Week of July 16, 2012 Archives

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Monday, July 16
A Long Civil War Brewing in Syria
Michael Burleigh, Daily Mail
Defection Shows Pressure on Syria's Tribes
Hassan Hassan, The National
Beijing's June Heart Attack
Gordon Chang, Forbes
Why China Would Intervene in Syria
Joel Wuthnow, National Interest
Libya's Militia Menace
Frederic Wehrey, Foreign Affairs
Britain's Coalition Cracks
John O'Sullivan, National Review
Is Isolated Taiwan Propping Up Dictators?
Cain Nunns, The Diplomat
U.S. Moving Too Fast on Burma
Green & Twining, Washington Post
Why Canada Is Richer Than the U.S.
Stephen Marche, Bloomberg
Behind Japan's Senkaku Strategy
Joe Hung, China Post
Israel Gains from Sunni-Shia Divide
Barry Rubin, Jerusalem Post
Putin vs. the People
Pavel Felgenhauer, Moscow Times
Africa Must Ditch DC Consensus to Grow
Ha-Joon Chang, The Guardian
Singapore's Billion-Dollar Soccer Scam
Jon Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun
How a Former Anarchist Plans to Save Europe
Paul Hockenos, TNR
Tuesday, July 17
Obama or Romney: Who's Better for Mideast?
Jeff Goldberg, Bloomberg
Making China the Boogeyman Won't Work
Minxin Pei, The Diplomat
What Happened to China's Political Savvy?
Tom Plate, Japan Times
Into Syria Without Arms
Richard Haass, Project Syndicate
Ed Miliband, the Lazarus of British Politics
Mary Riddell, Daily Telegraph
Eurozone Endgame Will Begin in Greece
Costas Lapavitsas, The Guardian
Belarus: Europe's Prison State
Andrej Dynko, New York Times
A Patronizing Narrative Pigeonholes Arabs
Hussein Ibish, NOW Lebanon
Syria Collapse May Be Chem Weapon Nightmare
Kris Alexander, Wired
G4S Scandal a Condemnation of Thatcherism
Kevin Maguire, Mirror
Five Signs Obama Is Losing Latin America
J.D. Gordon, Wash Times
Give Mexico a Chance
Robert Looney, Foreign Policy
Why India-Pakistan Cricket Is a Bad Idea
Sushant Sareen, Rediff
Mongolia: World's Fastest Growing Economy
Max Fisher, The Atlantic
China's Asphalt Powerplay in Pakistan
Hasnain Kazim, Der Spiegel
Wednesday, July 18
New Rules for a U.S. Superpower
Hillary Clinton, New Statesman
Obama's Rollover Foreign Policy
Lee Smith, Weekly Standard
Inside the Power Struggle in Pyongyang
Daniel-Dylan Bohmer, Die Welt
Technology Can Bring Down Drug Cartels
Schmidt & Cohen, Wash Post
Syria: No End in Sight
Fawaz Gerges, Yale Global
Global Armageddon Isn't Really Nigh
Allan Massie, Daily Telegraph
Why Don't Obama, Romney Talk About Wars?
Doyle McManus, LA Times
China's Elites Debate, Fear Reform
Michael Wines, New York Times
Japan-China Dispute Is Getting Serious
Stephen Harner, Forbes
Britain & Japan: Islands of Isolation
Guy Sorman, Project Syndicate
Foolhardy Predictions of Afghan Civil War
Robert Dreyfuss, The Diplomat
The Looming U.S.-Pakistan Catastrophe
Doug Bandow, National Interest
Will Britain's Libor Scandal Force U.S. Reform?
John Nichols, The Nation
London's Coming Olympic Fiasco
Marco Evers, Der Spiegel
When the West Saved Tbilisi
Michael J. Totten, National Review
Thursday, July 19
Rebel's Bomb Skills Turning Tide in Syria
C.J. Chivers, New York Times
The Assad Regime Is Finished
Steve Coll, New Yorker
The New American Century
Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest
How Religion Shapes Europe's Crisis
Chris Bowlby, BBC News
Persian Gulf Primed to Explode
Kaveh Afrasiabi, Asia Times
Socialism Hasn't Made Canada Richer
Andrew Coyne, National Post
Battle for Syria a Battle Against History
Max Fisher, The Atlantic
Would Tocqueville Back Libya?
Stephen Hollingshead, RealClearWorld
Turkey in Crossfire Over Syria Rebels
Emre Uslu, Today's Zaman
U.S.-Israel Military Ties Face Strains
Andrew Exum, World Politics Review
Israel a Wild Card Amid U.S. Bluster
Geoff Dyer, Financial Times
Japan, China Square Off Over Islands
Michael Richardson, Japan Times
Amazing Logistics of an Afghan Exit
Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs
Israel's Cultural Crossroads
Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
Asian Sports That Should Be in Olympics
Todd Crowell, RealClearSports
Friday, July 20
Where Obama Shines
David Brooks, New York Times
What Comes After Assad in Syria?
Bruce Riedel, Daily Beast
What China Can Still Do to Ease Assad Out
Richard Weitz, The Diplomat
Imams of Islam and the Environment
Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
Iran May Make Strait of Hormuz Irrelevant
Gal Luft, Foreign Policy
Europe Caricatures Don't Tell Full Story
Dan Gardner, Ottawa Citizen
Britain Needs Privatization More Than Ever
Jeremy Warner, Telegraph
India May Be Key to Stable Afghanistan
Ramesh Thakur, The Australian
Loser Should Take the High Road in Mexico
Leon Krauze, LA Times
Tartus: A Refuge for Syria's Alawite Minority
Katie Paul, Foreign Affairs
Is Syria Facing a Yugoslavia-Style Breakup?
Tony Karon, Time
Will Morocco Mark the End of the Arab Spring?
Richard Miniter, Forbes
Berlusconi to 'Bunga' Again?
Gwynne Dyer, Japan Times
United Russia's Spy Mania
Michael Bohm, Moscow Times
A Hedge Fund Manager's Crusade Against Putin
Schepp & Seith, Spiegel
Saturday, July 21
Bet on More Violence in Syria
Fred Kaplan, Slate
Battle for Syria Is a Battle for the Mideast
Jonathan Freedland, Guardian
Kim Jong-un Plans Major Economic Reforms
Benjamin Kang Lim, Reuters
U.S., Australia Toothless Before Asian Tigers
Peter Hartcher, SMH
The Mythical Islamist Tide
Ahmed Charai, The National Interest
The Muslim Brothers Worry the Saudis
Steven Miller, Foreign Policy
Winning a War By Any Means Necessary
Conrad Black, National Post
So Much for Obama's 'Asia Pivot'
Nikolas Gvosdev, World Politics Review
Russia's Not Falling Behind the West
Mark Adomanis, Forbes
Tear Down These Mountains of Cash
Doug Saunders, Globe and Mail
Iran Sanctions Threaten U.S. Allies in Asia
Yong Kwon, Asia Times
What the Islamist Takeover in Mali Really Means
Eliza Griswold, TNR
How Long Can the Syrian Regime Last?
The Economist
India Mustn't Be Quick to Blame U.S.
B. Raman, Outlook India
Why India Was Partitioned
Perry Anderson, London Review of Books
Sunday, July 22
Syria Marks the End of Colonialism
Rami Khouri, Daily Star
No Sanctuary for Assad
Lee Smith, Weekly Standard
Sectarianism Divides Syria's Rebels
Robert Fisk, The Independent
Romney Is Still Fighting the Cold War
Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer
Does Obama Have a Foreign Policy Edge?
Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Mandela's Mortality Is South Africa's Fear
Douglas Foster, LA Times
Where Have All the World Leaders Gone?
Rex Murphy, National Post
Can a Real Central Bank Save Europe?
Anatole Kaletsky, Reuters
U.S. Drug War Expands to Africa
Savage & Shanker, New York Times
U.S.: Forget Asia, Focus on N. America
Robert Pastor, American Interest
Hollande Erases Sarkozy's Legacy
Bruce Crumley, Time
A Telling Tale of Two Koreas
Gwynne Dyer, Japan Times
Circumcision Ruling Divides German Public
Derek Scally, Irish Times
China's Goods Burden Africa's Producers
Xan Rice, Financial Times
Why India Needs a Monarchy
Sadanand Dhume, Foreign Policy
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