The Diplomat
Manoj Kewalramani joins the show to discuss Indian views of China and the bilateral relationship between the two countries.
S. Jarle Hansen, WOTR
Africa was supposed to be the Islamic State's success story. Observers saw the group's rising attacks there as proof that the continent had become the new center of global jihad. In August 2021, the United Nations even declared that "the most alarming development in recent months is [the Islamic State's] relentless spread across the African continent."
Elizabeth Mendenhall, The Diplomat
The challenge of achieving sustainable ocean governance is growing in the 21st century, as the negative impacts of environmental destruction, over-exploitation, and climate change place a high degree of stress on marine ecosystems.
Dan Hannan, Washington Examiner
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki calls it "World War III" — an initiation of hostilities by the European Union to which his government will respond by blocking all business in Brussels. Strong language, you might think. Then again, if World War I and World War II taught Poles anything, it was the value of national independence.
Thomas Shattuck, FPRI
Relations between the European Union and Taiwan have accelerated at near warp speed over the last few weeks: The European Parliament approved a non-binding report calling for the expansion and intensification of the European Union's relations with Taiwan; Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu visited a number of countries in Europe, including Brussels; Taiwan sent a business delegation to the Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Slovakia; and Taiwan is now...
India Bourke, New Statesman
Xi Jinping's attempts to win the world's confidence on environmental policy relies on the US's failure to do likewise.
Tara Copp, Defense One
The United States' "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing pact is a World War II relic that needs updating to better keep tabs on China, the chairman of a key house subcommittee on intelligence told Defense One.
Simon Cotton, ASPI
As tensions across the Taiwan Strait rise, pressure is growing on the US administration to deter China more effectively by giving up on strategic ambiguity and moving towards a policy of strategic clarity. Indeed, last month we may have had an indication that this is already occurring. When asked at a CNN townhall whether the US would come to Taiwan's defence if China attacked, President Joe Biden didn't equivocate: ‘Yes,' he said, ‘we have a...
Majda Ruge, Foreign Policy
The EU and the United States need to stop making concessions to Serbian secessionist forces backed by Russia.
Sascha Glaeser, RealClearWorld
North Korea tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile in October, prompting the U.S. Envoy for North Korea, Sung Kim, to call on Pyongyang to "cease these provocations and other destabilizing activities, and instead, engage in dialogue." What dialogue would look like is unclear. Citing hostile U.S. intentions, Pyongyang has refused to engage in talks with Washington since early 2019.
Rafael Behr, Guardian
The rows over the Northern Ireland protocol and fishing are part of a quest for an impossibly pure form of sovereignty
