Week of May 20, 2013 Archives

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Monday, May 20
Obama'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
Tuesday, May 21
Japan'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
Wednesday, May 22
Who Will Rule the Middle East?
Thomas Friedman, New York Times
The 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
Thursday, May 23
Blood on the Streets of Woolwich
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
Woolwich Attack: Confusing, Horrific, Bizarre
Dan Hodges, The Telegraph
Act of Terror Won't Divide Our City
Sadiq Khan, London Evening Standard
The World Still Needs American Muscle
Robert Kaplan, Stratfor
Israel Finding Itself Drawn into Syria's War
Jodi Rudoren, NY Times
U.S. Perilously Ignores Asia Island Conflicts
Donald Gross, Huffington Post
Can Obama Make the Legal Case for the War on Terror?
Rosa Brooks, FP
Five TV Shows Shaping World Politics
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Why Iranians Are Still Excited to Vote
Hooman Majd, Foreign Affairs
The Thankless Task of Greece's Top Job-Cutter
Manfred Ertel, Der Spiegel
David Cameron Is Nearing Crisis Point
James Forsyth, The Spectator
For Putin, Paranoia Trumps Legitimacy
Seth Mandel, Commentary Mag
Mozambique's Mining Boomtown
Rowan Moore Gerety, Guernica
Has German Soccer Conquered Europe?
Jonathan Mahler, Bloomberg
Toronto's Had Enough of Rob Ford
Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail
Friday, May 24
Britain in Denial About Islamist Threat
Douglas Murray, Wall St. Journal
Press, Pols Only Aiding Woolwich Terrorists
Simon Jenkins, The Guardian
Moral Illiterates Weigh in on Woolwich
Terry Glavin, Ottawa Citizen
Ending the Endless War on Terrorism
Andrew Sullivan, The Dish
Obama's Speech: No More Drone Strikes?
John Yoo, National Review
Moscow Fills the Superpower Vacuum
Daniel McGroarty, RealClearWorld
Why U.S. Must Keep the Peace with Russia
Paul Saunders, Wash Post
Russia's Syria Policy Isn't Going to Change
Michael Weiss, NOW Lebanon
Japan the Model
Paul Krugman, New York Times
Is Shinzo Abe Too Crazy to Save Japan?
Tobias Harris, Foreign Policy
Who Outed the CIA in Benghazi?
Eli Lake, The Daily Beast
Canada: A Nation of Centrists
Chris Selley, National Post
Russia: Can The Gas Empire Strike Back?
Gabe Collins, The Diplomat
Germany Secures Total Dominance of Europe
Jim O'Neill, Bloomberg
Has Robert Mugabe Softened?
Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun
Saturday, May 25
A Bloody History Haunts Asia
Jonathan Tepperman, New York Times
Sunni vs. Shia? Real War Is Sunni vs. Sunni
Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy
How Hafez Assad Saved Israel
Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
What Do Radical Islamists Actually Believe In?
Usama Hasan, BBC News
An Open Society Always Wins
David Gardner, Financial Times
Don't Take Your Eye Off Iran
Michael Oren, Washington Post
A Foreign Policy of Mission Creep
Gordon Bardos, The National Interest
Three Reasons to Like Iran's Candidates
Zachary Keck, The Diplomat
China Has Drones. Now What?
Erickson & Strange, Foreign Affairs
Kashmir on a Knife's Edge
Vanessa Dougnac, Worldcrunch/Le Temps
Putin's Goal Is to Destroy Russian Socity
Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Guardian
France & Germany Drift Apart
Irene Finel-Honigman, WP Review
Stay Out of Syria!
David Bromwich, New York Review of Books
France Needs a De Gaulle
Scott McConnell, American Conservative
The Stealth Threat to China's Regime
Patrick Meier, iRevolution
Sunday, May 26
What Mideast Crisis? Israelis Have Moved On
Ethan Bronner, NY Times
In Lebanon, Salafists Are on the Move
Rami Khouri, The Daily Star
Dangers of Inaction in Syria
Greg Sheridan, The Australian
Bush's War on Terror Is Over
Peter Bergen, CNN
Obama's Cynical War Speech
Andrew McCarthy, National Review
Obama Speech Nails It on Drone Strikes
Michael O'Hanlon, Brookings Inst.
How to Handle Do-It-Yourself Jihadists
Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail
Britain Has Bigger Problems than al-Qaeda
Peter Hitchens, Daily Mail
Abe Won't Revive Japan by Rewriting History
Philip Stephens, Fin. Times
Why Camp David Changed Nothing
Christian Caryl, Foreign Policy
Why a Taliban-al-Qaeda Divorce Is Unlikely
Rob Crilly, Daily Telegraph
What 'Moderate' Rafsanjani Teaches Us About Iran
Rob Fulford, Nat'l Post
Explaining Apple's Irish Tax Dodge
Jonathan Weil, Bloomberg
Global Tax Clampdown Bad News for Ireland
Dan O'Brien, Irish Times
Tell Putin to End Orphan Trafficking
Holly Burkhalter, Washington Post
RCW List: 5 Television Shows Shaping World Politics
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