Real Clear World Wednesday
How to Become a Dictator - Michael J. Totten, World Affairs JournalKerry's Plan to End the War in Syria - Quinn & Joshi, Foreign Affairs
After Ahmadinejad - Mehdi Khalaji, Project Syndicate
Iran Election: Who's In? Who's Out? Who Cares? - Carol Williams, LAT
Russia's Stalinist Show Trials Are Back - Nina Khrushcheva, Foreign Policy
Hezbollah Can't Afford Syrian Quagmire - Michael Young, The National
Afghanistan's Rape Crisis - Sami Yousafzai & Ron Moreau, The Daily Beast
The Black Hole of Israeli Leadership - Uzi Baram, Haaretz
Obama Returns to Kissinger's Realpolitik - Gregor Peter Schmitz, Spiegel
Visionary Presidents and American Power - Joseph Nye, New York Times
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Best of Blogs
Woolwich Beheading Stinks of al-Qaeda - Con Coughlin, Telegraph BlogsWhen the Cold War Almost Went Nuclear - Robert Farley, Flashpoints
Xi Jinping's Maze with No Exit - Gordon Chang, Around Asia
Syria Burns, Obama Dithers & Iran Watches - Walter Mead, Via Meadia
RCW Morning Edition
Who Will Rule the Middle East? - Thomas Friedman, New York TimesThe Myth of the Arab State - Aaron David Miller, The National Interest
A Hezbollah Turning Point in Syria? - Rami Khouri, The Daily Star
What Would George Washington Do in Syria? - Logan Beirne, Fox News
China Nears Point of No Return with Kim - Francesco Sisci, Asia Times
Apple Taxes Put Ireland Under the Spotlight - Arthur Beesley, Irish Times
Testing Time for Syria's Rebels - David Ignatius, Washington Post
A Crackhead Cannot Lead Toronto - Jonathan Kay, National Post
Is This the Worst City in the World? - Armin Rosen, The Atlantic
John Kerry Is Making a Mess in the Mideast - Lee Smith, Tablet Magazine
Is English Finally Conquering France? - Agnes Poirier, BBC News
The World's Worst Tax Agencies - J. Dana Stuster, Foreign Policy
Time Running Out for Japanese Abductees in Korea - Todd Crowell, RCW
Venezuela's Revolt Against Chavismo - Boris Munoz, New Yorker
Can a Deal Be Made with a Ruthless Iran? - Roger Cohen, NYRB
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Editorials
Hezbollah Goes from Hero to Zero - The Daily StarIs Israel Having a Jewish Identity Crisis? - Haaretz
An Encouraging Sign from North Korea - Korea Times
Israel Needs to Rethink Gun Control Policy - Jerusalem Post
Research & Analysis
The India vs. China Border Standoff: Lessons Learned - ISDAWhy The U.S. and China Won't Go to War - East Asia Forum
China's Military and the U.S.-Japan Alliance - Carnegie
Iran's Strategy in Syria - AEI & the Institute for the Study of War
Real Clear World Tuesday
Morning UpdateJapan's New Optimism Has a Name: Abenomics - Martin Fackler, NY Times
Japan Inc. Should Take a Look in the Mirror - William Pesek, Bloomberg
Why the European Ideal Is Under Threat - Mark Mazower, New Statesman
Spain's Angry and Unemployed Young Men - George Friedman, Stratfor
Why Russia Won't Allow Syria Intervention - Julia Ioffe, The New Republic
Putin Versus None-of-the-Above - Paul Roderick Gregory, Hoover Inst.
Syria's Great Chance for Change - Jonathan Steele, The Guardian
The Bashar al-Assad Interview - Marcelo Cantelmi, Clarin/Worldcrunch
China and India's Smoldering Problem - Jonathan Levine, CNN
U.S. Braces for More Afghan 'Insider' Attacks - Bill Gertz, DC Free Beacon
Egypt: From Tehran with Love - Steven A. Cook, Council on Foreign Relations
Britain's Right Has Split Irrevocably - Iain Martin, Daily Telegraph
Is Shadow Banking China's Subprime Mortgages? - Eve Cary, The Diplomat
Beyond Mayor Scandal Is a Broken Toronto - Richard Florida, Globe & Mail
Did Someone Die for Your Sneakers? - Mary Sanchez, Kansas City Star
Afternoon Update
The Black Banner Rises in Tunisia - Hussein Ibish, NOW Lebanon
For Russia, Syria Is Not in the Middle East - Brenda Shaffer, Reuters
Falling for Moscow's Syria Trickery - Amir Taheri, New York Post
A Pakistani Votes for the First Time - Sonya Rehman, The Diplomat
The French Start to Quit France - Vivienne Walt, Time
Metternich in Baghdad - Ramzy Mardini, Foreign Policy
China: Government by Crisis Management - Elizabeth Economy, Atlantic
Hillary's Benghazi 'Scapegoat' Speaks Out - Josh Rogin, The Daily Beast
The Innovator Who Almost Killed Saddam Hussein - Nathan Vardi, Forbes
Federalism Could Ease Iraq Pressures - Hassan Hassan, The National
Real Clear World Monday
Morning UpdateObama's Withdrawal from the World - Fred Hiatt, Washington Post
China's Riches Won't Bring It Freedom - Pankaj Mishra, Bloomberg
Why Syria's Rebels Aren't Winning - Rania Abouzeid, Time
Sunnis or Shias: Which Should Israel Fear More? - Barry Rubin, J'lem Post
Drought Drives Syria's Revolution - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Syrian Intervention Would Be a Minefield - Michael Sexton, The Australian
Philippines-Taiwan Spat a Big Headache for U.S. - Jake Watts, Quartz
What Did Moscow Know About the Tsarnaevs? - David Satter, NRO
Do White South Africans Have a Future? - John Simpson, BBC Magazine
The Russians Are Happy with John Kerry - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
How the World Looks from India - Mattoo & Medcalf, The Hindu
Erdogan's Own Turn Against Him - Ben Barthe, Worldcrunch/Le Monde
As Goes Toronto, So Goes Canada - Wendell Cox, New Geography
Cause for Hope -- and Fear -- in Pakistan - Peter Tomsen, Los Angeles Times
Mayor, Torontonians Deserve an Explanation - Christie Blatchford, Sun
Afternoon Update
Neocons, Liberals Create a Mideast Mess - David Goldman, Tablet Magazine
Greece Isn't Turning the Corner - Megan Greene, Bloomberg
We Know What Russia's Up to in Syria - David Horovitz, Times of Israel
Why U.S. Kids Are Abducted to Japan - Stucky & Adelstein, Daily Beast
The Arab Collapse - Ralph Peters, New York Post
How China Chokes Its Neighbors - Geoffrey Cain, Global Post
Should Ireland Exit the Eurozone? - Ray Kinsella, Irish Examiner
Chile Was a Model - What Happened? - F. Menendez, Commentator
Geopolitics Is Back & So Is Russia - Sergei Karaganov, Russia in Global Affairs
The Ghosts of Iraq - Nikolas Gvosdev, The National Interest
Real Clear World Sunday
Morning UpdateElections Won't Change Iran - Ray Takeyh, Financial Times
I Want to Slap David Cameron - Janet Daley, Daily Telegraph
Why Putin Wants U.S. Bases in Afghanistan - Michael Bohm, Moscow Times
Scotland, Britain, Europe: Worlds Apart - Gerry Hassan, The Scotsman
Let's Stop Pretending Russia Will Help U.S. - David Kramer, Wash Post
This Way to Chindia - Hu Shisheng, Outlook India
How Ireland Is Robbing Its Young - Eamonn Moran, Irish Times
Israel's 'Shock and Shush' Raids Work - Riccardo Dugulin, Ynet News
Why Does Pakistan Accept Violence? - Beenish Ahmed, American Prospect
Whose Israel Is It? - Douglas Bloomfield, Jerusalem Post
Israel Caught Between U.S. and Russia - Amos Harel, Haaretz
Britain's Health System Fails the Elderly - Jane Kelly, The Spectator
What Should Americans Die For? - Patrick Buchanan, Creators Syndicate
Europe's New Fault Lines - Stefano Casertano, The European
Cities Changing Human Life on Our Planet - Gaia Vince, BBC
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