Tom Ellis, Ekathimerini
A lot is being said and written about America’s stance in the recent Greek-Turkish crisis. The discussion is mainly about how Washington could be more effective if it were not for US President Donald Trump’s particular approach and how the superpower’s withdrawal from the region has created a vacuum that Germany is attempting to fill, especially as it holds the rotating European Union presidency.
Alessio Patalano, WOTR
Chinese operational behavior in the waters around the small group of islands under Japanese administrative control known as Senkaku, and claimed by Beijing under the name Diaoyu, has entered a new, dangerous phase. In an unprecedented move, Chinese coast guard cutters in early July started to operate inside the islands’ territorial waters in a fashion that would suggest Beijing is there to exercise law-enforcement powers. It appears...
Daniel Davis, National Interest
The first step in this process should be for the United States to transition from being the frontline defense of NATO countries to a supporting role. European democracies in the 1950s were poor and destitute. No more. Germany, for example, has the world’s fourth-largest economy. It is more than financially capable of providing the bulk of its own security. U.S. troops, meanwhile, should be redeployed to home bases where they can focus on defending America’s borders and global interests. Читать дальше...
Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch
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Olivia Reingold, Politico
National Republicans worry that giving statehood to the island would ensure a Democratic majority. They may have it backwards.
Eric Weiner, National Geographic
Travel is not rational, but it’s in our genes. Here’s why you should start planning a trip now.
Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
Add up all the contorted rivalries, histories, and overlapping alliances and loyalties, and the dispute may seem irrational.
Abiy Ahmed, Project Syndicate
For too long, Africa has been a strategic plaything of world powers. By bolstering its internal cohesion and economic integration, the continent can become a strong geopolitical force with an independent and unified voice on important global issues.
Sinpeng & Sombatpoonsiri, EAForum
What began as social media activism and sporadic protests against the dissolution of the Future Forward Party in Thailand has now expanded into a broader based student movement under the umbrella moniker Free Youth Movement.
Arta Moeini, The American Conservative
The international order is no longer bipolar, despite the elites' insistence otherwise. Fortunately there is hope for change.
Barbara Moens, Politico EU
The UK’s recent moves met with disbelief and anger in Brussels.
Therese Raphael, Bloomberg
If a dispute over state aid really does lead the U.K. to break a Brexit treaty obligation, the damage will be incalculable. It doesn’t have to end this way.
Alexander Baunov, Moscow Times
Contrary to popular belief, Russia’s regime is less than enthusiastic about its supporters carrying out acts of violence. It prizes its monopoly on violence and last ceded it to amateurs after the anti-government protests of 2011–2012 and during the war in eastern Ukraine, when the Kremlin needed volunteers for its proxy war there. Eventually, state media coverage stopped praising the adventurers and holidaymakers in the ranks of the separatist forces, and the... Читать дальше...
Ahmed el-Komi, Al Monitor
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights issued a warning Aug. 23 about an armament race between Palestinian families in the West Bank provoked by “their feeling of insecurity, weakness and lack of protection.”
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Colum Lynch et al, Foreign Policy
While Trump burns bridges with the World Health Organization, U.S. officials strain to preserve American influence in an institution that is critical to global health challenges.
James Andrew Lewis, CSIS
The United States must again confront authoritarian powers, but the nature of conflict has changed. Now, technological leadership is one of the most important areas for competition. U.S. opponents learned from the United States that technological leadership provides countries with influence, power, and authority in the international environment and that it is crucial for military strength. They seek the leadership that we have held. The United States is in a new kind... Читать дальше...
Ed Yong, The Atlantic
As the U.S. heads toward the winter, the country is going round in circles, making the same conceptual errors that have plagued it since spring.
David Pilling, FT
Africa’s recent success helps position the continent to tackle coronavirus.
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