Janice Turner, Times of London
Our demand for cheap, faceless labour fuels the appalling trade in human lives that can leave dozens dead in a trailer.
Zachary Laub, Council on Foreign Relations
The civil uprising against the longtime rule of the Assads deteriorated into protracted civil war. Here's a look at the elements that have deepened Syria's tragedy.
Alex Massie, Spectator
The latest confirmation of the sickness evident in British politics these days comes courtesy of political scientists at the universities of Edinburgh and Cardiff whose latest research reveals, once
Anatol Lieven, Russia Matters
The conference of the Valdai Club in Sochi took place before the U.S. withdrawal from Syria and the new surge in Russian influence in the Middle East; but the increase in Russian confidence was already very marked. The mood, however, was one of sober confidence rather than arrogance. As Marc Champion remarked in his report for Bloomberg, President Putin delivered his least vituperative performance for a decade or more of annual speeches to the international gathering of policymakers, academics and journalists. Читать дальше...
Jonathan Freedland, Guardian
The party leader is polling so badly that we risk a hard Brexit and five more years of Boris Johnson, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
Ellen Bork, The American Interest
Hong Kong democracy advocates Martin Lee and Jimmy Lai open up about Beijing's plans, U.S. China policy, and the future of freedom and democracy movement in their city.
Rohollah Faghihi, Foreign Policy
The youngest minister in Hassan Rouhani's government is distancing himself from both conservatives and reformistsand it might be the recipe for political success in 2021.
Anna Sauerbrey, New York Times
They once dominated the country's politics. But they can't keep up with deep social changes.
Kate Schecter, Yale Global
Guatemalans make up about 40 percent of the nearly 1 million people who have turned themselves in to US Border Patrol agents since October 2016. Many are desperate to flee rural poverty and gang violence, attempting a treacherous journey through Mexico to the United States. While the numbers of people seeking asylum keeps growing, it is important to remember that virtually no one actually wants to flee his or her home and start from scratch in a foreign land, explains Kate Schecter... Читать дальше...
Olena Makarenko, Euromaidan Press
In July 2016, legislation on prevention and countering political corruption was amended in a way that foresaw providing state financing for statutory party activity and expenditure on pre-election campaigns. The changes came into force at the beginning of 2017. In addition, the necessary quarterly reports on the property, expenditure and financial obligations to the National
Kathleen Walsh, East Asia Forum
China is an economic giant. It is the world's largest trading nation and is set to be the world's largest economy as early as next year. Yet China's financial relations with the rest of the world and the offshore use of the Chinese renminbi (RMB) is limited. While the RMB ranked 5th as an international payments currency in June 2019, its share of global transactions was less than 2 per cent. In contrast, the share of transactions in USD was 40 per cent and the Euro held 34 per cent.
Iskandarani & Badih, National
Aya Iskandarani and Samia Badih discuss the ongoing protests across their country
Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic
The Libra project could help the global poor. But at what cost?
Emma Navarro, Project Syndicate
As a key variable in the fight against climate change, the world's oceans cannot be a mere afterthought on the global economic and environmental agenda. We should invest in protecting the oceans as if our future depended on it, because it does.
N. Twagiramungu et al, African Arg.
It's time to bring the academic study of conflict in Africa back in line with reality.
Stephen Nagy, Japan Times
Comparing the state of Japan-China relations in the wake of Shinzo Abe's return to the prime ministership in December 2012 to today, the bilateral relation
A. Higgins, NYT
A wave of arrests against journalists, opposition activists, doctors and religious believers raises a question: Is this a police state in the making or just a highly dysfunctional one?
Benjamin Gedan, Foreign Policy
The vice president lays out a wide-ranging critique of China at a critical moment for trade talks.
Stanly Johny, The Hindu
The Sochi meeting could lead to a grand bargain
