Week of December 16, 2013 Archives

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Monday, December 16
Czar Putin vs. the Decadent West
Bill Keller, New York Times
Ukraine Is the New Georgia
Max Seddon, BuzzFeed
N. Korea Explodes Myth of Unchallenged Kim Dynasty
Foster Klug, AP
Kim Jong-un's Reign of Fear
Scott Snyder, Los Angeles Times
Obama Wanted Action in Darfur -- Why Not Syria?
Fred Hiatt, Wash Post
Syria's Refugees on a Road to Hell
David Miliband, London Eve. Standard
Will China's Moon Landing Spur U.S. into Action?
Alex Berezow, RCW
Mandela Dies, but Apartheid Lives
Charles Crawford, The Commentator
What the Rest Should Learn from the West
Pankaj Mishra, Bloomberg
Syria's Saudi Jihadist Problem
Jamie Dettmer, The Daily Beast
If You Like Your Mideast Policy, You Can Keep It
Barry Rubin, J'lem Post
Is Egypt's Sisi-Mania Legit?
Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer
Morocco Should Be the Model
Michael Rubin, Commentary
Them Ol' Middle Class Bangkokian Blues
Voranai Vanijaka, Bangkok Post
Great Expectations for Chile's New President
Gideon Long, BBC News
Tuesday, December 17
How Putin Outfoxed the West
Christian Neef & Matthias Schepp, Der Spiegel
Time for the EU to Play Hardball with Ukraine
Bartlomiej Nowak, GMF
Hail to the French
Jonathan Kay, National Post
Peace in Congo? Why the World Should Care
Walter Russell Mead, TAI
Germany's Coming Downgrade
Eijffinge & Mujagic, Project Syndicate
India's Aspirational Volcano
Roger Cohen, New York Times
Hillary's Afghanistan Problem
Rob Golan-Vilella, The National Interest
China in 2014: The Three Rs
Robert Daly, Global Public Square
China Isn't Creative Enough to Win Nobel Prize
Cong Cao, Conversation
The Real Man of the Year: Jose Mujica
Hussein Ibish, NOW Lebanon
Why Bangladesh Executed Abdul Quader Molla
Akramul Qader, RCW
Mandela and the Question of Violence
Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
South Africa Had Already Left Mandela Behind
David Blair, Telegraph
Bulgaria Is on the Verge of Collapse
Victor Kotsev, The New Republic
Francis Misunderstands the Free Market
Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg
Wednesday, December 18
Can North Korea Grow Up?
William Pesek, JoongAng Daily
China, Iran Go to Space, U.S. Debates Santa
Tom Rogan, National Review
Israel's Public Worry Masks Private Complacency
Gideon Rachman, FT
Russia's Mideast Chess Game
Jiri & Leni Valenta, The National Interest
Secretary Kerry's Derring-Do
Thomas Friedman, New York Times
There's No Global Democratic Wave
Richard Youngs, Bloomberg
The Roots of Western Angst
Robin Shepherd, The Commentator
The Academic Boycott of Israel Is a Travesty
Leon Wieseltier, TNR
America's New Irish Immigrants
Aidan Lewis, BBC News
The Price of a Nude Photo in Egypt
Takis Wurger, Der Spiegel
Putin's Soviet Economics
Anders Aslund, Moscow Times
How Dennis Rodman Can Help N. Korea
Shin Dong-hyuk, Wash Post
America's Untenable Plan for Palestine
Jonathan Cook, The National
Mao Still Casts a Long Shadow
Justin McDonnell, The European
Why Flying Swiss Cows Are Important
Veronique Greenwood, Aeon
Thursday, December 19
India a Great Power? It Sure Doesn't Act Like One
Max Fisher, Wash Post
America's Diplomatic Hypocrisy
Seema Sirohi, Times of India
U.S. Owes India Apology over Strip-Search
Ruben Navarrette, CNN
To Secure Peace, Europe Must Be Ready to Fight
Catherine Ashton, WSJ
Don't Wait for Merkel to Fix Europe's Problems
Martin Kettle, Guardian
The Best World Opinion Sites of 2013
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John McCain Can't Change Ukraine
Robert Merry, The National Interest
Disraeli and the Eastern Question
Robert Kaplan, Stratfor
Hezbollah Is Caught in an al-Qaeda Vise
Michael Young, The Daily Star
Israel's 'Demographic Time Bomb' Is a Dud
Uri Sadot, Foreign Policy
Mexico's Game-Changing Oil Reform
Jaime Daremblum, RealClearWorld
Say a Prayer for Mideast Christians
Prince Charles, Daily Telegraph
A More Machiavellian World than Ever
Gianni Riotta, La Stampa
Why Rob Ford Is Mad as Hell
Ken Dryden, Globe and Mail
Is Pentecostalism Coming to Europe?
Peter Berger, The American Interest
Friday, December 20
Bashar al-Assad: Madman of the Year
Annia Ciezadlo, New Republic
Why Putin Cares So Much About Sochi
Marie Jego, Le Monde
Sochi's Potemkin Protest Zones
Jane Buchanan, Wall Street Journal
International Pressure on Putin Is Working
Judah & Knaus, Reuters
Is N. Korea Preparing Its 4th Nuclear Test?
Zachary Keck, The Diplomat
EU Is in Denial over Its Failed Currency
Jeremy Warner, Daily Telegraph
Hamid Karzai's Dangerous Game
Anatol Lieven, New York Times
Japan: Land of the Rising Gun
Blumenthal & Mazza, National Interest
Preventing South Sudan's Inferno
George Clooney & John Prendergast, TDB
Why Sunnis Fear Shiites
Hillel Fradkin & Lewis Libby, Commentary
A Disheartening Year in Canadian Politics
Jeffrey Simpson, Globe & Mail
Dear Dennis Rodman
Shin Dong-hyuk, Chicago Tribune
America: From Globalization to Isolationism
Edward Goldberg, RCW
Ukraine to S. Africa: End of History (Again)?
Leon Hadar, AmCon Mag
Is Newfoundland the Next Singapore?
Michael Byers, National Post
Saturday, December 21
10 Elections to Watch in 2014
James Lindsay, Council on Foreign Relations
Should Europe Fear Moscow's Missiles?
Nikolas Gvosdev, National Interest
Don't Underestimate Vladimir Putin
Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The Guardian
The Despicable Dennis Rodman
Rex Murphy, National Post
Iran Copes with Sanctions but Wants to Bloom
David Ignatius, Wash Post
The Autocrat's Emergency Bailout Fund
James Traub, Foreign Policy
Meet China's Christmas Elves
Malcolm Moore, Daily Telegraph
How UK Spies on Germany, Israel & EU
Poitras, Rosenbach & Stark, Spiegel
Kerry's Middle East Grind
Matthew Duss, The American Prospect
An Israeli Raid on Iran? Don't Rule It Out
Uri Sadot, Weekly Standard
The EU Needs Turkey
Soner Cagaptay, New York Times
Turkey Must Choose: Erdogan or Democracy?
Marc Champion, Bloomberg
Canada in 2014: Separatist Issue Looms
Jonathan Kay, Global Public Sq.
Unraveling Afghanistan
Pauline Baker, The American Interest
Why We Loved Lawrence of Arabia
Jack Schwartz, The Daily Beast
Sunday, December 22
A Bad Year for Freedom in the World
Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
Putin Shows He Is in Control
Herszenhorn & Lee Myers, New York Times
Don't Be Fooled by Putin
Masha Gessen, CNN
Vladimir Putin, Conservative Icon
Brian Whitmore, The Atlantic
Why the World Is Overspending on Holidays
Doug Saunders, Globe & Mail
South Sudan Teeters
Armin Rosen, The American Interest
Has Francis Declared War on the Vatican?
Damian Thompson, Telegraph
This Orthodox Pope Will Disappoint Many
Greg Sheridan, The Australian
Canada: From Peacekeeper to War-Fighter
A. Walter Dorn, Toronto Star
Why Neo-Isolationism Is Soaring
Pat Buchanan, Creators Syndicate
Migrants Aren't the Problem -- Israeli Racism Is
Gideon Levy, Haaretz
How the U.S. Helps Colombia Kill Rebels
Dana Priest, Washington Post
Legal Pot in Uruguay: Great for Drug Lords
Roberto Ferdman, Quartz
South Africa: The Nation That Gave Up Its Nukes
F.W. De Klerk, LA Times
Chinese Students Major in Luxury Cars
Tim Higgins, Bloomberg BW
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