Stephen Rademaker, RCWorld
The Islamic Republic of Iran likes to argue that the United States is not a reliable diplomatic partner. It is therefore no surprise that after hardliner Ebrahim Raisi was elected as the country's next president, Iran added a new precondition to rejoining the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. "We need guarantees that . . . a repeat of these sanctions and exiting the nuclear deal, as the past U.S. government did, won't happen again,"
William Antholis & Eric Edelman, The Dispatch
Its popular, pragmatic prime minister offers welcome political stability and ideals that align with promoting democracy.
Miami Herald
A day after Sunday's street demonstrations in several cities across the country, Cuba went dark on Monday because of internet outages and disrupted cell phone service. Yes, the Cuban regime can do that easily. Cuban Americans in Miami who had joined in with their own demonstrations on Sunday couldn't tell if the protest had continued. Neither could the international media.
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Carlos Eire, National Review
The young who feel they have the most to lose by remaining silent have taken to the streets as no one has dared to do up until now on such a scale.
Tahir Hamut Izgil, The Atlantic
Living through—and escaping—the Uyghur genocide
Sheldon Kirshner, Times of Israel
There has been a "paradigm shift" in Palestinian public opinion since the fourth Gaza border war between Israel and Hamas this past May, says prominent Palestinian pollster and political analyst Khalil Shikaki.
Markus Becker et al, Spiegel
Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to meet the new U.S. president on Thursday, and one issue in particular is weighing on the visit: a new gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea that will deliver Russian gas to Germany. Berlin is seeking to make concessions in Washington to relieve tensions over the project.
Joel Mathis, The Week
Are Cubans protesting against a repressive Communist government? Or are they angry about bad governance that makes their everyday lives worse? Why not both?
Michael Klare, TomDispatch
It's the summer of 2026, five years after the Biden administration identified the People's Republic of China as the principal threat to U.S. security and Congress passed a raft of laws mandating a society-wide mobilization to ensure permanent U.S. domination of the Asia-Pacific region. Although major armed conflict between the United States and China has not yet broken out, numerous crises have erupted in the western Pacific and the two countries are constantly poised for war. Читать дальше...
Leon Aron, The Dispatch
The ideology of the Putin regime is hardly less toxic and is perhaps more incendiary than communist totalitarianism.
Jaclynn Ashly, African Arguments
As hate speech and targeting of Tigrayans escalates in Addis Ababa, many are terrified and some are planning to flee. Yared* has not left his apartment in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa for days. "I don't feel safe here," the 29-year-old says. "I'm scared to go outside. They [Ethiopian police] are going around the whole city and detaining people from restaurants, bars, cafeterias, and even their homes." Yared is from Tigray and, about two weeks ago, celebrations... Читать дальше...
Malcolm Davis, TNI
Everyone knows that Beijing will seek to exploit the nuclear dispute between Pyongyang and Washington.
Ralf Neukirch, Der Spiegel
Hungarian President Viktor Orbán and other like-minded populists are trampling on the EU's values with growing disregard. Europe has an effective option for taking action and it is time to use it: We need to cut Hungary's EU funds.
Gideon Rachman, FT
The most important safeguard against authoritarianism is an independent judiciary
Doug Bandow, Cato
While maintaining the offshore capacity to act if truly necessary, the U.S. should encourage regional parties to develop their own security system.
Peter Suciu, 1945
The Russian military has touted the features of its Sukhoi Su-57, a single-seat, twin-engine, multirole fighter that was the product of the PAK FA fighter program. Intended to succeed the MiG-29 and Su-27, the fifth-generation Su-57 is the first Russian fighter to feature stealth technology, while it was also designed to feature supercruise, supermaneuverability, and integrated avionics to overcome attacks from the prior generation fighter aircraft as well as...
David Lepeska, The National
The president has for five years used the putsch to justify a power grab, and the Turks are tiring of it
Ben Caspit, Al Monitor
The outgoing deputy head of the Israel Defense Forces, Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir, is not big on interviews and rarely speaks in public. At a handover ceremony for his successor Maj. Gen. Herzl Halevi this week, Zamir dropped a bomb. Zamir, who was tasked with the IDF's force buildup, essentially said that the IDF is not big enough and could find itself lacking the critical mass it needs to defeat Israel's enemies.
James Bloodworth, Foreign Policy
The island hasn't seen anything like this for decades.
Ross Douthat, New York Times
William LeoGrande, National Interest
As a close ally, Cuba will have more influence than anyone over Maduro's willingness to accept a political settlement.
Marcela García, Boston Globe
If the country is going to have a chance at building a true democracy, it must be through a Haitian-led path.
