Martin Wolf, Financial Times
Pluto-populists' strategy of using identity issues to convince voters to act against their economic interests is working
Daniel Fortin, Les Echos
As the sudden arrival of harsh new lockdown restrictions and the closing of borders in European countries coincides with down-to-the-wire Brexit talks, BoJo is facing an all-time low in public confidence.
Charles Thépaut, Washington Institute
If Biden wants to create additional leverage before attempting difficult negotiations with Russia, he will need to display strategic patience by partnering with allies on ten preliminary issues.
Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy
Five articles from the past year that explain how the quagmire in Yemen sparked fierce political battles in Washington as millions teeter on the brink of starvation.
J. Haberman, Russia Matters
Editors' note: With a change of guard in the White House coming in January, the new U.S. president will have a chance to commission a review of U.S. domestic and foreign policies. This primer is the third in a series designed to facilitate such a review by detailing the impact Russia does or can have on each of five vital U.S. national interests worth advancing in 2021-2024. They are: (1)
Leon Aron, The Dispatch
He should beware of the mysterious pull to befriend or even change Russia by proffers of goodwill.
Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs
Anger Is Mounting at the Generals Behind the Throne
Joseph Bosco, The Hill
When Joe Biden takes over from Donald Trump, he will confront a complex and daunting China problem. But Trump's team also will leave Biden a simple — though not easy — China solution: take the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) out of the...
Dimitri Simes, National Interest
We must recognize that world affairs are rarely black and white, that alliances should serve as instruments of U.S. policy rather than as ends in themselves, and that—like it or not—history as we always knew it has returned.
