Robert Tombs, Spectator
None of us will easily forget the emotional response to the Leave vote in 2016, the national and international lamentation and the angry reproaches and insults, heaped on the majority: they were ignorant losers, white, old, xenophobic and stupid, ‘gammon' who would be better dead or disfranchised. But leave aside the arrogance and snobbery; more fundamental was the basic ignorance of Europe shown by these zealous Europhiles....
Daniel DePetris, Newsweek
How do you deal with a four decade-long adversary whose negotiators are some of the best in the world and whose government is likely to spend more time lecturing you than searching for a way forward? These are the questions incoming President Joe Biden will soon confront as he and his national security team attempt to prevent U.S.-Iran relations from being dragged further down the toilet.
Jamsheed Choksy & Carol Choksy, RealClearWorld
Much has changed since the enactment of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Developments in recent years have reduced nuclear warheads to just one part of a larger, deadlier arsenal Iran is honing. (This is described in the 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment.) Consequently, it will not be enough to resurrect the JCPOA. An enhanced deal must be negotiated. The incoming Biden administration should not rush this process, even though hardliners... Читать дальше...
Charles Grant, CER
Donald Trump's four years in power, COVID-19 and China's seemingly inexorable rise have all shaken the geopolitical kaleidoscope - in ways that challenge the West and the liberal values it espouses. But can Joe Biden's election and new efforts to integrate Europe revitalise the liberal, democratic model? This essay examines 12 geopolitical trends that will affect Europe.
The New Republic
On December 11, the Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer to begin distributing its vaccine for Covid-19. The triumphant moment comes on the brink of a grim winter, amid record case levels across the United States, and it is accompanied by countless unknowns. For Episode 22 of The Politics of Everything, hosts Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene talk to Nicholas Christakis, a physician and sociologist at Yale University and the author of Apollo's Arrow: The...
Blaise Malley, The American Conservative
"Joe Biden has the most progressive platform in history" was a familiar talking point in the last months before the election, both from Republicans trying to paint the Democratic nominee as a socialist controlled by the "radical left," and from moderate Democrats who hoped to convince that skeptical left wing of the party to support him. While the President-elect has not endorsed some of the plans that more progressive Democrats would have liked him... Читать дальше...
Peter Kellner, Carnegie Europe
Level playing field or no access to the EU's single market? With Brexit talks in the final stages, one solution for a UK-EU trade deal seems within reach—but only if it allows for both sides to claim victory.
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Metin Gurcan, Al-Monitor
The US sanctions targeting Turkey's defense industry agency may be seen as rather mild by some observers, but they threaten to deprive Turkey of key military technology should they last more than a year.
Grigory Ioffe, Jamestown
Popular narrative tropes are not always accurate predictors of how a story will ultimately develop. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the former presidential hopeful and a person believed by many to have won the presidential elections of August 9, is widely seen as a positive character in the unfolding Belarusian drama. Courageous and likable, she does her best to rally international support for the protest movement in her home country.
Fritz Schaap, Der Spiegel
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed promised democracy and a new beginning for his country -- and received the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for his initial efforts. It has been all downhill from there, however, and he is increasingly turning to authoritarian methods.
Katia Glod, CEPA
As Alyaksandr Lukashenka's regime doubles down on repression, the key question is whether the opposition can rise to the challenge of leadership.
Andreas Bock, ECFR
Germany, together with France, aims to play a decisive role in the reconstruction of the post-coronavirus world
Brent Sadler, Heritage
After a flurry of tantalizing but incomplete public announcements throughout October, the much-delayed future force plan for the U.S. Navy known as Battle Force 2045 is no longer missing in action. Its prolonged absence, though, will not...
Kyra Rauschenbach, Critical Threats
Principlist members of Iran's regime may seize on the assassination of Iran's top nuclear scientist to weaken moderate rivals in the latest round of political infighting. Likely Israeli operatives *assassinated top nuclear scientist and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Brig. Gen. Mohsen Fakhri Zadeh just east of Tehran on November 27. Senior principlist officials have signaled that arrests related to the assassination...
Nick Danforth, Foreign Policy
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office, American foreign policy is at a crossroads.
