Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 2, 2020

People take part in a protest at Trump International Hotel in New York, June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

David Webb, The Hill: The modern age of dissent versus riot

We’ve gone from social distancing or arrest, to social protesting and riots.

Coronavirus is yesterday’s news. The same governors and other officials, primarily Democrats who would have arrested you for peaceful dissent and opening your business to survive, now don’t care if rioters storm into your business and destroy it. Rioters, after all, need a cooling off period. Remember how well that worked in Baltimore during the Freddie Gray riots.

Maybe they know something we don’t. Is tear gas and pepper spray on a hot night combined with the fires of a burning business the real cure for coronavirus?

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 2, 2020

Protests over George Floyd's death expose raw race relations worldwide -- Anthony Deutsch and Ingrid Melander, Reuters

Curfews give sweeping powers to cops, but are often flouted -- Jeffrey Collins and Michael Sisak, AP

'Law and order': Trump returns to 2016 theme as violence spreads after George Floyd death -- John Fritze and David Jackson, USA TODAY

This riot is brought to you by Nike -- Daniel McCarthy, Spectator

Minneapolis is not Hong Kong -- Rodion Ebbighausen, DW

What the End of One Country, Two Systems Means for Hong Kong, Taiwan and the World -- Stratfor

So Far It’s Two Strikes for China -- Kuni Miyake, Japan Times

As Australia clashes with China, the EU lies low -- Zoya Sheftalovich, Politico

China's Border Invasion Will Push India Toward U.S. -- Hal Brands, Bloomberg

Covid has exposed America as a failed state -- Aris Roussinos, Unherd

Why is the US in a rush to pull out troops from Afghanistan? -- Masood Saifullah, DW

Pro-Iran militias in Iraq wage 'fake news' campaign against US -- Hamdi Malik, Al-Monitor

Can Russia and Turkey offer a solution to the Libyan crisis? -- Ramy Allahoum & Malik Traina, Al Jazeera

Egypt could face blowback from Somalia weapons deal -- Michael Rubin, Washington Examiner