B. Ingelaere & M. Verpoorten, African Arg.
Paul Wolfowitz, Hoover
From the beginning, the “Pivot to Asia,” announced with some fanfare in late 2011 by President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton, was more about politics than strategy. It provided the appearance of a strategic rationale for the American retreat from the Middle East with its “endless wars,” taking advantage of our new-found “energy independence” to focus instead on the Asia-Pacific with its growing importance for American economic and security interests.
Kendall-Taylor & Edmonds, CNAS
Russia-China cooperation increases the challenge that each country poses to the United States and, most significantly, is amplifying America’s China challenge.
Michael McDowell, Irish Times
Politically, economically and socially, closing up Ireland again is not an option.
Roger Boyes, Times of London
President Xi has joined a growing list of billionaires as communism and equality are forgotten
Council on Foreign Relations
James D.J. Brown, Moscow Times
Abe's successor will not show the same enthusiasm for Russia. For this, the Putin administration has itself to blame.
R. Pantucci, SCMP
Chinese people, embassies and projects are increasingly the target of separatist and terrorist violence as protests against Uygur treatment grow
Jalil Bayat, Res. State.
After failing to extend the Iran arms embargo at the U.N. Security Council, the Trump administration is now seeking to initiate the “snapback” mechanism provided in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action which allows its participants to reinstate all multilateral sanctions against Iran lifted in 2015 under the nuclear deal.
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George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
On Aug. 17, 1982, U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz sent a memo via an American diplomat to the Taiwanese government. On Monday, just over 38 years later, the memo was declassified. Its contents were “secret” in that they were not publicly available, but the gist has been well known for some time; these points had to be part of U.S. relations with Taiwan and China because without them, U.S. policy toward Taiwan and China made no sense.
Brian Carlson, The Diplomat
In responding to the political turmoil, Moscow can count on support from China, which has rapidly expanded its own interests in Belarus.
Sarah O'Connor, Financial Times
Cities will not die — their benefits could become more diffuse, with well-paid workers spread into the rest of the country
M.K. Narayanan, The Hindu
Jim O'Neill, Chatham House
Ultimately, the dollar’s dominance cannot persistently outweigh the relative decline of the US economy in the world. At some point, it will start to be replaced by something else. But don’t confuse that with where the dollar’s price is heading against other currencies.
Kevin Featherstone, Ekathimerini
Who in the West knows what to do about Recep Tayyip Erdogan? He's no longer who we hoped he was. He challenges what we stand for â?" our norms and values â?" and what we thought were our shared strategic interests.
Gwynne Dyer, Bangkok Post
There are eight Turks for every Greek, so you might think the Greeks have to fold. But Greece has the backing of France, Italy, Israel, Egypt and practically every other country in the eastern Mediterranean and the Arab world, as well as the entire European Union, so it has just called the bet and raised it.
S. Theil, FP
India is beefing up its island defenses as Beijing seeks a quicker route to the Indian Ocean.
