WORLD ROUNDUPHow Extremists Took Over Israel | Argentina’s Extreme Experiment in Austrian Economics Is Sailing Dangerously Close to the Wind | China Has Gotten the Trade War It Deserves, and more
· The Unpunished: How Extremists Took Over Israel
How did a young nation turn so quickly on its own democratic ideals, and at what price?
· The Israeli Defense Establishment Revolts Against Netanyahu
To appease his far-right flank, the prime minister has refused to commit to Palestinian governance of Gaza. Israel’s security figures are calling his bluff
· US Imposes Sanctions on Nicaragua Over Repression, Migrant Smuggling
Three Nicaraguan entities sanctioned in retaliation for “repressive actions” and a failure to stem migrant smuggling through the Central American country
· A Growing Number of Chinese Indonesians Are Winning Political Offices
According to the last census in 2010, 1.2% of Indonesia’s total population is of Chinese ethnicity, at over 2.8 million people
· Iran Threatens Britain for Defending Israel in April Attack
Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps becomes first Iranian official to directly hit out at UK for supporting Israel
· Javier Milei’s Extreme Experiment in Austrian Economics Is Sailing Dangerously Close to the Wind
The president’s revolution is less Thatcherite than his rhetoric would suggest
· China Has Gotten the Trade War It Deserves
The Biden administration’s steep new tariffs are a rational response to Xi Jinping’s aggressive economic policies
· Irrefutable Evidence for Unspeakable Crimes? The Role of the Written Order in Proving and Denying Genocide
The concept and role of a “written order” has a long history in proving, prosecuting, and denying genocidal intent
· As EU and Local Elections Approach, Hungary’s Civil Society Braces for Renewed Government Assault
Far-right leaders like Viktor Orbán embrace illiberal policies and oppose key values of liberal democracy, such as an independent judiciary and media, minority rights, and space for dissent
The Unpunished: How Extremists Took Over Israel (Ronen Bergman and Mark Mazzetti, New York Times)
The interviews, along with classified documents written in recent months, reveal a government at war with itself.
The Israeli Defense Establishment Revolts Against Netanyahu (Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic)
On Tuesday, Daniel Hagari, the chief spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces, did something extraordinary: He criticized the Israeli government.
US Imposes Sanctions on Nicaragua Over Repression, Migrant Smuggling (Reuters / VOA News)
The United States on Wednesday imposed visa restrictions on more than 250 members of the Nicaraguan government and levied sanctions on three Nicaraguan entities in retaliation for “repressive actions” and a failure to stem migrant smuggling through the Central American country.
A Growing Number of Chinese Indonesians Are Winning Political Offices (Devianti Faridz, VOA News)
In February, nearly 205 million Indonesians were eligible to cast their votes in the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections. According to the last census in 2010, 1.2% of Indonesia’s total population is of Chinese ethnicity, at over 2.8 million people.
Iran Threatens Britain for Defending Israel in April Attack (Akhtar Makoii, The Telegraph)
Britain will pay the price for helping to defend Israel from Iranian missiles and suicide drones, a top general from the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned.
Javier Milei’s Extreme Experiment in Austrian Economics Is Sailing Dangerously Close to the Wind (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph)
The world’s first and only libertarian experiment in Austrian economics has confounded its critics in one respect. Five months into the most violent fiscal shock ever attempted in a modern developed economy, President Javier Milei remains astoundingly popular.
China Has Gotten the Trade War It Deserves (Michael Schuman, The Atlantic)
A global trade war is starting, and China is at the center of it. A reckoning for Beijing’s economic model, which is designed to promote Chinese industry at the expense of the rest of the world, has long been coming.
Irrefutable Evidence for Unspeakable Crimes? The Role of the Written Order in Proving and Denying Genocide (Stefan Bakumenko, Just Security)
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories was asked at a U.N. press conference recently whether she had a “written document by the government” proving her conclusion that Israel has the intent to commit genocide in Gaza.
As EU and Local Elections Approach, Hungary’s Civil Society Braces for Renewed Government Assault (Maya Fernandez-Powell, Just Security)
Hungarian rights activists say the government is escalating its assault on civil society as it prepares for municipal and European Parliamentary (EP) elections scheduled for June 9. And they’re appealing to the U.S. Congress for help.