Anthony Ruggiero, RCW
The Biden administration and its advocates have never hidden their contempt for Trump's policy of maximum pressure on Iran. According to Robert Malley, the lead U.S. negotiator at nuclear talks in Vienna, "we've seen the result of the maximum pressure campaign. It has failed." A few days later the New York Times editorial board declared "‘Maximum Pressure' on Iran Has Failed." The...
Kevin Rudd, Foreign Affairs
Its Success Poses a Major Threat to Beijing's Ambitions.
Reuel Marc Gerecht & Ray Takeyh, WSJ
Neither arms control nor military force is realistic. What would a more practical policy look like?
Gregory Poling et al, CSIS
In contrast to its alliances in Northeast Asia, the United States' two alliances in Southeast Asia are fundamentally adrift, posing significant challenges and risks to U.S. defense strategy and interests. U.S. alliances with the Philippines and Thailand have both been weakened substantially in recent years by the changing strategic environment, shifting internal politics, and China's growing influence and aggressive outreach. But these two Southeast Asian alliances remain important for the United States... Читать дальше...
Michael Rubin, 1945
It looks increasingly like the lab leak hypothesis with regard to the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak is correct. Chinese Communist authorities sought to both cover up the initial outbreak and obfuscate its origins. More than four million people died as a result, and the true number is probably far higher as dictatorships like China, Russia, and...
Ariana Wolde, National Interest
If the United States wants to gain control of cyberspace it must set up formal, high-level dialogue channels with more than just our traditional like-minded allies—starting with China and Russia.
Gethin et al, G'dian
Studying hundreds of elections, we found that political parties increasingly cater to only the well educated and the rich
Frida Ghitis, CNN
From the earliest days of which I have memory, I felt the need to travel as if it were an extra ingredient in my blood, pulsing in my veins. The pandemic didn't give me a transfusion; it didn't sedate my wanderlust. It forced it on hold, as if waiting in a strange airport for updates on a long-delayed flight. I have booked and rebooked so many flights that I had to make a spreadsheet to keep track. But...
Neelanjan Sircar, WP Review
In the run-up to India's 2014 elections, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, campaigned on the slogan, Achhe din aane waale hain—"The good days are coming." Led by the charismatic and popular Narendra Modi, who now serves as prime minister, the BJP stormed to power that year, decimating the long-ruling Indian National Congress party. Then, in the 2019 elections, the BJP improved on its previous electoral performance, taking more than 300 seats. Читать дальше...
Glen Grant, Jamestown
After seven years of war, the Ukrainian defense system has not reformed. The reasons are extraordinarily complex and intertwined. They range from a lack of political direction; the continued selection of senior officers who are old school "red commanders," that is, those opposed to NATO and wishing to maintain the Soviet legacy; to the inability or unwillingness of officers to challenge a system marked by outdated or detrimental laws, rules and regulations, since breaking... Читать дальше...
MY Tarigami, Indian Express
MY Tarigami writes: Abrogation of Article 370 delegitimised the mainstream political space in J&K. The aim now must be to reduce the massive alienation of the people
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James Campbell, CFR
While there are numerous advocates of separatism, the two most prominent are Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho. They share some goals—and an enemy in the federal government—but their ethnic bases are different.
Arif Alvi, Dawn
THIS year, Aug 5 will mark two years since India unilaterally and illegally stripped Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) of its special status. These two years have been a sombre reminder that our Kashmiri brothers and sisters remain under a brutal military occupation — one of a handful left in the modern era. It is also a reminder that the valiant spirit of freedom, imbued in the people of Kashmir by their forefathers through their epic struggle against Dogra rule, remains undiminished. Читать дальше...
James Durso, Diplomat
Focusing on trade networks, Afghanistan's neighbors hope to forge regional stability in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal.
