Charles Grant, New Statesman
There are tensions between Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel – but unless France and Germany can work together the bloc will fragment.
Baylen Linnekin, Reason
Brits will have only themselves to blame if they don't embrace food freedom.
K.V. Turley, National Review
The IRA’s political arm has officially moved from the fringes of the political landscape to its center. What comes next will be telling.
Daniel Mattingly et al, ChinaFile
The coronavirus outbreak that exploded three weeks ago in the central Chinese city of Wuhan has prompted the most severe government actions in three decades. Cities are closed down, transport links broken, and tens of millions of people effectively quarantined. The death of whistleblowing doctor Li Wenliang, one of several healthcare workers who attempted to draw attention to the virus at the start of the year, has prompted online...
Joshua Yaffa with Lawfare
Russia continues to sporadically poke its head into American media headlines, whether it be for its role in Syria or for anxieties about fresh election interference in 2020. But these news stories seldom provide a window into life in Putin’s Russia. Jacob Schulz sat down with Joshua Yaffa, the Moscow correspondent for the New Yorker, to talk about his new book, "Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin’s Russia." The book gives a series of portraits... Читать дальше...
Liora Henig Cohen, Jerusalem Post
Terror-ties are not an isolated problem.
Nikola Mikovic, Tsarizm
Russia will supply Belarus with natural gas this year under the same terms as it did in 2019. The oil price will increase. Those are the results of the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko held on February 7 in Sochi.
Sec. Mark Esper with Mehta & Larter, Defense News
WASHINGTON — Despite expected cuts to shipbuilding programs in the fiscal year 2021 budget request, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is committed to a bigger, but much lighter, naval force, he said in an exclusive interview with Defense News.
James Holmes, National Interest
As moral and ethical strictures collapsed, Athenians gave vent to their basest impulses and excesses. All manner of riotous living ensued. Why not indulge today if tomorrow you die? Would China do the same?
Aaron David Miller, Carnegie Endowment
The Trump administration can’t be blamed for failing to help produce a two-state solution; right now, no administration could. But Trump’s actions may very well help bury the possibility of one on his watch.
Gordon Watts, Asia Times
Online anger shakes Xi’s government as the lockdown continues and business grinds to a halt in major cities
Marvin Ott, Foreign Policy Research Institute
China’s challenge to America and its drive for global primacy will dominate international politics for the foreseeable future. This contest will play out across the full spectrum of international affairs: economics, politics, science and technology, ideology—and geographic/territorial control. With surprising suddenness, Myanmar (Burma) has become a high-priority focus of Chinese strategy.
Andrew Selee & Jessica Bolter, Foreign Policy
The world’s second-largest refugee crisis could change North and South America for the better, but host countries can’t shoulder the burden without international help.
Clare Foges, Times of London
Naomi O'Leary, Politico EU
Talk of IRA links wearies voters who want to leave the past behind.
