly consist of monotone parliamentarians asking incomprehensible questions and risk-averse nominees responding with a potently boring mix of obfuscation and deflection. Meanwhile, the audience at home wishes it was Eurovision season. The lack of spectacle, however, conceals how
Robert Malley, Foreign Affairs
The question facing the United States in the Middle East is not whether it wants to engage or disengage, but rather how it should choose to engagediplomatically or militarily.
John McLaughlin, Ozy
The time may soon be at hand for a Republican leader to break ranks and pull support from Trump.
Charlie Mitchell, Foreign Policy
Canada's prime minister was once seen as messianic. Now he's become just another conventional politician fighting for reelection while plagued by scandals and blamed for
Amelia Cheatham, CFR
The U.S. government is struggling to respond to another large wave of migrants fleeing poverty, violence, and corruption in the Central American region.
Eli Lake, Bloomberg
Why Democrats should allow the attorney general's inquiry into the probe of the 2016 campaign to proceed.
Charles Day, Spec.
I still don't quite understand the position of some ardent Remain supporters. I do not understand why allowing the UK to leave, and then starting up a campaign to rejoin was rejected. After all, that
Richard Lloyd Parry, Times of London
Northeast Asia has some of the most sprawling megacities, the most dynamic cultures and the greatest wealth in the world, but in the past five years it has become a zone of seething tensions and...
Sarmishta Subramanian, The Walrus
The country seems more polarized than ever. Here's what that means for the next election
Jack Detsch, Al Monitor
The Donald Trump administration is working to push forward with a military alliance of Middle Eastern states as the international community looks to respond to a suspected Iranian attack on a Saudi oil facility.
B. Christian & S. Morrison, ES
Boris Johnson is set to make a final Brexit offer to the EU with a warning that a new deal or no deal is the only way forward. The Prime Minister will use his speech at the Conservative Party Conference to make clear there will be no delay to the UK's departure from the bloc beyond the October 31 deadline.
Rafael Behr, Guardian
The prime minister's focus on what will go down well at home makes him an impossible negotiating partner, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
Joanna Hosa, ECFR
The US president's impeachment process ensures Ukraine stays on the radar of Americans - and this may work to Ukraine's advantage
Markus Becker et al, Spiegel
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is making a final push in Brussels for a Brexit withdrawal agreement with the EU. Is he getting closer to ensuring his country doesn't leave the block without a deal?
Joseph de Weck & Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic
Under-30s in Europe are more disposed than their parents are to view poverty as a result of an individual's choice.
