Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world, with more than 36 million confirmed cases in 188 countries and more than one million deaths. The virus is surging in many regions and some countries that had apparent success in suppressing initial outbreaks are also seeing infections rise again.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 9, 2020
Geopolitics After the Pandemic -- Joseph S. Nye The Strategist
The Armenia-Azerbaijan war: What is peace and why compromise? -- Marina Nagai and Sophia Pugsley, Eurasianet
The War in Nagorno-Karabakh Actually Represents an Opportunity for Washington. -- Stephen Blank, RCD
Can tensions between Turkey and NATO be contained? -- Al Jazeera
Is Turkey's Military Overstretched? -- Allison Meakem, Foreign Policy
Erdogan’s down but not yet out -- Spengler
The Risk of Russian and Chinese Weapons Sales in the Middle East—and What American Can Do about It -- Ari Cicurel, National Interest
Trump’s Mideast Deals Could Hit China’s Arms Sales -- Christian Le Miere, SCMP
Could China invade Taiwan under President Xi Jinping, and would they win? -- Bang Xiao and Michael Walsh, ABC News Online
What Will North Korea Say Through its Anniversary Military Parade? -- Doug Bandow, National Interest
What we know - and don't know - about Trump's COVID-19 illness -- Carl O’Donnell, Reuters
Harris and Pence Failed the Global Leadership Question -- Kevin Baron, Defense One
The Man Who Knew Russia: A Tribute to Stephen F. Cohen -- Bill Bradley, National Interest
20 years after the attack on the USS Cole, memories of heroism and loss -- Dave Ress, The Virginia-Pilot