War on the Rocks
In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Thomas Ricks, journalist and historian, talks about his new book, "First Principles, What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How that Shaped Our Country." Ricks outlines the degree to which the founding fathers were influenced by the ancients and how this influence helped to shape the structure and the principles of the emerging republic.
Martin Rees & Steven Pinker, New Statesman
Borghan Nezami Narajabad, NBC
The Iranian judge's political rise has been long and brutal, including serving on a 'death commission' that condemned my uncle. American sanctions must stay in place.
Anna Arutunyan, Moscow Times
This week's summit showed Washington and Moscow have accepted that neither is going to change the other's behavior.
Sanam Vakil, Chatham House
If Raisi manages to stay in Khamenei's good graces, he could succeed him as the next supreme leader.
Alex Aung Khant & David Camroux, EAF
It is about time for the West to ‘walk the talk' on both its defence of democracy and its Indo-Pacific pivot. It's about time to effect principled, immediate and tangible expression, both behind the Quad's mantra as that of democracy in the region and the new Transatlantic huddle.
Fiona Harrigan, Reason
Repealing the law that allowed America to depose Saddam Hussein won't stop us from waging war elsewhere.
Fehim Tastekin, Al Monitor
Although humanitarian aid to Syria was hardly a top agenda item during President Joe Biden's Europe tour, Washington has signaled that it might be ready for some sort of position shift over the matter, which remains a top priority for the Biden administration's Syria policy. As Washington's talks with Moscow have been focusing on keeping the international aid flowing and reopening border crossings, Turkey holds a key position in the...
Birtukan Midekssa, TNI
The Ethiopian elections are an imperfect step in the right direction.
Andrew Green, WP Review
Ethiopia is preparing to vote in long-delayed national and regional parliamentary elections Monday—at least, part of it is. Voting won't take place in the Tigray region, which is still mired in a grinding conflict and humanitarian catastrophe. With other constituencies facing logistical delays and some of the opposition calling for a...
Doug Bandow, Cato
President Joe Biden is venturing abroad. He's off to the United Kingdom for the G-7 meeting, Brussels for a NATO gathering and side chat with Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and finally to Switzerland to talk with Russia's Vladimir Putin. It's a full trip, and Biden apparently plans to spend a lot of time apologizing for his predecessor.
Holly Dagres et al, Atlantic Council
It was never in doubt… really. Hard-line Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi was elected president of Iran, trouncing a field handpicked by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In fact Raisi, who will replace the more moderate Hassan Rouhani, is a top contender to become Iran's next supreme leader. How will Raisi steer Iran? Does Friday's low voter turnout spell trouble for him? Will he blow up...
Tom Tugendhat, Financial Times
Universities should be wary of becoming over-reliant on co-operation with Chinese institutions
Sajjad Safaei, Foreign Policy
Iran's next president is a conservative obsessed with power—but less of a zealot than he seems.
Andrew Michta, National Review
The United States cannot contain China the way it contained the Soviet Union during the Cold War; rather, it must outcompete China (and Russia) in critical emerging technologies that will be needed to reinvigorate and transform America's industry and the economy as a whole to reestablish its position of national power in this century. A key strategic objective for the United States going forward must be to rebuild our industry. The preservation of the United... Читать дальше...
S. Bartholomeusz, Sydney Morning Herald
Last week China announced plans to release government reserves of some key commodities - including copper, aluminium and zinc (but not iron ore) - to counter high prices and some supply shortages that are driving up raw material costs for its manufacturers.
Ross Douthat, New York Times
Last August, I predicted that Donald Trump's electoral defeat would encourage a lot of Republican politicians to embrace Don Draper's mantra from "Mad Men," his explanation of how easy it is to bury an inconvenient piece of your own past: "This never happened. It will shock you how much it never...
Matthew Brooker, Bloomberg
For the establishment, nothing is more dangerous than finding out young people today just don't buy into its values.
