Antonia Colibasanu, Geopolitical Futures
The debate leading up to new documents is as important as the documents themselves.
Frida Ghitis, World Politics Review
When leftist schoolteacher Pedro Castillo became president of Peru in July, having won the election by a hair's breadth the previous month, it didn't require uncommon insight to predict that, sooner or later, the right wing would seek to impeach him and remove him from office. After all, Peru has gone through a jaw-dropping succession of unfinished presidencies,...
Con Coughlin, The National
The continent is not ready, often not willing, to adopt measures against Covid-19
Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor
Turkey's national currency, the lira, continued its downward spiral today after the Central Bank cut interest rates for the fourth time in a row. With inflation running at 20% and the lira shedding half of its value since the start of the year, millions of Turks are being pushed into deeper poverty as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan clings to the unorthodox view that lower interest rates will reign in inflation. But it's good news for the swelling...
Economist
The evacuation was not undertaken lightly. The shuttering of the embassy, which Lithuania insists is not closed for good, is the worst crisis in relations between China and a European state since 1981. That year the Chinese ambassador to the Netherlands was recalled in response to the sale of Dutch submarines to Taiwan. Sino-Dutch ties remained downgraded for three years. Lithuania has been without an ambassador in Beijing since September, after China asked its envoy to leave. In... Читать дальше...
Anne-Sylvaine Chassany, FT
As France's presidential campaign turns toxic, Berlin offers a consensual alternative
Michael Peck, 1945
It was 77 years ago when the U.S. nearly suffered its greatest military disaster. On December 16, 1944, a massive German surprise offensiveslammed into weak American forces defending the Ardennes region of Belgium.
Daria Navalnaya with Der Spiegel
Her father was persecuted, poisoned and imprisoned. Now Daria Navalnaya discusses her experience during the attack on her father, what he wrote to her from prison and how she feels about the perpetrators.
S. Graziosi & J. Carafano, Heritage
Jens Stoltenberg's term as NATO Secretary General expires next September. Who will replace him?
Willem Buiter, Project Syndicate
The technology and infrastructure for creating an integrated global market in water and water rights is advancing quickly, with promising new ventures entering the market. Give it another decade, and exchange-traded funds for water and water rights will be part of the new normal for investors.
H. Brands & M. Beckley, For. Aff.
The United States is getting serious about the threat of war with China. The U.S. Department of Defense has labeled China its primary adversary, civilian leaders have directed the military to develop credible plans to defend Taiwan, and President Joe Biden has strongly implied that the United States would not allow that island democracy to be conquered.
