The Economist
The country is divided in more ways than one
Rabih Alameddine, New York Times
A tax on WhatsApp calls opens the floodgates of anger over corruption and Lebanese from all sects pour into the streets.
Jowan Mahmod, Le Monde Diplomatique
The younger generation feels excluded and without a homeland.
Peter Harris, RealClearWorld
Two big ideas threaten to overturn decades of conventional wisdom about how U.S. power should be used overseas. The first idea is a general admonition that the United States should give up its role as guardian of the liberal international order and adopt a more circumscribed grand strategy of restraint. The second is an emerging consensus that America's leaders should reverse the trend toward economic integration with China and should instead implement a policy of economic... Читать дальше...
Stratfor Worldview
Drug cartels wreak havoc and terror across Mexico, and have done for years. In a recent article for Stratfor Worldview, VP of Tactical Analysis, Scott Stewart, discussed how, despite the cartels' vast differences from terrorist organizations, "the Mexican government and its U.S. ally have pursued the "war" on cartels using many of the same tools that we normally associate with the 'global war on terror.'" Scott Stewart writes, "in some ways, it is only when it comes to end goals... Читать дальше...
Tom McTague, The Atlantic
Even if Britain leaves the EU at the end of the month, the issue will not go awaymuch still needs to be resolved.
Loren Thompson, Forbes
Taiwan's defense is crucial to countering the rising military might of China.
Rana Foroohar, Fin. Times
They talk about corporate responsibility but their companies won't walk the walk.
