Alexander Grinberg, Strategy Bridge
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Ariel Beery, Times of Israel
We must mend how we live, as the arenas of education and the environment suffer, our base expenses are too high, and COVID-19 only makes things worse
Hans-Werner Sinn, Project Syndicate
In pursuing its grand environmental ambitions, the European Commission has ignored a commonsense solution in favor of an approach based on central planning and pervasive state intervention in the economy. The further the Commission goes on this path, the more reason there will be to question its motives.
Sonja Peteranderl, Der Spiegel
According to an algorithm, the coronavirus pandemic could trigger a million people to leave their homes in the Sahel region. Such forecasts could help humanitarian organizations recognize developments before they happen and react more quickly.
Seth Frantzman, National Review
Israel was used to counterinsurgency warfare, but Hezbollah was a different challenge.
Stephen Wertheim, NS
e people of the United States are weary of military intervention abroad; they want their leaders to start fighting for them.
Marc Goldberg, Spectator
It’s been 20 years since the outbreak of the al-Aqsa Intifada, a period of carnage that saw the deaths of over 1,000 Israelis and 3,000 Palestinians. The Intifada killed people and it killed hope. It killed Israeli hopes for an end to conflict and Palestinian hopes to become citizens in their own sovereign state.
Muqtedar Khan, Center for Global Policy
A congressional race in Texas is emblematic of trending political fragmentation among immigrant groups who take their political, cultural, and religious identities and conflicts with them even after migrating to a new country. But these groups’ attempts to sway American politics toward other countries’ issues leaves the door open for “America First” voters to coalesce around nativist candidates.
East Asia Forum
The West might look to Asia not only to witness the hazards of political polarisation but also for clues as to how to remedy it
James Goldgeier & Bruce W. Jentleson, FA
That the United States should lead the world is often taken for granted. But the United States shouldn't always be at the head of the table.
Paul Heer, National Interest
Beijing is not in fact looking for excuses or an opportunity to attack its neighbor, Taipei: it is looking for reasons not to do so.