Новости за 10.05.2021

Patrick Tucker, Defense One

Debris from a crashing Chinese rocket hurtling toward Earth and a Russian projectile-shooting spy satellite are the two examples of a big problem: too few rules governing how nations behave in space. Wednesday on Capitol Hill, lawmakers pressed Biden administration officials on what the United States can do to set some hard...

Peter Subissati, JPost

When President Joe Biden spoke to a deeply divided nation on January 20, a Castro was watching his 15th presidential inaugural address as head of Cuba's Communist Party.

Washington Post Editorial Board

For decades, Colombia has remained one of the most stable democracies in Latin America, even as its governments have battled drug cartels and guerrilla movements in the sprawling countryside. So the eruption of mass demonstrations in its cities during the past 10 days — and worse, the death of at least two dozen people in clashes with riot police — has been a shock that shows how even the most stable Latin American countries...

Sumit Ganguly, FP

Last week, the results for legislature elections in four Indian states (Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal) and one union territory (Puducherry, which is under the administrative control of the national government) were announced.

Ian Buruma, Project Syndicate

Would the United States be prepared to risk a catastrophic war with the People's Republic of China to protect the Republic of China, better known as Taiwan? President Joe Biden laid out his vision clearly last week. He sees the rivalry between the PRC and the US as a global conflict between democracy and autocracy, and the ROC is unquestionably one of Asia's most successful democracies.

Morgan Lorraine Viña, National Interest

This month, China will hold the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council. Despite the presidency being a largely ceremonial role, Beijing will use the presidency as an opportunity to shape the world order according to its narrative; a narrative that denigrates democracy and shields dictators from...

R. Burtenshaw, Jacobin

For weeks, it has been clear that Labour would have a bad night in this week's election. The only question was how bad. As we awoke yesterday to disastrous losses in local elections, historic defeat in Hartlepool, and a likely mayoral bloodbath to come, the answer is very bad indeed.

Bobby Ghosh, Bloomberg

In pursuing its "forever war" in Africa, France has tolerated autocrats and warlords in exchange for commitment to its counterterrorism goals. But President Emmanuel Macron is beginning to discover that the former often undermines the latter.

Umair Jamal, The Diplomat

U.S. troops in Afghanistan have begun packing gear after President Joe Biden announced last month that all American troops will leave Afghanistan by September 2021, after a nearly two-decade-long military presence in the country.