A. Cantrill & H. Warren, B-berg
Berlin's Horseshoe Estate is often cited as an example of just how good public housing can be. Built by the city in the 1920s and designed by famed architect Bruno Taut, the project's modern conveniences, leafy setting and light-filled interiors were a huge improvement on the dark, cramped conditions its working-class residents had previously experienced. Today the UNESCO World...
Clifford May, The Washington Times
Who's to blame for America's humiliating surrender in Afghanistan? We would be remiss to ignore the contributions of others to this historic fiasco. Prominent among them: Pakistan's leaders.
Sean Durns, National Interest
At the dawn of Israel's 1948 recreation, Egypt was the Jewish state's foremost opponent.
Robert Farley, 1945
How big of a problem is French disgruntlement with the AUKUS submarine deal? A phone call between French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Joe Biden seemed to cool off the most immediate aspects of the diplomatic crisis, but there remains a cause for worry in Washington and Paris. French irritation with the United States […]
Iain Martin, The Times
The EU is unhappy with the way France has been treated by the beastly Anglo-Saxons. In cutting Paris out of the defence pact between Australia, Britain and the
Ido Levy, Washington Institute
The SDF has made remarkable progress in its anti-IS operations while Assad's forces have stagnated, but the coalition and its local partners must still prepare for a renewed terrorist threat on their exposed southern flank.
Lukas Milevski, FPRI
Autumn is for military exercises. In September two major exercises have occurred in relative close geographic proximity, one in Latvia and the other in western Russia and Belarus. Latvia's annual large-scale exercise Namejs 2021 kicked off on August 30 and runs until October 3. Russia's much larger-scale exercise Zapad-2021 began on September 9 with a formal opening ceremony, actual military maneuvers beginning only the following day, and concluded on September 16. Each... Читать дальше...
Marco Rubio, American Conservative
Redirecting money from Afghanistan would be a clear message from Congress that it is time to rebalance and focus on strengthening America.
Peter Khalil, SMH
Paul Keating is a living legend, a great prime minister who had a vision for our place in the world. He was right about the Asian century and led us to think about Australia as part of Asia, not from Asia.
B. Chellaney, Nikkei
Naypyitaw's generals treated as bigger threat than the terrorists controlling Kabul.
S. Patton, Strat.
When Australia announced the AUKUS pact together with the United States and United Kingdom, it knew that China would be hostile and France would be disappointed. Predicting the reaction in Southeast Asia would have been more difficult: views vary. From Australia's perspective, its relations in the region have generally been...
Indian Express
For the world, there will be lessons on how these developed states deal with the challenges of the 21st century.
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Nam Hyun-woo, KT
Moon's proposal to end Korean War faces feasibility questions
Peter Van Buren, Spectator
So far Biden has alienated allies and layered on the bureaucracy — what next?
Muhammed Magdy, Al Monitor
CAIRO — After more than five months since the last round of negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) failed in Kinshasa in April, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is seeking to revive talks between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia in a bid to solve the decadelong dispute over the controversial dam.
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Sholto Byrnes, The National
Washington's lack of interest in the CPTPP seems inexplicable.
