Ian Bremmer, Foreign Affairs
After rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, some of the United States' most powerful institutions sprang into action to punish the leaders of the failed insurrection. But they weren't the ones you might expect. Facebook and Twitter suspended the accounts of President Donald Trump for posts praising the rioters. Amazon, Apple, and Google effectively banished Parler, an alternative to Twitter that Trump's supporters had used to encourage and coordinate the attack... Читать дальше...
Milton Ezrati, City Journal
Authorities in Washington—President Joe Biden, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen—have told the public not to worry over the recent inflation, which they insist is "transitory." They link the problem to supply-chain constraints that they suggest will soon lift. Supply problems have certainly contributed to inflation, but early relief seems unlikely. Even Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg expects problems until mid-2022 at the earliest. Читать дальше...
Jeremy Adelman, Institut Montaigne
Latin America is caught in the cross-currents of three simultaneous crises. The first is the immediate shock of Covid-19. The second reflects years of deteriorating social conditions. The third is the result of an impasse about the region's economy. After decades of exporting primary products and relying increasingly on migrant remissions to buoy a socially unequal model of growth, the region's place in the world economy has never been more uncertain since the 1930s. Читать дальше...
Jim Geraghty, National Review
On the menu today: A new book compares the New York Times' appalling Walter Duranty-era coverage of the Holocaust and the Soviet Union to that newspaper's current coverage of China and the genocide of the Uyghurs; a scientist contends that I missed the point of his research, while I think he missed the point of my argument; and the Washington Post offers a report indicating that John Kerry is an outlier in the Biden administration.
David Gardner, Financial Times
Turkish president's persecution of Osman Kavala is personal.
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
Around November each year, we at GPF begin our forecasting process for the coming year. In a real sense, we are always forecasting, as our analysis may be about current realities but always with an eye on what these events portend for the future. However, on Nov. 1, each analyst is required to state in a few lines what they believe will happen in the next year.
A. Misra, TNI
The targeted killing of minorities is not a new phenomenon in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Julian Lee, Bloomberg
Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Europe
It was one of those unexpected drives.
Leaving the western coast of Ireland and the vast expanse of the Atlantic Ocean, I took a different route back to the capital, Dublin. I went via Northern Ireland.
Peter Van Buren, The American Conservative
China and Taiwan know how to coexist, but the American defense establishment wants an enemy. Part One of a two part series.
Keun Lee, The Japan Times
China's changing role in the global economy is forcing companies to reconsider it as a manufacturing hub.
Council on Foreign Relations
Over the two centuries since Colombia's independence, the relationship between Washington and Bogota has evolved into a close economic and security partnership. But it has at times been strained by U.S. intervention, Cold War geopolitics, and the war on drugs.
Tzvi Kahn, National Newswatch
So declared U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier this month, and so it is. Since June, the Islamic Republic of Iran has refused to return to the bargaining table for negotiations on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Instead, Tehran has steadily advanced its nuclear activities, deliberately...
Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy, CEPA
The decision brought the now-inevitable rebukes from China, which has been menacing the island state by sending scores of combat aircraft into sensitive airspace. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin rebuked the parliament for its vote: "The European Parliament should immediately stop its words and deeds that undermine China's sovereignty and territorial integrity and stop provocation...
Jay Raman, FSJ
A complicated and controversial public figure, Charles Lindbergh was also one of the first cultural ambassadors for the United States, as seen in his ambitious Latin America journey.
Alvite Ningthoujam, The Diplomat
Jaishankar's trip to Israel highlights just how much India's approach to the Middle East has changed in the last few years.
Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy
Washington isn't behaving like a competent great power due to partisan gridlock, recycling of discredited ideas, and a lack of focus on real threats.
