The West on the Brink (Joschka Fischer, Project-Syndicate)

This year and next, voters in leading Western democracies will make decisions that could fundamentally change the West – and the world – as we have known it for decades. In fact, some of these decisions have already been made, the main example being the United Kingdom’s vote in June to leave the European Union.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/western-elections-trump-le-pen-merkel-by-joschka-fischer-2016-10

What China Knows about Africa That the West Doesn't (Frederick Kuo, The National Interest)

Europe has always misunderstood what Africans want

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/what-china-knows-about-africa-the-west-doesnt-16295

Holding the West Together Over Russia (Stephen Szabo, GMFUS)

The West has been tested by Russia in Crimea and eastern Ukraine and has passed the test to date

http://www.gmfus.org/blog/2016/05/17/holding-west-together-over-russia