Stephen Wertheim, New York Times
Eighty years ago, the United States made a tragic decision to pursue global supremacy. The project has outlived its purpose.
Alexandros Diakopoulos, Ekathimerini
Turkey's foreign policy dogma has in recent years sought to combine activity "in the (military) field and at the (negotiations) table."
The Economist
So many parents have been locked up that officials struggle to cope with the left-behind children
Fehim Tastekin, Al Monitor
Turkey’s policy to use muscle to gain diplomatic clout has been marred by a series of miscalculations, failing to produce the desired results in the conflicts in Libya and the Caucasus.
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Hal Brands, Bloomberg
The U.S. has lost its ability to lead through attraction before, and has always regained it.
George Friedman, Geo. Futures
Russian President Vladimir Putin described the collapse of the Soviet Union as the greatest geopolitical catastrophe in history. Though it may not be true of all of history, it is certainly true of modern Russian history, because it cost Russia what it needs most: strategic depth. Until 1989, Russia’s western border was effectively in central Germany. The Caucasus shielded Russia from the south. Central Asia was a vast buffer against South Asia and potentially China. Читать дальше...
Christopher Mott, TNI
The American people deserve better than the two options being presented to them in the realm of foreign policy.
Mireya Solis, Foreign Affairs
In an era of renewed great-power competition that Washington has framed as an all-out, zero-sum battle between “the free world” and a menacing China, East Asia’s other great power, Japan, has gotten short shrift. Japan does not aspire to superpower status, and its limitations are well known: demographic decline, a deflationary economy, and self-imposed restrictions on the use of force abroad. But it would be a mistake to write off Japan as a has-been. It boasts... Читать дальше...
Wang Gungwu, East Asia Forum
The first Sinologists I met in the 1950s were Europeans working in the Orientalist tradition. They had inherited two centuries of scholarship on the languages and cultures of North Africa and Asia but were by this time primarily interested in China. There were very few scholars in the field and some of their work served the needs of European imperial powers. The best of them enriched our knowledge of the Eurasian continent.
Nicole Grajewski, RM
On Oct. 18, the U.N. conventional arms embargo on Iran will expire despite the Trump administration’s numerous attempts to extend the embargo and induce “snap back” provisions. Russia has made its
Josef Joffe, The Strategist
For decades, France and Germany have been known as Europe's ruling 'tandem' or 'couple', even its 'engine'. Together, they aimed to work to unify the continent. But, to pile up the metaphors, the French want ...
