Bartsch et al, ChinaFile
Jose Clavijo, World Politics Review
In December 2019, a new Argentine president was sworn in amid considerable upheaval, promising to wrest the country from its endless cycles of boom and bust. His predecessor’s efforts to reform the economy and finally unleash the country’s great potential had to come to naught. On almost every economic indicator, Argentina was actually worse off than when he had taken office four years before and, once again, the country faced the dreaded specter of foreign debt default. Читать дальше...
Ayla Ganioglu, Al Monitor
The Turkish public’s trust in Russia has declined in favor of the United States due to the rising conflicts between Ankara and Moscow over the Libyan and Syrian civil wars, according to a survey.
Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/06/turkey-turks-trust-less-in-russia-more-in-united-states.html#ixzz6Qum9d8YH
Manuel Suárez-Mier, Asia Times
Failure to slow the Covid-19 pandemic and a tumbling GDP have left a dark shadow over the President.
C. Savage et al, NYT
Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy
Joseph Bosco, The Hill
President Trump has confirmed former national security adviser John Bolton’s most serious allegation: that, at least temporarily, he virtually endorsed Xi Jinping’s Uighur concentration camps in China.
Leon Sigal, 38 North
John Bolton’s revelations are all the rage in the news media, and for somewhat understandable reasons: He authoritatively confirms what has been widely reported about US President Donald Trump’s uninformed and impulsive approach to foreign policymaking. Bolton’s story is hardly impartial, however, and especially so in the case of Trump’s dealings with North Korea.
Eleanor Albert & Lindsay Maizland, Council on Foreign Relations
As China’s power continues to grow, some fear that the considerable autonomy Hong Kong has enjoyed in recent decades could slip away.
Danil Bochkov, SCMP
China and India’s current impasse poses a huge political challenge for Russia, which has established long-term strategic ties with both countries
Financial Times
French voters are still keen to throw out established representatives
Lionel Laurent, Bloomberg
It's the thorny challenges to reopening the European Union's internal borders that show just how tricky living with Covid-19 really is.
R. Roshan Lall, The National
The Trump administration has kicked off a sudden burst of interest in the region – leaving the EU out of the picture
Edward Goldberg, RealClearWorld
By Edward Goldberg
Thomas Friedman in the New York Times writes regularly about how you can’t fool, deceive, or trick Mother Nature. Well the same logic applies to history and geography. Although the headlines are currently focused on the Black Lives Matter movement and the continuing COVID pandemic, a geopolitical blunder of historic importance is being committed: President Donald Trump is pushing Germany away from the United States. Former Secretaries... Читать дальше...
Ian Bond, CER
Donald Trump may not succeed in withdrawing US troops from Germany this year, but Europeans cannot assume that the Americans will stay forever. European defence spending must become more efficient and effective.
