Kali Robinson, Council on Foreign Relations
The conflict in oil-rich Libya has become a proxy war, fueled by rival foreign powers such as Russia and Turkey.
Casey Chalk, The American Conservative
Walter Russell Mead's thesis 13 years ago is a lot worse for wear today.
Diamond & Wheaton, Politico EU
Three months ago, public health officials feared that America would be swamped by COVID-19 like Italy. Today, the U.S. would be lucky to swap its coronavirus crisis for theirs.
Shadi Hamid, The Atlantic
Khalil al-Anani, Responsible Statecraft
On June 9, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan resumed talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which have been stalled since February. The new round of talks, held virtually due to COVID-19, among the three countries’ ministers of water and irrigation saw...
Zeeshan Aleem, Vox
1 million coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Brazil.
Ido Vock, New States.
Critics of the Ukrainian government accuse it of capitulating to blackmail from neighbouring Hungary.
Javier Solana & Oscar Fernandez, Project Syndicate
Although the COVID-19 crisis has further fueled talk of a looming Sino-American confrontation, it is not too late to salvage the situation. De-escalation is undoubtedly in every country's long-term interest, not least that of the United States and China.
Benjamin Friedman & Harvey Sapolsky, Defense One
The U.S. garrisoning of Germany was not originally meant to be permanent. The United States deployed troops to Germany early in the Cold War for two famous reasons: to keep the Soviet army out (that is, deterred from conquering West Germany and using it as a springboard to threaten the United States) and to keep West Germany down, which...
David Shimer, Foreign Affairs
A Modern-Day History of American Covert Action
Dov Zakheim, The Hill
Poland finds itself in a bind. For the past two years, Warsaw has lobbied Washington for an increase in American troop presence on its territory. It now appears likely that it will get at least some of what it wants, but that could be at the expense of America’s presence in Germany....
Ali Dadpay, Al Monitor
Amid a drop in global oil prices, even relief from US sanctions may not be enough to save Iran's collapsing economy.
Walter Hudson, The American Interest
In the wake of coronavirus and debates over “decoupling,” the United States needs a new approach to national security: one based on geoeconomics, not geopolitics.
Ana Ionova, Foreign Policy
As coronavirus cases there exceed 1 million, the country’s poorest are struggling to access medical care.
Michele Flournoy, FT
The confrontation is yet another example of Beijing testing the limits.
Economist
Crises can bring clarity. In the financial crisis of 2008-09, the g20club of big economies came into its own, reflecting how economic power had spread beyond the rich world’s g7. One thing the covid-19 pandemic has laid bare is an absence of global leadership. This time the g20 has done little beyond a rhetorical pledge to “do whatever it takes” and supporting debt-repayment suspension for poor countries. America, which...
