Week of January 30, 2012 Archives 
RealClearWorld Morning Edition
Monday, January 30
Iran's Close Ties to al-Qaeda - Seth Jones, Foreign AffairsBritain's Austerity Debacle - Paul Krugman, New York Times
How Obama Should Handle Iran - Leslie Gelb, The Daily Beast
No More Leading from Behind for America - Rick Santorum, RealClearWorld
Arab Spring May Benefit Israel - Jonathan Schanzer, Jerusalem Post
Eurozone Stands Condemned - Mary Ann Sieghart, The Independent
Patience Needed on Iran - Steve Coll, New Yorker
Modern Britain Would Make Churchill Weep - Jeff Randall, Telegraph
South Sudan Dream Is Turning Sour - Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
Why Are Chinese Buying Record Amounts of Gold? - Gordon Chang, Forbes
Why Russia Defends Syria - Soner Cagaptay, Hurriyet Daily News
Europe's Diverging Basket Cases - Pierpaolo Barbieri, The New Republic
Brotherhood Faces Allegiance Issue in Gulf - Hassan Hassan, The National
Cuba: Latin America's Great Shame - Fabio Rafael Fiallo, RealClearWorld
Consequences of War for Saudi Arabia - Brian Downing, Asia Times
Tuesday, January 31
Get Used to It: Syria Intervention Is Coming - Hussein Ibish, NOW LebanonSyria's Brutal Shadow War for Hearts & Minds - Ayman Mohyeldin, Time
Obama's Special Forces Fascination - Richard Weitz, The Diplomat
Cameron Shouldn't Lecture Germany - Philip Stephens, Financial Times
Euro Debt Crisis Now Belongs to Germany - George Friedman, Stratfor
China Courts the Middle East - Dilip Hiro, Yale Global
Call Honor Crimes What They Are - Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail
America's Newest Export: Long, Expensive Elections - Tim Stanley, TNR
Little Difference Between Sarkozy and Hollande - Nicolas Lecaussin, WSJ
Russia Muscles Up - Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia
Winter Descends on Putin's KGB State - Paul Roderick Gregory, Forbes
Drones for Human Rights - Sniderman & Hanis, New York Times
The U.S.'s Cowardly Drone War - George Monbiot, The Guardian
Now Not the Time to Retreat from Europe - Chad Manske, Global Post
Will Taiwan's Democracy Impact China? - Jens Kastner, Asia Times
Wednesday, February 1
The Truth: Of Course America Is in Decline - Rosa Brooks, Los Angeles TimesEurope Is Stuck on Life Support - Martin Wolf, Financial Times
Russia and China Provide Cover for Assad - Bessma Momani, Toronto Star
Change Is Coming to Syria - Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton
Blaming China Is No Solution for U.S. - John Copper, The National Interest
How Obama Became Vulnerable on Iran - Trita Parsi, Salon
Oman: America's Quiet Go-Between on Iran - Judith Miller, Fox News
Taliban 'Poised to Retake Afghanistan' - Taylor & Ferris-Rotman, G&M
Obama Policy Increases Risk in Korea - Michael Mazza, The American
Cameron Battles for Britain's Center - Benedict Brogan, Daily Telegraph
Euro Treaty Would Bind Future Irish Gov'ts - Arthur Beesley, Irish Times
Shafia Killings Expose Multiculturalism Sham - David Warren, Ottawa Cit
Blame NATO for the Mess in Libya - Ramzy Baroud, Gulf News
Why Wars U.S. Wages Often Go Wrong - Jim Powell, Forbes
How ExxonMobil Won the Iraq War - Ben Van Heuvelen, Foreign Policy
Thursday, February 2
Mr. Romney, It's a Post-American World - Fareed Zakaria, Washington PostDrones Are Not Enough - Reuel Marc Gerecht, Weekly Standard
Trials of China: A Reluctant Superpower - David Pilling, Financial Times
Does Cameron Know What He's Doing? - Timothy Garton Ash, The Guardian
The Collapse of the Putin Regime - Andrei Piontkovsky, Moscow Times
The Hard Way Out of Afghanistan - Luke Mogelson, New York Times
Israel's Profound Choice on Iran - Chuck Freilich, Los Angeles Times
Mr. President, Our Wars Are Not Over - Lawrence Kaplan, The New Republic
Why Russia Won't Back Down on Syria - Maksim Yusin, Kommersant
Time to End North Korea's Genocide - Robert Park, The Diplomat
Is Burma Turning on China? - John Lee, The National Interest
Victory Against al-Shabaab Gets Ugly - Bruton & Pham, Foreign Affairs
Can Italy Change? - Tim Parks, New York Review of Books
Scottish Independence? Not So Much - Michael Kelly, The Scotsman
Nationalism Returns to Serbia - Slavenka Drakulic, Eurozine
Friday, February 3
Syria Offers Chance to Weaken Iran - Charles Krauthammer, Wash PostWhy We Shouldn't Attack Syria (Yet) - Robert Pape, New York Times
Outside Forces Must Finish Assad - Daniel Byman, Foreign Policy
Arab Spring or Islamist Winter? - Michael J. Totten, World Affairs Journal
Anarchy in the Midst of Egypt's Revolution - Patrick Martin, Globe and Mail
A Disaster in Afghanistan - Frederick & Kimberly Kagan, Weekly Standard
China Gets a Taste of Post-Dalai Lama Era - Martina & Rhoads, Reuters
Expect China to Shape Next Bretton Woods Pact - Philip Coggan, Bloomberg
Russia Defending Interests in Mideast - Marwan Kabalan, Gulf News
Israel's Iran Threats All Hype? - Flynt & Hillary Mann Leverett, Race 4 Iran
Israel's New Allies - Benny Morris, The National Interest
Like Reagan, Harper Is 'Starving the Beast' - Stephen Maher, Calgary H'ld
Time for India to Save Africa - Prem Shankar Jha, The Hindu
How to Solve Falklands Problem? Sell Them - Phil Hensher, Independent
Why Is Ireland Up in Arms Over a Soft Treaty? - Gavin Barrett, Irish Times
Saturday, February 4
The Coming Civil War in Afghanistan - Arif Rafiq, Foreign PolicyObama, Merkel, Putin at War With Reason - Doug Saunders, Globe & Mail
Why Does China Want South China Sea? Oil - Will Rogers, The Diplomat
Prepare for the 'Day After' in Syria - Nikolas Gvosdev, World Politics Review
Democracy's Challenge - Vladislav Inozemtsev, American Interest
Iran's Mystery Nuclear Scientist - Natalie Nougayrede, Le Monde
Can Egypt Avoid Pakistan's Fate? - Dunne & Nawaz, New York Times
Hamas Gets Tight With Jordan - Martin Sherman, Jerusalem Post
Hunger Pain Tests North Korean Succession - Shim Jae Hoon, Yale Global
Hungary's Rising Right Wing - Keno Verseck, Der Spiegel
Greece's Real Challenge - Katinka Barysch, Centre for European Reform
Let's Rebuild Greece Like Post-War Japan - Nathan Lewis, Forbes
A Downward Spiral in Egypt - Issandr El Amrani, The National
Will Russia Lose Georgia? - Fyodor Lukyanov, Russia in Global Affairs
Rift Opens Between East and West in Cyberspace - Peter Apps, Reuters
Sunday, February 5
Russia: The 'Sort of, But Not Really' Country - Thomas Friedman, NY TimesIs Putin's Fake Rival the Real Deal? - Simon Shuster, Foreign Policy
Sino-Russian Syria Veto a Realpolitik Win for West - Jon Kay, Nat'l Post
After Assad's Fall, a Sectarian Struggle - Michael Bell, Globe and Mail
Lost Lessons of Communism's Fall - Janet Daley, Daily Telegraph
Europe Cold Snap Claims 260 Lives, Traps Thousands in Bosnia - AFP
Iran Attack Could Fray U.S.-Israel Ties - Trudy Rubin, Philly Inquirer
Who Reviews the U.S. 'Kill List'? - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Obama Made the Right Call on Afghanistan - James Joyner, The Atlantic
GOP's 'Europe' Is a Land of Make-Believe - Martin Klingst, Washington Post
Should Britain Be Worried About Argentina? - Walter Russell Mead, TAI
Tell China to Stop Slave Labor - David Matas, Winnipeg Free Press
The Great North American Divorce - Michael Taube, Washington Times
Aussies Now a Key Player in U.S. Defense - Matthew Fisher, Calgary Herald
Why French Parents Are Superior - Pamela Druckerman, Wall St. Journal