By Asoka Bandarage* – Asia Times More than 300 people have died and many more were injured by the barbaric attacks against Christian churches and five-star hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. The government has warned that there are more explosives and militants still “out…
Robert Reich* – Newsweek Democrats in Congress and talking heads on television will be consumed in the coming weeks by whether the evidence in the Mueller report, especially of obstruction of justice, merits impeachment. Meanwhile, the question of “wink-wink” cooperation with…
By Vijai Maheshwari* – POLITICO Will a media, metal and aviation tycoon be the big winner of the Ukrainian election? KIEV — With the second round of Ukraine’s critical presidential election less than a week away, it’s looking increasingly likely that the 41-year-old comedic…
BY JANE EISNER * – TIME The results of Israel’s election on April 9 have been interpreted as a victory for the status quo: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party won as many seats as its most serious rival but is best positioned to form a new government. Even though…
By BBC World After nearly 30 years in power, Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has been ousted and arrested, the defence minister says Speaking on state TV, Awad Ibn Ouf said the army had decided to oversee a two-year transitional period followed by elections. He also said a…
Gina Pavone – Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa* Will parties run enough women, and will they be placed in electable positions on electoral lists? Besides electoral systems, determination and concrete action are required to incentivise female representation. Let’s take…
Friedman*, Opinion Columnist – The New York Times The problem with holding out for a perfect Brexit plan is that you can’t fix stupid. LONDON — Politico reported the other day that the French European affairs minister, Nathalie Loiseau, had named her cat “Brexit.” Loiseau told…
By Fernando Ayala * – Wall Street International Magazine What only wars were able to do… so far The modern international order was born with the so-called Peace of Westphalia in 1648 that ended the 30-year war in Europe and gave rise to the concept of the sovereign State we…
Laura Kuenssberg – Political editor, BBC What now? Theresa May has been granted a little breathing space.
The Economist The European People’s Party has tolerated the Hungarian leader’s authoritarianism for too long ON JUNE 16TH 1989 Hungarians gathered to rebury Imre Nagy. The liberalising prime minister’s overthrow had prompted the uprising against Soviet rule 33 years before.
