Chris Deerin, Financial Times
Nevertheless, the SNP has put a new independence referendum at the heart of its deal with the Greens
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Atlantic Council
Following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, it is absolutely crucial that we Europeans accept an important truth about the end of our mission in the Hindu Kush: We were unable to resist the US decision to withdraw from the country because we did not have the military capabilities that would have enabled us to stay on there without the American military presence. As a consequence, our political leverage was limited.
Alex Wickham, Politico EU
LONDON — The U.K. government's plan for what will happen in the days after the death of Queen Elizabeth II — codenamed Operation LONDON BRIDGE and long shrouded in secrecy — can now be revealed.
Eliot Cohen, The Atlantic
"Honour is often influenced by that element of pride which plays so large a part in its inspiration," Winston Churchill wrote in The Gathering Storm. "An exaggerated code of honour leading to the performance of utterly vain and unreasonable deeds could not be defended, however fine it might look. Here, however, the moment came when Honour pointed the path of Duty, and when also the right judgment of the facts at that time would have reinforced its dictates."
Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor
The military logic of Turkey's highly controversial purchase of S-400 anti-ballistic missile defense systems from Russia in 2017 continues to defy many analysts.
Elisabeth Braw, Defense One
The soldier-policemen of this hybrid outfit went outside the wire to bring thousands to safety.
