Matthias Nass, ECFR
With Joe Biden moving into the White House, the United States and Europe should strive for a common China policy
Glenn Gafney with Bush Center
It’s useful to think about fakes in three ways. One is fakes, which is you know it's fake and you can see that it's fake. You can discern that. Then there are deepfakes. You are aware that there are deepfakes, but they are hard to otherwise detect or discern them as fakes. It takes a different level of effort to uncover them. Then, there's another class that I would call very deepfakes. You’re not even aware that something is fake.
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
Congress is deeply divided. The Senate may come in at a tie, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris holding the deciding vote. In the House of Representatives, the Democrats’ majority shrunk to just 14 seats. During the Trump administration, they tended to vote with near unanimity. With a smaller majority they may not, given the emergence of a progressive wing of the party. With Trump gone, unanimity may be gone too. Once the euphoria of victory passes, Biden will have little room for maneuver. Читать дальше...
Ani Mejlumyan & Joshua Kucera, EurasiaNet
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is facing popular anger and scheming opposition figures following the country’s disastrous capitulation to Azerbaijan.
EurasiaNet
Armenia has agreed to a cessation of hostilities with Azerbaijan effective immediately, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced on Facebook early on November 10 Yerevan time, calling the terms “unspeakably painful for me personally and for our people.”
Michael Rubin, National Interest
This is not the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; it is just the beginning of a new chapter.
Tim Ball, Politico EU
If Donald Trump was an unknown quantity on the world political stage, his successor is anything but. Serving two terms as vice president under Barack Obama, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden spent eight years shaking hands before and after meetings with European leaders.
S. Gabriel & J. Emerson, Project Syndicate
After World War II, the United States and Germany went from being mortal enemies to close friends with the same fundamental values and interests. And while the relationship has been in a deep freeze under US President Donald Trump, it can and must be revived.
William Alan Reinsch, CSIS
Now that the presidential election appears to be decided, speculation has already begun about who will occupy senior positions in the next administration, including the U.S. trade representative (USTR). Having had numerous calls from reporters over the past weeks on this subject, I’ve decided to write about it. However, if you want gossip, go somewhere else, because I’m going to do it without mentioning any names, aside from former or current office holders.
Kenneth Ruoff, Japan Times
By all accounts, the crown prince and his wife, Crown Princess Kiko, are decent and sincere individuals who try to use their imperial prestige to make the world a better place. They have, along with Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and other imperial family members, continued in the footsteps of the previous emperor and empress by mixing regularly with their countrymen (although it has proven to be difficult amid the pandemic).
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Firas Maksad, The National
Worries in the Middle East over a Biden return to Obama-era foreign policy may be understandable, but exaggerated
Mare Ushkovska, WP Review
The recent U.S.-brokered agreements between Serbia and Kosovo to normalize their economic ties have been portrayed by all three governments as a momentous diplomatic achievement. “By focusing on job creation and economic growth, the two countries were able to reach a major breakthrough,” President Donald Trump said at a White House signing ceremony in September, standing alongside Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovar Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti. Both leaders... Читать дальше...
Neale Richmond, Financial Times
Exporters will ship through, over and around the UK as they diversify to Asia and the EU
Phillip Orchard, Geopolitical Futures
For months leading up to the U.S. election, there was no shortage of speculation over who Beijing would prefer to have in the White House in January. In
Michael Rubin, National Interest
The Jewish community should demand every country promote and respect religious freedom, but it should never use religious freedom as an excuse to turn a blind eye to other abuses.
Dominic Tierney, FPRI
Every election season, commentators search for the Holy Grail of American foreign policy, the presidential doctrine, or a leader’s defining set of diplomatic beliefs. The George W. Bush doctrine was to hunt down terrorists and spread democracy, if necessary, at the point of a bayonet. The Barack Obama doctrine was to avoid “dumb” wars like Iraq. The Donald Trump doctrine was to stop allies and international institutions from taking America for a ride. What’s Joe Biden’s doctrine? Читать дальше...
Jeff Smith, War on the Rocks
For decades after gaining independence in 1947, Indian foreign policy was guided by one overarching principle: non-alignment. Considered a “central component of Indian identity in global politics,” the doctrine counseled India against entanglement in the Cold War and alignment with either the United States...
