Jacques Schuster, Worldcrunch
The German leader's aloofness on the collapse of Afghanistan has surprised many. For the past few months, her government has taken the issue too lightly and failed to debate it properly. This could prove a big mistake in her last weeks as German chancellor.
Ian Hill, Lowy Interpreter
Belligerent and unpredictable, Belarus' president is still an
ongoing source of angst for Moscow and its neighbours.
Peter Kellner, Carnegie Europe
Illusions about the UK's special relationship with the United States and a supposedly painless Brexit have been shed. The inability of Boris Johnson's government to face up to that makes it impossible to define a new role for Britain in the world.
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Emilio Casalicchio, Politico EU
LONDON — The Taliban have pledged to kick the habit in Afghanistan and end its reliance on the illegal drugs trade. But success — assuming the unscrupulous Islamists are true to their word — could be down to the nations now struggling to evacuate their citizens from a Taliban-ruled nightmare.
Constanze Stelzenmüller, FT
And the fate of the Afghan people will weigh heavily on our collective conscience
Jackie Munn, Vox
I helped Afghan women seek maternal care. I worry what will become of these mothers and children.
R. Kahwaji, Breaking Def.
America's allies in the Middle East are weighing options to avoid meeting the fate of the Afghani government, as regional scholars talk of the post Pax Americana era.
Laura Tedesco & Rut Diamint, Foreign Affairs
In early July, Cuba was hit by a devastating outbreak of COVID-19, fueled by the spread of the virus's Delta variant, that pushed its state-run health-care system to the breaking point. After a year of relatively low infection rates, the Caribbean nation was suddenly reporting the highest caseloads per capita in Latin America, with the province of Matanzas accounting for nearly half the reported cases in the country. Hashtags pleading for emergency relief... Читать дальше...
M. Duclos, Institut Montaigne
Looking at the images coming out of Kabul, it is easy to draw a parallel between what has just happened in Afghanistan and the fall of Saigon in 1975. The same helicopters are hovering over American embassies, the same scenes of chaos are unfolding, former local friends are facing the same betrayal…
Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Policy
A new book by a former Indian envoy to Beijing has important lessons for today's policymakers.
M. Tomasky, New Rep.
The former president's recent rhetoric over the U.S. withdrawal is a potent reminder of his lack of fitness for command.
K. Soltis Anderson, Wash. Examiner
The early conventional wisdom around the tragedy we are witnessing in Afghanistan is that, however lamentable, it is unlikely to affect domestic politics long-term. Once the troops are home, the Biden team has intimated that they believe they will be praised by the public or that the issue will fade from the radar.
George Soros, Financial Times
The leader's crackdown on private enterprise shows he does not understand the market economy.
Raymond J. de Souza, National Post
In need of fiscal stability and investment, the Taliban will certainly turn toward China
Kevin Williamson, National Review
After the horrifying incompetence and political cowardice of Biden's retreat, what is our Afghanistan policy going to be?
FPRI
To discuss recent events in Ukraine, Aaron speaks this week with Rob Lee, a FPRI Eurasia Fellow, about his recent report, Russia's Coercive Diplomacy. The conversation explores Rob's research about Russia's military build up around Ukraine and what that could signal for Russian coercive signalling during Zapad 2021.
Ahmed-Waleed Kakar, Newlines
Anas Haqqani, the youngest son of a jihadist commander who fought the Russians and the Americans, tells Newlines that the Taliban has learned from its mistakes. But can the Taliban leave their brutal past behind?
Laurel Miller et al, ChinaFile
The border China shares with Afghanistan is less than 50 miles long—a length that belies its strategic importance. Beijing has long sought to control the Wakhan corridor,
