Week of August 13, 2012 Archives

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Monday, August 13
Has the Muslim Brotherhood Staged a Coup?
Abigail Hauslohner, Time
There Is Nothing to Stop Egypt's Islamists Now
Barry Rubin, PJ Media
UN No Longer Fit to Secure the Globe
Aubrey Matshiqi, Business Day
China Is Running Out Of Money
Gordon Chang, Forbes
Ground Zero for China's Debt Bomb
Jonathan Kaiman, Foreign Policy
Great Britain Dazzles the World
Boris Johnson, Daily Telegraph
Without Intervention, Syria to Be Destroyed
Faisal al Yafai, The National
Is Obama Turning America into a Paper Tiger?
Henry Nau, NRO
Obama & Romney Far Apart on Foreign Policy
Michael O'Hanlon, Politico
How Weibo Is Changing China
Mary Kay Magistad, Yale Global
The Resurgence of U.S.-Japan Relationship
Richard Weitz, The Diplomat
Israel Should Retake Philadelphi
Daniel Mandel, Jerusalem Post
Why Germany Shuns Canada's Debt Model
John Ibbitson, Globe and Mail
Should Afghanistan's Buddhas Be Rebuilt?
Stephanie Hegarty, BBC
America's Losing Battle Against Soft Drinks
Ullrich Fichtner, Der Spiegel
Tuesday, August 14
What Morsi's Power Grab Means for U.S.
Steven A. Cook, Foreign Affairs
Morsi Is No Putin
David Hearst, The Guardian
Have U.S. Candidates Forgotten Afghanistan?
Dexter Filkins, New Yorker
China's Selective, Deceitful History
John Lee, The Australian
Well Past Time for U.S. to Act in Syria
Richard Cohen, Washington Post
Investors Are Preparing for Euro Collapse
Martin Hesse, Der Spiegel
Britain Can Avoid Post-Olympic Crash
Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
Losing Ground in the Middle East
John Bolton, New York Post
Taliban Wish al-Qaeda Would Go Away
Moreau & Yousafzai, Newsweek
The Israeli Crisis
George Friedman, Stratfor
Poland Peels Back Layers on Secret CIA Prison
Roy Gutman, McClatchy
Japan Needs Another Miracle
Yuriko Koike, Project Syndicate
Pussy Riot Trial Won't Bring Down Putin
John Kampfner, Independent
What if Pakistan and India Could Unite?
Ramesh Thakur, Ottawa Citizen
Is India More Like Brazil than China?
Ruchir Sharma, The Globalist
Wednesday, August 15
Russia's Veto Diplomacy
Corboy, Courtney & Yalowitz, New York Times
Cairo Packs Egypt's Media
Elliott Abrams, National Review
Bo Scandal Masks Battle for China's Future
Seumas Milne, The Guardian
Beijing Unflustered by Cool Ties with Seoul
Scott Harold, Yale Global
Pussy Riot's Stunning Victory Over Putin
John Lough, Daily Telegraph
What Does Paul Ryan Know About Foreign Policy?
Fred Kaplan, Slate
Self-Preservation Drives Iran to Bomb
David Patrikarakos, The Diplomat
NATO Expansion Makes America Less Safe
Doug Bandow, Forbes
China's Unlivable Megalopolises
Isaac Stone Fish, Foreign Policy
China's Winning Strategy in Africa
Brendan O'Reilly, Asia Times
Hollande's Wrong Idea of France
Brigitte Granville, Project Syndicate
Is al-Qaeda Building a Haven in Mali?
Lambert & Warner, CNN
Canada Is Not Ready for the Arctic Rush
Michael Byers, Globe and Mail
U.S. Must Press for Reform in Uzbekistan
Sanjar Umarov, LA Times
The Rise of Settler Terrorism
Daniel Byman & Natan Sachs, Foreign Affairs
Thursday, August 16
Israel Not Bluffing About Attacking Iran
David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy
Secret Diplomacy Key to Solving Iran Crisis
David Blair, Daily Telegraph
Early Retirement for the Eurozone?
Nouriel Roubini, Project Syndicate
The Return of the Iron Chancellor
Philipp Wittrock, Der Spiegel
Asia's Giants Tangle Over Little Islands
Todd Crowell, RealClearWorld
China's Very Different Election Show
David Pilling, Financial Times
Al-Qaeda Alive & Well in Afghanistan
Thomas Joscelyn, Weekly Standard
Little Has Changed in North Korea
Charles Armstrong, New York Times
India Sinks into Melancholy Middle Age
Pankaj Mishra, Times of India
Romney Playing Politics with Israel
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, Jerusalem Post
Mexico's Hopeless Drug War
Malcolm Beith, New Statesman
Syria's Weakening Hand in Lebanon
Michael Young, The National
Parti Quebecois' Selective Secularism
Don Macpherson, Montreal Gazette
World Could Use More Dull Leaders
Konstantin Sonin, Moscow Times
For Dictators, Laughter Isn't Best Medicine
Eric Morse, Toronto Star
Friday, August 17
For Europe, a Lost Decade Looms
Jack Ewing, New York Times
Finland Prepares for Eurozone's End
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Telegraph
Why the U.S. Should Appease China
Hugh White, The Diplomat
Iranian Islands of Influence
Tony Badran, NOW Lebanon
Putin Faces Age-Old Dilemma of the Tyrant
Rupert Cornwell, Independent
Julian Assange: Pawn in Diplomatic Chess Match
Jim Wyss, Miami H'ld
Assange Has Very Few Friends Left in Sweden
Karin Olsson, The Guardian
On National Security, Hollande Mimics Sarkozy
Bruce Crumley, Time
Syria's Ethnic and Religious Fault Lines
Naby & Choksy, LA Times
Turkey Doesn't Yet Deserve the Olympics
Michael Rubin, National Review
The Hunt for Assad's Billions
Eli Lake, The Daily Beast
What Potatoes Say About U.S. Democracy
Marc Hujer, Der Spiegel
Africa Is Booming
Dan O'Brien, Irish Times
The West Is Killing Capitalism
Mzukisi Qobo, Business Day
What China's Space Capabilities Mean for India
Manpreet Sethi, Rediff
Saturday, August 18
Is Bibi Crazy Enough to Attack Iran?
James Traub, Foreign Policy
How to Slow Israel's March to War
Dennis Ross, New York Times
The Kremlin Sows Hatred
Uwe Klussmann, Der Spiegel
What's Going on in Russia?
Fyodor Lukyanov, Russia in Global Affairs
For Peace with Iran, Prepare for War
Amos Yadlin, Washington Post
Who Are the Good Guys in Syria?
Rodger Shanahan, The Interpreter
Grading Obama on Iran
Nikolas Gvosdev, World Politics Review
Who Lost Egypt?
Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
A Path for Scottish Independence
Jonathan Freedland, Guardian
A Saudi Overture to Iran
M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times
South China Sea Needn't Spark War
Douglas Paal, The Diplomat
The Man Trying to Change North Korea
Ahn Hee-chang, JoongAng Daily
Europe Can Learn from the U.S.
Thomas Lawton, US News & World Report
Barack Obama's Limitless Presidency
Bruce Fein, The National Interest
Why India Keeps Failing at the Olympics
Kanti Bajpai, Times of India
Sunday, August 19
Germany May Destroy the Euro
Christopher Booker, Daily Telegraph
U.S. Must Rethink the Middle East
Jim Hoagland, Washington Post
Israeli Attack on Iran Won't Spark Larger War
Thomas Rogan, Guardian
Is a Kurdish Spring Next?
Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia
Paul Ryan Can Learn from Stephen Harper
David Frum, National Post
The Sources of Korean-Japanese Conflict
William Choong, China Post
Israel Doesn't Fear Iranian Retaliation
Nisman & Nave, CS Monitor
Why India Still Riots
Barkha Dutt, Hindustan Times
Why Pussy Riot Is Big in America, Not Russia
Nitsuh Abebe, Vulture
Good News from the Mideast
Cumali Onal, Sunday's Zaman
Neocons Hype Iran Threat
Patrick Buchanan, American Conservative
Five Reasons We Must Act in Syria
Warren Kinsella, Toronto Sun
A New Option for a Nuclear Iran
Patrick Sheehan, The National Interest
Uruguay's Pot Plan: Not Crazy
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald
A Light on Sunni-Shiite Rivalries
Kaveh Afrasiabi, Asia Times
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