Danny Sjursen, TomDispatch
For a decade and a half, the U.S. Army waged war on fierce tribal Muslims in a remote land. Sound familiar?
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Rachel Sylvester, The Times
Benjamin Disraeli, the 19th-century Tory prime minister, described in his novel Sybil "two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy, who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planet
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Project Syndicate
First-past-the-post voting has been praised for promoting political stability by producing two-party or nearly two-party systems. Yet, as the outcome of the United Kingdom's recent election shows, that supposed benefit comes at the price of a government in which a minority can ride roughshod over the interests and preferences of more than half of the population.
Andrew Brown, Foreign Policy
After a devastating election loss, the U.K. Labour Party has maintained the delusion that it won the argument, while dismissing those who voted against it as morally inferior.
Peter Harris, National Interest
Bonnie Kristian, RealClearWorld
North Korea intends to celebrate Christmas with more than fireworks, if a statement made early in December is any indication. The statement, issued by Pyongyang’s foreign minister to North Korea’s state-run press, berated Washington’s hardline diplomatic stance. “The dialogue touted by the U.S. is, in essence, nothing but a foolish trick hatched to keep the DPRK bound to dialogue and use it in favor of the political situation and election in the U.S.,” the... Читать дальше...
Andrew Green, World Politics Review
Flash floods and landslides are devastating East Africa, just a month after severe rains flooded countries in the center of the continent. To the south, Zimbabwe and Zambia are in the midst of droughts that have
Bonny Brooks, Arc
So there it is. Labour has lost the UK General Election badly, haemorrhaging a net 59 seats and handing a hard-Brexit Tory party its biggest victory since Thatcher in 1987. What many of us said?
Bruce Klingner, Jung Pak & Sue Mi Terry, Los Angeles Times
The administration has demanded five times as much from South Korea to support troops stationed there, and is likely to make similar demands on Japan.
Sam Sokol, Foreign Policy
Deep funding cuts and the gutting of Israel's diplomatic service is undermining the prime minister's ambitious foreign-policy agenda.
A. Weiss & E. Rumer, Carnegie
Russia squandered close ties with the South African government by overplaying its hand and getting caught up in a corrupt nuclear energy pact.
Jeet Heer, The Nation
A new Washington Post report proving the longest war in American history has been sold on lies for 20 years causes barely a ripple.
Kemal Dervis, Project Syndicate
From the Middle East and Russia to China and many other countries around the world, crony capitalism is alive and well. But what does this well-worn term actually mean in practice, and can it tell us anything about the likely fate of Russian kleptocracy, Chinese "state capitalism," or Middle Eastern rentier states?
Penelope Prime, The Conversation
The US and China have reportedly agreed on a partial deal to ease tensions in the two-year old trade war. Does that mean it's almost over? Fat chance, an economist says.
Sinan Antoon, The New York Times
Safa al-Sarray was killed when Iraqi forces fired a tear-gas canister at his head.
Matthew Karnitschnig, Politico EU
Henry Farrell & Abraham Newman, Foreign Affairs
Economies around the world are irremediably intertwined, bound by chains that can be both constrictive and constructive.
