Mac Margolis, Bloomberg
The region's erstwhile standout is suffering from a failure of leadership.
Henry Olsen, Washington Post
Trudeau's largely urban voters won, but trends across the globe should give them pause.
Manuel Surez-Mier, Asia Times
Author of Asia Times's wildly popular series Demolition of Mexico's economy and democracy says it's even worse now: Country has pretty much gone to hell in a hand basket under leftist, primitivist president
Elliott Zaagman, Lowy Interpreter
China has turned American hubris on its head overselling realism and nationalism while ignoring liberalism.
Ian Bremmer, Straits Times
When I first began writing about the "GZERO" era of global politics nearly a decade ago (the G-8 and G-20 were constantly in headlines back then, hence the name), not many countries took the phenomenon seriously. Japan was the exception, and quick to realise the dangers of living in a world without true geopolitical leadership.
Byong-Chul Lee, BAS
South Koreans increasingly worry that North Korea will never give up its nuclear arsenal and that the US nuclear umbrella could be lifted at any time. As a result, developing their own nuclear weapons has become thinkable, perhaps even inevitable.
Joe Macaron, RealClearWorld
What triggered these protests was a government decision to impose a tax on WhatsApp calls. This popular uprising took the political class by surprise. While some have belittled this leaderless movement by describing it as the WhatsApp revolution, there are much more deeply rooted political and socio-economic problems that ultimately pushed many Lebanese to say enough is enough.
