Sarah Leah Whitson, Foreign Affairs
America Must Stop Underwriting Sisi's Brutal Reign
Howard French, World Politics Review
During my first reporting trip to Haiti, in January 1988, on my very first day in the country, I rode 50 miles from the capital, Port-au-Prince, to St. Marc, a coastal city to the north, to write about the atmosphere in the provinces on the eve of national elections.
Santiago Villa, Worldcrunch
Sympathizers of the Cuban communist regime tend to justify Cuba's violence on protesters and present it as a victim of Western imperialism.
Matteo Fumagalli, Nat'l Interest
The key challenge for whoever ends up taking the helm from outgoing Chancellor Merkel after sixteen years in power is two-fold: decide what to do with that bilateral relationship and figure out how to square it with the oftentimes divergent priorities of other European partners and especially the United States.
G. Camacho & P. Sosa-Villagarcia, FP
Pedro Castillo, who takes office this month, will likely face a renewed governability crisis as president.
Nic Robertson, The National
The main aim of most involved in Afghanistan's most recent conflict was always peace. Afghans wanted it; so, too, the American, British, Turkish and other international forces who raced to the country following Al Qaeda's 9/11 attacks, planned from bases in a semi-lawless land.
Ryan Berg, CSIS
Portuguesa State, for example, illustrates well the autocratic maneuver served by PSUV party primaries. Among the 20 pre-candidates nominated by the UBCHs on June 27, 2021, popular candidate Luis Soteldo likely had a high...
Ben Caspit, Al Monitor
Judging by reports in the Israeli media, the Iran war has already erupted. The heavy battles indicate both sides intend to fight to the bitter end. The war is not a military confrontation between Israel and Iran, but rather a bloody clash in Israel between former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the current government led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.