Michael Rubin, 1945
On Friday, President Joe Biden will meet with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, head the High Council for National Reconciliation, at the White House. White House Spokesperson Jen Psaki
Gary Saul Morson, The New York Review of Books
How should one narrate the life of a great writer? Joseph Frank's five-volume biography of Dostoevsky, now supplemented by his Lectures on Dostoevsky,
Jeremy Cliffe, New Statesman
Andrew Tettenborn, Spectator
e EU may boast a common currency like any other state (even if nearly a third of its 27 members do not use it). It may also have, through its regulatory jurisdiction over banks and financial services, a vast say in the running of the financial system throughout the bloc: powers at least comparable to those of a federal government such as that in Canada or Australia. But there is one thing the EU has not yet managed to get: a unified tax system.
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William Alan Reinsch, CSIS
Last week was Europe week, and between the G7 meeting and the U.S.-EU Summit, the United States and the European Union managed to roll out four agreements: on digital and corporate taxation, the Boeing-Airbus dispute, steel and aluminum tariffs, and a new Trade and Technology Council. This was a balanced outcome—the first and last were instigated by the European Union and the second and third by the United States. I am optimistic about the first one, not so much about the others. Читать дальше...
Mariam Memarsadeghi, Tablet
In picking a mass murderer as his potential successor, Iran's supreme leader hopes to make the United States a willing partner in the repression of his country's people
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera
What are the implications of a conservative Iranian presidency and a renewed nuclear deal for the region?
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Bret Stephens, New York Times
In the summer of 1988, Iran's supreme leader, Ruhollah Khomeini, ordered the secret executions of thousands of political prisoners. Iran then denied reports of the slaughter, calling them "nothing but propaganda" based on "forgeries." It also ruthlessly suppressed efforts by the families of the disappeared to find out what had happened to their relatives, including the location of their burial sites.
Clarke & Saltskog, WOTR
The smoke and tear gas had barely dissipated from the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when it became painfully obvious to anyone watching that the United States was ill-prepared to deal with the threat of domestic terrorism. For the past two decades, the United States has been narrowly focused on the threat posed by a specific type of terrorism — namely, Salafi-jihadist-inspired terrorism perpetrated by transnational...
Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett began his first cabinet meeting June 20 with a firm statement about the election of Ebrahim Raisi as Iran's new president. He said, "
Daniel Finkelstein, Times of London
Last week the Liberal Democrats, against all the odds, achieved a stunning by-election victory in Chesham & Amersham. Sir Ed Davey, the party leader, had his photo taken with a little orange hammer and some large blue bricks and sent it to his wife. Now he needs someone to tell him to stop.
Arash Azizi, Newlines
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's power politics led to the rise of the most blood-soaked Iranian presidency since 1979
