Giselle Donnelly, The American Interest
COVID-19 has opened people’s eyes to the China challenge. Effectively meeting it, however, will ask more of us than many imagine.
James Forsyth, Spectator
How Boris Johnson plans to reduce our dependence on Beijing
Wilson Center
Marian Blasberg, Der Spiegel
Times of London
Desmond Lachman, The Hill
For the global economy, it would never be a good time for an economy as large as that of Brazil to have a political and economic crisis. But now is a particularly inopportune time for such a crisis.
Ilya Klishin, Moscow Times
How the Kremlin tries to explain the coronavirus crisis to its people.
Lionel Laurent, Bloomberg
A bold European recovery plan has united France and Germany. Convincing the holdouts may not be so easy.
Nomi Prins, TomDispatch
Many economists believe that a recession is already underway. So do millions of Americans struggling with bills and job losses. While the ghosts of the 2008 financial crisis that sent inequality soaring to new heights in this country are still with us, it’s become abundantly clear that the economic disaster brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic has already left the initial shock of that...
Laura Hughes, FT
Extension to visa rights promised if Beijing does not row back on national security laws.
Meir Javedanfar, Al Monitor
Prearranged contact with Israelis has become a criminal offense in Iran in a harsh blow to remaining Jews in the country and tens of thousands of Iranian-Israelis, populations already traumatized by loss and disconnection.
Phil Levy & Chad Bown, FP
In Washington, efforts to withdraw from the trade body are gaining momentum. That would be a big mistake.
Robert Windorf, TNI
A major disruption in Algiers’s gas and oil fields could have a negative knock-on impact on Europe.
Max Bergmann & Ben Judah, The American Interest
If Democrats win in November, a bold new approach to Europe is required—and within reach.
Kurt Tong, CSIS
Members of Congress and U.S. international relations commentators who focus on the Indo-Pacific economy have recently revived the long-standing idea of concluding a comprehensive trade deal with Taiwan (Bandow, Walters, and Tellis). Now is in fact a...
Kathy Gilsinan, The Atlantic
Zachary Paikin, Global Brief
As the COVID-19 crisis has progressed, US-China relations have begun to acquire a logic of comprehensive, zero-sum confrontation. Even in the event that a lengthy pandemic reaffirms the need for international cooperation, the processes that have now been initiated will be difficult to undo. Mutual suspicion has become rife and talk of a “new Cold War” is now ubiquitous, reinforced by the possibility that the pandemic could...
Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner
What's actually occurring is China's attempt to consolidate control over territory that both sides have long accepted is in dispute. While China has been infuriated by growing Indian civilian infrastructure projects along the line of control, this is ultimately a Chinese effort to militarily formalize that which had previously been the preserve of diplomats. And as increasingly hostile Chinese PLA commanders have made clear in their interactions with Indian counterparts... Читать дальше...
Judy Dempsey et al, Carnegie Europe
What happens in Hong Kong with China’s new national security legislation will seriously test Europe’s commitment to democracy, international law, and human rights
