Romain Brunet, France 24: Aung San Suu Kyi, the rise and fall of an icon turned pariah on the world stage
The Myanmar army’s detention of de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday marks the fall of an icon whose story has been marked by the country's highs and lows, both at home and abroad.
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate rose to lead Myanmar in 2015 after spending the better part of two decades under house arrest. But Suu Kyi's standing abroad was gravely damaged by her handling of the Rohingya crisis.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 3, 2021
Myanmar coup: What is happening and why? -- Alice Cuddy, BBC News
The Coronavirus Exposed the EU -- Douglas Bulloch, 1945
Coronavirus: Lack of global vaccine strategy has 'immense costs' -- Lisa Hänel, DW
COVID-19: Risks and side effects of vaccination -- Alexander Freund, DW
Burma coup poses early test for Biden foreign policy -- Laura Kelly, The Hill
Myanmar's coup against Aung San Suu Kyi puts China in a tricky spot. But there's also plenty to gain -- Bill Birtles, ABC News (Australia)
For Biden, Tough Talk on Saudi Arabia Meets Reality -- Katie Bo Williams, Defense One
How to Cut the US Presence in the Middle East -- Jerry Meyerle, Defense One
Yemen: Remembering the Arab Spring -- Al Jazeera
In Iran, power outages reveal the secret business of Chinese bitcoin farms -- Alijani Ershad, France 24
How Socialism Wiped Out Venezuela's Oil Wealth -- A. Figueredo Thomson, Reason
Colombia's ex-guerrillas: isolated, abandoned and living in fear -- Joe Parkin Daniels, The Guardian
Inside the mind of Jeff Bezos -- Mark O’Connell, The Guardian
