Kavi Chongkittavorn, Bangkok Post
Before General James C McConville, the Chief of Staff of the US army, was able to sign the Joint Vision Statement 2020 for the Thai-US Defence Alliance last Friday, he had to go through the stringent Covid-19 measures required under Thai law for foreign visitors.
Jim Lawley, Spectator
Matthew Lee & Lolita Baldor, AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration escalated its actions against China on Monday by stepping squarely into one of the most sensitive regional issues dividing them and rejecting outright nearly all of Beijing’s significant maritime claims in the South China Sea.
Ray Takeyh, Council on Foreign Relations
An explosion has caused heavy damage to an Iranian nuclear facility just as the country approaches a bold new energy partnership with China, but Iran shows no signs of slowing down its nuclear program.
Ramin Skibba, Defense One
If a conflict breaks out between countries with weapons in orbit, it could threaten space access for everyone.
Maria Wilczek & Oliver Moody, Times
President Duda’s narrowest of re-election victories has exposed faultlines in society that are uniquely Polish, report
O.B. Sankoh, AA
Ebola survivors across West Africa could be a very useful knowledge resource to governments in their pandemic response strategies. Will they take the opportunity?
Andrew Green, World Politics Review
The violent demonstrations that followed the killing of popular Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa in Addis Ababa last week have left at least 239 people dead and led to thousands of political arrests. Hachalu’s Oromo community, Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, is
Santiago Levy, Financial Times
They have not worked over the past 30 years and are even less likely to now.
Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor
Ankara has successfully pressured Beirut into prosecuting a Lebanese talk show host for criticizing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his own country.
Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/07/insult-erdogan-prosecute.html#ixzz6S6xH9Ve4
Faisal Al Yafai, Asia Times
It may have fallen off the front pages of Western media, but ISIS remains a potent force.
Aaron David Miller, Carnegie
If you take US Route 77 out of Thurmont, Maryland, a small town nestled in the eastern foothills of the Catoctin Mountains, five miles or so up the road you will find yourself very near Camp David. It is not visible from the road and very easy to get lost. It gets dark in a way it does not get in Washington, DC, and the road is winding and narrow. And one cool night in July 2000, travelling to a historic Israeli-Palestinian presidential summit, we had clearly missed a turn somewhere. Читать дальше...
