Vassilis Nedos, Ekathimerini
Αthens will join a dialogue with Ankara sincerely, constructively, but also fully aware that Turkey is no longer the same country as it was in 2000, with the aspiration to join the European Union, and not even as in 2016, when exploratory talks were launched, Greece's Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias notes in an interview with Kathimerini.
Roger Boyes, Times of London
The incoming president has bigger problems than trying to revive the flawed Obama nuclear pact
Elizabeth Chen, Jamestown
Amid the coldest winter recorded since 1966, provinces across the People's Republic of China (PRC) struggled with the worst electrical blackouts seen in nearly a decade (OilPrice, January 8). More than a dozen cities across Zhejiang, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, and Guangdong provinces imposed limits on off-peak electricity usage in early December, affecting...
Sujan Chinoy, Indian Express
Chinese strategists often invent past military triumphs against India. They forget that aggression against a large country determined to defend its sovereignty will simply not work.
David Maxwell & Matthew Ha, 1945
After he labelled America as North Korea's "foremost principal enemy" and announced plans to strengthen his regime's nuclear and missile arsenal, Kim Jong-un last week offered Washington an opportunity to start a "new relationship" by ending its "hostile policy." However, Kim's cryptic offer, which he...
Jonathan Tepperman, FP
Law and precedent bar the new administration from diplomacy before Inauguration Day. But that doesn't mean its hands are tied.
Patricia Karam, The Hill
Ten years after a young street vendor's self-immolation helped catalyze the Tunisian revolution that toppled its authoritarian leader and inspired protest movements across the Middle East and North Africa, Tunisian democracy is at a turning point. Although Tunisians are now free to choose their leaders, have held numerous elections, and can openly criticize the government, the dreams of the uprising remain unfulfilled a decade later as inequality, unemployment and poor services persist. Читать дальше...
Stratfor Worldview
U.S. adversaries are likely to see the recent Capitol siege as an opportunity to quickly take action against U.S. interests ahead of Inauguration Day, calculating that a distracted Washington will be ill-equipped to respond to provocations that may strengthen their negotiating leverage with President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration. Since Jan. 6, multiple key national security officials have announced their resignations, reducing the cadre of security...
Shane Markowitz, WPR
Despite prevailing early sentiment that the coronavirus pandemic and the anxieties associated with it could further fracture the European Union as a tumultuous Brexit process wound to a close, the bloc now finds itself more integrated and united than it has been in years.
Geoff Ramsey, Responsible Statecraft
There will be plenty of space to maneuver after the Trump administration's brash unilateralism.
Tom Mitchell, Yuan Yang & Ryan McMorrow, Financial Times
Four years ago, when Ant Group's premier money market fund was racing to a peak of more than $260bn worth of assets under management, many of China's state-owned banks and their regulators started to get agitated. In a series of calls and meetings with Jack Ma, Ant's founder, bank executives and regulatory officials demanded that its Yu'E Bao fund be reined in.
