P. Tremblay, Al Mon.
Restoring the parliamentary system makes a nifty slogan for the Turkish opposition, but the panacea for the clogged political establishment is more demanding.
Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/06/turkey-executive-presidency-proved-to-be-fail-in-two-years.html#ixzz6PjYVGH6v
Aleks Eror, WP Review
Voters in Serbia are set to go to the polls this Sunday for parliamentary elections that were originally scheduled for April, before the coronavirus pandemic forced their postponement. President Aleksandar Vucic’s government has generally fared well against the virus so far, recording over 12,500 confirmed cases and 257 deaths as of June 17. It eased lockdown restrictions back in early May, after imposing some of the
Anshu Siripurapu, Council on Foreign Relations
The coronavirus pandemic has renewed attention on the Strategic National Stockpile, the nation’s emergency reserve of medical supplies. It’s just one of the stockpiles the United States maintains for economic and strategic purposes.
Brian Katz & Joseph Bermudez, CSIS
Since 2015, Russia has provided military, diplomatic, and financial support to Libya’s eastern-based government in Tobruk and the LNA in its war against the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli. Since 2017, Russian support has centered on training, equipping, and advising the LNA and its commander, General Khalifa Haftar, for its push into central and western Libya, alongside Haftar’s other backers, Egypt...
James Forsyth, Spectator
The British side is, privately, far more optimistic than it has been at any previous point in the negotiation.
Hans Von Der Burchard, Politico EU
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s pragmatism could help rejuvenate talks as Berlin takes on the EU presidency, politicians on both sides say.
Sean Williams, Wired
Valery Tsepkalo created a Belarusian Silicon Valley. Can he get the presidency?
Myers et al, NYT
Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi have sought to project a muscular global profile despite their countries’ problems. Backing down could hurt their efforts.
James Palmer, Foreign Policy
By refraining from turning its soldiers into national martyrs, Beijing is keeping its options open.
Sudha Ramachandran, The Diplomat
With dozens dead in the latest clash, Sino-Indian tensions at their highest point in decades.
J. Meltzer et al, Brookings
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a potentially transformational technology that will impact how people work and socialize and how economies grow. AI will also have wide-ranging international implications, from national security to international trade. In this submission, we address the significance of international cooperation as a vehicle for realizing the ambitious goals in the key areas of AI innovation and regulation set out in the European Commission’s white paper on AI. Читать дальше...
Luis Rubio, Worldcrunch
COVID-19 has barely distracted Mexico's leftist government from its political and electoral priorities. It may be forgetting the price earlier governments paid for ignoring the plight of millions of Mexicans.
Rajesh Rajagopalan, NS
Andres Semenov, PONARS Eurasia
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Authoritarian regimes frequently employ strategic coercion and repression to prevent or halt mobilization. Russia under Vladimir Putin is not an exception. As the regime became more repressive after the 2011-12 mobilization wave, Aleksei Navalny’s 2018 presidential campaign faced familiar obstacles: no authorization for public rallies, detentions, administrative fines, and criminal charges. How consistent was the reaction of the authorities to his campaign? Читать дальше...
Ebony Carroll, Ozy
Who cannot cringe each time you see the video of George Floyd pinned to the ground by the knee of a callous, white police officer? His neck twisting, screaming for reprieve, his life slipping away. This powerful imagery surely ignites an emotional response in anyone who values life and is capable of empathy.
Adam Garfinkle, The American Interest
Can whole societies go crazy? They can and have—but never before has a crazy society implicated pretty much the whole planet.
Teresa Coratella, ECFR
Italy has been among the top beneficiaries of pan-European support from citizens, institutions, and governments – as ECFR’s new European Solidarity Tracker shows.
Chris von Csefalvay, City Journal
Laws, observed the sixth-century BC Scythian philosopher Anacharsis, are like cobwebs: strong enough to hold the weak but too weak to resist the strong. In a sobering affirmation of this maxim, recent weeks have seen America’s nationwide quarantine disintegrate. The moment of societal cohesion fostered by the Covid-19 pandemic disappeared under a surge of anger at the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. American policymakers’ response to thousands protesting... Читать дальше...
Benjamin Denison, War on the Rocks
When reports appeared that Venezuelan forces captured two American mercenaries leading an armed incursion into Caracas to overthrow the Maduro government last month, images of Tom Clancy novels, Cold War spies, and covert action instantly came to mind. However, rather than living up to the reputation of fictional master spies like Jack Ryan, the so-called “Bay of Piglets”
