Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Europe
Berlin's ability and willingness to lead Europe cannot be taken for granted. Any new coalition will first have to overcome major internal differences on climate, foreign policy, and defense before tackling the EU's future direction.
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Philip Stephens, Financial Times
China presents a threat to the liberal global order but the bigger danger lies in the discrediting of democracy
Hans-Werner Sinn, Project Syndicate
While Angela Merkel pushed the SPD to the left, she vacated so much space on the right that a new political party — the far-right AfD — emerged to take important votes away from the CDU.
Katsuji Nakazawa, Nikkei
Distracted by race to replace prime minister, Tokyo took its eye off the ball
Daniel Russel et al, ChinaFile
Last week, China flew 24 warplanes into Taiwan's air defense identification zone. One of the largest incursions in recent years, the People's Liberation Army flyover came a day after Taipei applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. Beijing, which applied to the trade pact a week earlier, has
Arzan Tarapore, East Asia Forum
Nuclear-powered submarines for Australia was the most eye-catching part of the announcement of ‘AUKUS', the new trilateral security initiative joining Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The eight new boats would greatly extend the range, endurance and firepower of Australia's
Sharik Laliwala & Christophe Jaffrelot, IE
ecent reshuffle does not address socio-economic issues plaguing the state and has faulty electoral arithmetic, thus leaving open a window of opportunity for Opposition
Malcolm Turnbull, SMH
With the swirl of media soundbites, the impression has been created that the Australian government has replaced a diesel/electric French designed submarine for a nuclear-powered American, or British, one. This is not the case.
Michael Young, The National
Yet one country, Lebanon, stands out as a model of how former militia leaders have taken over the state. A majority of sectarian military leaders became pillars of the post-war order at the end of the country's civil war in 1990. This happened at a time when centralised states were still the norm in the region. But that is no longer true, as countries throughout the Arab world have been shattered by conflict.
Anda Bici, The Mail & Guardian
At a time when unemployment and poverty must be tackled head on, our country appears rudderless.
Hans Kundnani, Foreign Affairs
Germany gets a new chancellor—but the same old foreign policy.
Johannes Peters & Justin Burke, ASPI
But the request put China in a position of being able to withhold its consent pending promises of ‘good behaviour' in relation to the Bayern's transit through the South China Sea. That China prematurely yielded this card in refusing to grant access far in advance of the Bayern's arrival might hint at a discreet effort at damage control by German diplomats. Australia was quick to capitalise and roll out a second welcome mat in Darwin, timed to follow the long-planned visit to Western Australia. Читать дальше...
