Brian Monteith, Scotsman
I consider myself a Francophile. It would have been difficult to be otherwise and choose, as I did, to live in South West France for over a decade while I plied my trade as an international communications consultant.
Carafano, Nate & Colibasanu, 1945
Beijing's relentless drive to transform itself into a global power places it in direct competition with the U.S. That has affected both nations' relations with regional powers, such as Russia and Turkey, and those effects will continue to ripple across Europe. Along the borderlands, from the Baltics to the Balkans, friction with China will only […]
Bill Cassidy & Marc Malek, RealClearWorld
Once the Paris of the Middle East, the city of Beirut today is a hollow shell of its former self. Political deadlock, endemic corruption, malign Iranian influence through Hezbollah, and imminent economic collapse have Lebanon on the road to becoming the world's next failed state. This crisis would have a disastrous ripple effect, threatening American interests and security across the region.
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Robert Bociaga, The Diplomat
With both the NUG and the junta convinced of an inevitable victory, Myanmar is heading toward an even more violent period.
Phillip Orchard, Geopolitical Futures
Senior U.S. diplomats were fanned out across the Indo-Pacific last week. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin toured Southeast Asia, outlining to
Mike Lee, Resp. Statecraft
From start to finish, our entire experience in Afghanistan underscores how deficient Congress has been in this arena.
Robert E. Kelly, The National Interest
The lack of paperwork—a formal peace treaty—has no bearing on the empirical situation on the ground which is obviously not open conflict.
Aleksandra Srdanovic, Russia Matters
The Levada Center recently polled Russians on their attitudes toward Russia's general standing in the international community, as well as their attitudes toward strategic competitors and countries within the post-Soviet neighborhood. Polling shows an improvement in attitudes toward the U.S., EU and Ukraine following unfavorable public opinion trends in the spring of 2021. Likewise, positive attitudes toward Georgia have been making...
Lisa Curtis, Foreign Affairs
Avoiding the diplomatic errors that doomed the U.S. withdrawal.
Stefan Meister, IP Quarterly
The elections to the Russian parliament, the Duma, that concluded on Sunday, September 19, have produced the expected outcome: A victory of the ruling United Russia party. This vote without a choice was the result of the most managed and least competitive election in post-Soviet history. With the most important Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny in jail, this Duma election was the expression of the fundamental transformation of the Russian state from... Читать дальше...
Benjamin Lieberman, Arc Digital
Afghanistan, a war of illusions
Economist
n june a newly surfaced segment of a German talk show from 1997 set the internet alight. The clip shows Angela Merkel, a fresh-faced environment minister in Helmut Kohl's government, explaining the urgency of action on climate change. Her fellow panellists listening closely, Germany's future chancellor says delay will only incur higher costs. The dangers of failure, she warns, include hunger, drought and the mass movement of refugees.
Stephen Pomper, Foreign Affairs Magazine
What really allows the war on terror to persist.
G.Hellmann & C. Kupchan, Project Syndicate
The transatlantic alliance is enjoying a period of restoration following the damage done by former US President Donald Trump. But as the West's messy exit from Afghanistan has made clear, the United States and its European allies must undertake determined efforts to prepare for the formidable challenges it now faces.
Matthias Matthijs, CFR
With Chancellor Angela Merkel stepping down after sixteen years in office, the leadership of Germany, and the EU, is wide open. What is Merkel's legacy, and what comes next?
James Durso, Defense Info
The U.S. retreat from Afghanistan puts Central Asia on the front lines against the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The Central Asian republics – old cultures but young countries – are still competing the process of state formation started thirty years ago with the fall of the Soviet Union, so this is a challenging time to […]
Peter Dickinson, Atl Council
Russia's parliament elections failed to meet even the most basic democratic standards and served to illustrate the country's slide into dictatorship under Vladimir Putin, says Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko
Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
America's efforts to strengthen deterrence of China are gathering momentum
