According to the Washington Post, Russia may not need to hack the 2020 elections “since it can hack something else: our minds.”
Jovan Kovacic: Erdogan’s prestige is at an all-time low and shows no signs of recovering
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ratings in the world, and especially Europe, are at all-time low with signs that they could only get worse after he openly insulted French President Emmanuel Macron and waited 10 days to condemn the brutal murder of a French teacher by an Islamist terrorist.
The National: Turkey’s Erdogan more dangerous than Covid-19, says former ally
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a greater threat to the world than the coronavirus pandemic, former ally of the leader and head of opposition Turkish Future party Ahmet Davutoglu said.
Zack Brown: The Myth of American Primacy
Does global armed dominance still pay?
Scott McConnell: Anne Applebaum’s Dinner Party, And Mine
Applebaum is herself unconcerned that huge numbers of Americans have lost their access to meaningful and decently compensated work, but she might realize that for others, concern for one’s fellow countrymen is a fairly normal sentiment, a plausible part of the vocation of any individual in public life, and an attitude sanctified and encouraged by every major religion.
Julius Krein: America’s Unhealthy Gerontocracy
America in its present state of decline increasingly resembles the late Soviet Union, but one of the most unsettling parallels is its unmistakable slide into gerontocracy. From Trump to Biden to Sanders to Pelosi to most of the Senate, one might think that the biblical three score and ten had become a mandatory minimum for holding office in this country.
Aram Bakshian Jr.: What Will Happen After a Trump or Biden Win?
Once the dust settles on the election results, where will we actually be as a country?
Eugene Rumer: Will a New U.S. Administration Mean Change on Ukraine and Belarus?
To anyone who has followed U.S. domestic politics and foreign policy for the past four years – and especially the last two years – of the Trump administration, the answer will be unambiguously “yes.”
Christian Science Monitor: For some abroad, four more years of Trump sounds pretty good
Despite his broad unpopularity around the world, Donald Trump is not without his international supporters. What is it about the U.S. president that earns the respect and approval of non-Americans?
Lucy Komisar: Weaponizing Human Rights
The Magnitsky Act is not about human rights…It is the weaponization of human rights not only to benefit the billionaire former US citizen William Browder, but to attack declared adversaries.
VIDEO: Aaron Mate: Katrina vanden Heuvel on life and love with Stephen F. Cohen
Stephen F. Cohen, the eminent historian who helped shape the field of Russia studies and bravely exposed the fallacies and dangers of Russiagate and the new Cold War, passed away on September 18, 2020 at the age of 81. Cohen’s wife, Katrina vanden Heuvel, editorial director and publisher of The Nation magazine, reflects on his life and legacy.
Michael Lind: Atlanticism is now a kind of quasi-religious or tribal identity
What explains the Putin hysteria on the center-left? It seems that demonizing Putin allows Atlanticists and Eurofederalists to blame populist discontent in their own nations, not on the policy failures of their ruling establishments, but on subversion by an evil outside power.
The European Union is Eden and Putin is the serpent plotting to bring about the Fall. The fact that Putin, sincerely or not, expresses sympathy for European social conservatives and national populists allows the Europhiles to treat the latter as Russian pawns, just as the anticommunist right in the Cold War treated leaders of the civil rights and labor movements as pawns of the Kremlin.
WSJ: A Talk With Scholar Gary Saul Morrison
“Does history have a direction? And is later necessarily better? The greatest thinkers—Tolstoy, Alexander Herzen—answered no, later is not always better.
Paul Robinson: The Struggle for Recognition
‘Every state’, said Hegel, ‘is sovereign and autonomous against its neighbours’.
VIDEO: Lyle J. Goldstein: From a ‘Marriage of Convenience’ to the ‘Axis of Authoritarianism’: Evaluating the Russia-China Relationship in the 21st Century
This presentation will summarize and attempt to categorize wide-ranging conclusions, demonstrating that realists, liberals and constructivists have all developed distinct interpretations of the Russia-China relationship and its meaning for global security.
VIDEO: John J. Mearsheimer: Why Nationalism Trumps Liberalism Every Time
The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities was a talk given by Professor John J Mearsheimer at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS University of London on 21 January 2019.
Ted Galen Carpenter: Is NATO ally Turkey forcing a dangerous US-Russia confrontation?
Armenia and Azerbaijan announced on October 20 that their foreign ministers would meet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington this week in an effort to end the heaviest fighting between the two countries since the 1990s. It’s a worthy mission, but the Trump administration needs to exercise caution.
VIDEO: A Conversation with Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan
On Friday, October 23, Armenian Foreign Minister Mnatsakanyan joins Eurasia Center Director John Herbst for a one-on-one conversation regarding his talks in Washington, Yerevan’s position on the conflict, and the prospects for establishing a true ceasefire and finding a negotiated solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh issue.
AP: US urges countries to withdraw from UN nuke ban treaty
The AP report below shows yet again the reckless disregard the Trump administration continues to show for arms control and nuclear non-proliferation agreements.
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos: Debate: If this is the future of foreign policy, we’re in trouble
There was little bone, much less meat, to be had during the Nashville head-to-head. Foreign policy just wasn’t on the menu.