Stephen Roach, Financial Times
A crash is likely given the collapse in US domestic saving and a gaping current account deficit
Tom McTague, The Atlantic
The British prime minister continually survives the chaos of his choices—much to pundits’ chagrin. How?
Yimou Lee & Ben Blanchard, Reuters
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan’s military has launched aircraft to intercept Chinese planes more than twice as much as all of last year, the island’s defence ministry said, describing Taiwan as facing severe security challenges from its huge neighbour.
Sushant Singh, Foreign Affairs
A border clash with China leaves India few good options.
George Friedman, GPF
During the Cold War, the United States opposed the Soviet Union wherever the Soviet Union sought to make inroads. Some interventions were necessary and therefore took place in obvious locales: in Germany to shield Europe, in Turkey to limit Soviet naval movement into the Mediterranean, and in Japan to block the Soviet port of Vladivostok and the Pacific. Others such as Angola and Afghanistan were less so.
Shashi Tharoor, Project Syndicate
Far from bolstering multilateralism, COVID-19 has revealed a world of nation-states locked into a destructive zero-sum contest. The United Nations' upcoming 75th anniversary thus risks being remembered as the moment when a lethal virus destroyed the very idea of our common humanity.
Michael Rubin, National Interest
Tanvi Madan, Brookings
The Quad was revived in November 2017 and, since then, has met regularly at the working- and ministerial levels. Tanvi Madan outlines what you need to know.
Daniel Larison, The American Conservative
Economist
The prime minister, Justin Trudeau, may be contemplating an early election
Benjamin Russell, Am. Quart.
With Juan Guaidó under pressure, an opposition stalwart plays the long game.
Niall Ferguson, Bloomberg
Scott Adamson, FDD
Mohamed Zeeshan, SCMP
Stewart Patrick, WP Review
Documenting the demise of the liberal international order has become a growth industry in the foreign policy sector. In a terrific new book, "A World Safe for Democracy," G. John Ikenberry, the premier analyst of liberal internationalism, contends that reports of its death are greatly exaggerated.
M. Kofman, R-Matters
On Sept. 27, Azerbaijan launched a military offensive, resulting in fighting that spans much of the line of contact in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is de facto occupied by Armenia. As of this writing, artillery and rocket strikes are taking place through the depth of Armenian lines, including in the regional capital of Stepanakert. This is the most serious fighting to take place between the two sides since 1994. It is a large scale conventional war... Читать дальше...
