Daniel Tenreiro, National Review
Xi may see consumer software as trivial, but it is a key driver of the hard-tech leadership he desires.
David Dodwell, SCMP
If China, as viewed by the US, is an aggressive power with an offensive agenda, it will be sucked into the Afghan mess. If it truly is a defensive power, it will resist the temptation
Valeriy Akimenko, Chatham House
New developments in Russian long-range precision-guided weapons strongly support the idea that the country's leadership has been giving a greater priority to non-nuclear strategic military deterrence. The cases of Ukraine and Syria demonstrate Russia's willingness to use military force, and prove that its non-nuclear deterrent has matured from theoretical concept to firm reality.
Tim Parks, New York Review of Books
In Sicily there has been a dysfunctional mismatch for centuries between the many different local communities and the ideas and plans of those governing the island from afar.
Dexter Tiff Roberts, Atlantic Council
Graham Allison, National Interest
In the past two decades, China has risen further and faster on more dimensions than any nation in history. As it has done so, it has become a serious rival of what had been the world's sole superpower.
Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor
From a luxurious office suite that he rents in one of Herzliya Pituach's most prestigious towers, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is plotting his return to power. Next September, he will celebrate his 72nd birthday, but he is harder at work than ever, with just one goal in mind. He is committed to taking back the office of prime minister, which he believes was stolen from him in a public and political scam.
Jason Beardsley, Washington Examiner
The Navy's problems are vast but easily summarized. It has been a goal of policymakers to have a fleet of 355 manned ships, yet we have been stuck with fewer than 300 ships for the last 15 years.
Andrew Michta, 1945
Much ink has already been spilled lamenting the end of the post-Cold War era of American hegemony and the emergent strategic competition with Russia and China. Moscow has been described as a manipulative alien power, which, since at least the invasion of Crimea, has been seen as subverting American democracy and world stability. But this telling severely...
Jacob Silverman, New Republic
The president is pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan. But many will be headed to other war zones where America's military grinds on.
S. Mason, WOTR
Jack Kelly, Valcour: The 1776 Campaign That Saved the Cause of Liberty (St. Martin's, 2021) Brooklyn Heights, Saratoga, Yorktown. Many Americans
