Week of January 13, 2014 Archives

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Monday, January 13
The 'Clash of Civilizations' That Never Was
Leon Hadar, Haaretz
Where al-Qaeda's Next Comeback Could Be
Bruce Riedel, The Daily Beast
A Tale of Two Surges
Rick Richman, Commentary
Why Does China Coddle North Korea?
Jonathan Pollack, New York Times
Power and Privacy in France
Gavin Hewitt, BBC News
The Iran Deal Meets Obamacare
Paul Pillar, The National Interest
U.S. Needs a Deal with Iran, Not Detente
Ray Takeyh, Washington Post
Cameron's Euro Agony a Disaster for Britain
Peter Mandelson, London ES
America Has Forgotten How to Finish Wars
Andrew Bacevich, LA Times
The Future Is Here in India -- for Some
David O'Dwyer, Irish Times
Ariel Sharon's Legacy of Separation
Geoffrey Levin, The Atlantic
Russia Revisits Pivotal Role in World War I
Christian Neef, Der Spiegel
Is General Sisi Taking Chuck Hagel's Phone Calls?
Shadi Hamid, Politico
Trust the People on Europe? Whatever Next!
Boris Johnson, Telegraph
What Was Edward Snowden Doing in India?
Shane Harris, Foreign Policy
Tuesday, January 14
Israel's Growing Isolation
Richard Cohen, Washington Post
How the French Handle a Sex Scandal
Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian
Can Iraq Survive?
Ted Galen Carpenter, The National Interest
Manmohan Singh: Out with a Whimper
Sadanand Dhume, Foreign Policy
What Britain Can Learn from Sickly France
Benedict Brogan, Telegraph
Human Rights Buried Under $51 Billion Games
Mark Cunningham, GMF
The Word That's Pulling Malaysia Apart
William Pesek, Bloomberg
Ariel Sharon's Deeply Disturbing Legacy
Sarah Leah Whitson, CNN
His Eye Was Not Dim
Elliott Abrams, Commentary Magazine
What if Ariel Sharon Still Lived?
David Landau, New York Times
Why Maduro Is Spinning Ms. Venezuela Murder
Tim Padgett, Miami Hld
Is Germany a Homophobic Country?
Anna Kistner et al., Der Spiegel
Four Elections That Will Shape the Mideast
Faisal Al Yafai, The National
Salafists Are Egypt's Wild Card
Eric Trager, Washington Institute
Blaming Peronism for All That Ails Argentina
Susana Decibe, Clarin
Wednesday, January 15
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Iran
Wright & Sadjadpour, The Atlantic
Indians Succeed Everywhere but India
Kishore Mahbubani, Yale Global
So French Women Get Furious After All
Celia Walden, Daily Telegraph
Unbearable Lightness of Francois Hollande
Francoise Fressoz, Le Monde
A Blank Check for War with Iran
Patrick Buchanan, Creators Syndicate
France Can Thrive Under a Socialist
Hamish McRae, The Independent
Israel's Arabs: Not Zionists, but Israelis
Leon Hadar, The National Interest
U.S. Weapons Are Hobbling India
Brahma Chellaney, The Hindu
The EU's Flop of a Foreign Policy
Tony Barber, Financial Times
The Tale of a Nine-Year-Old Suicide Bomber
BBC Magazine
Pollard Betrayed America, Don't Trust Him
M.E. Bowman, NYT
Why Is the West So Indifferent to Syria?
Sever Plocker, Ynet News
We're in the Dark on China
Stephen Grenville, The Interpreter
5 African Countries to Watch in 2014
Stephen Hayes, World Report
Why Europe Can't Leave Asia to the U.S.
Gowan & Kundani, ECFR
Thursday, January 16
Obama's Messianic and Obsessive Foreign Policy
Michael Weiss, NOW
Netanyahu Fumbled the Ya'alon Affair
Alon Pinkas, Ynet News
An Iran Hawk's Case Against New Sanctions
Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg
Is Egypt Back Where It Was in 2011?
Khaled Fahmy, CNN
How American Is the French President's Affair?
Alex Stille, New Yorker
How Long for France's Accidental President?
Konrad Yakabuski, G&M
Elections Don't Matter, Institutions Do
Robert Kaplan, Stratfor
Failing Elites Threaten Global Stability
Martin Wolf, Financial Times
Please, Enough with the 1914 Analogies
Joseph Nye, Project Syndicate
A Fog Descends over Delhi
Michael Leigh, German Marshall Fund
Europe's Female Executives Gap
Nima Sanandaji, New Geography
Italy's Growing Toxic Waste Scandal
Walter Mayr, Der Spiegel
Was Harry Truman a Zionist?
John Judis, The New Republic
Alcoholics Work for Beer in Amsterdam
Toby Sterling, Associated Press
Inside Israel's Vast Network of Animal Spies
Dubin & Levy, Vocativ
Friday, January 17
The West's Catastrophic Defeat in the Mideast
Dominique Moisi, Les Echos
It's Time to Talk to Bashar al-Assad
Con Coughlin, Daily Telegraph
U.S. Making Things Worse in the Middle East
Fareed Zakaria, Wash Post
Americans Want to Turn Away from World's Problems
Bruce Stokes, YG
Can North Korea Save the South?
William Pesek, Bloomberg View
The Real Scandal in France
Paul Krugman, New York Times
America's Secret War in 134 Countries
Nick Turse, TomDispatch
Why Lebanon Still Matters
Hanin Ghaddar, NOW Lebanon
Hezbollah Digs in for More Conflict
Avi Issacharoff, Times of Israel
Obama Was Never Serious About Afghanistan
Charles Krauthammer, NR
How Iran, Putin and Assad Outwitted America
David Keyes, Daily Beast
Mexico's Reversal of Fortune
Gary Regenstreif, Reuters
Homophobia a Great Career Move in Russia
Michael Bohm, Moscow Times
I Had to Give Up Snark to Get Elected in Canada
C. Freeland, Politico
Why Do Americans Have a Soft Spot for Royals?
Maria Bustillos, Aeon
Saturday, January 18
Now It's Time for the West to Learn from the East
James Ashton, LES
U.S.-Canada Merger: Bad for Canada
Conrad Black, National Post
Why the West Will Rise with the Rest
Doug Saunders, Globe and Mail
Congress Is Destroying U.S. Power
Tim Fernholz, Quartz
Obama's False Choice on Iran
Mark Wallace & David Ibsen, RealClearWorld
New Iran Sanctions Could Lead to War
Matthew Duss, CAP
Egypt's Stealth War on Terror
Ehud Yaari, Washington Institute
West Is Losing Ukraine
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
How to Understand Russian Foreign Policy
Fyodor Lukyanov, RIGA
The Purpose of Russian Power
Nina Khrushcheva, Project Syndicate
America's Endless Afghan Endgame
Shamshad Ahmad, Express Tribune
Iran Doesn't Need Nukes to Deter U.S.
Nikolas Gvosdev, WP Review
Latin America's Downward Spiral?
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald
French Becoming More Puritanical
Melanie McDonagh, The Spectator
Defeat in First Sino-Japan War Haunts China
Ching Cheong, China Post
Sunday, January 19
America Is Slipping to No. 2 -- Don't Panic
Charles Kenny, Wash Post
Don't Expect a Truce at Syria Peace Talks
Josh Rogin, The Daily Beast
Region Boiling, Israel Takes Up Castle Strategy
Jodi Rudoren, NY Times
The End of Erdogan's Islamization?
Alex Alexiev, National Review
Reason for Optimism on Arab-Israeli Peace
Michael Cohen, The Guardian
Sochi Olympics: What Was Putin Thinking?
Leon Aron, Politico Mag
Hollande's Tryst and the End of Marriage
Peter Gumbel, Bloomberg
China's Unprecedented Political Reforms
Elizabeth Economy, Diplomat
Why Davos Still Matters
Jeremy Warner, Daily Telegraph
The Islamic Republic of Baby-Making
Azadeh Moaveni, Foreign Policy
Ecuador's Continued Assault on the Press
Jim Wyss, Miami Herald
Cameron's Mission for '14: Stay Out of 3rd Place
James Forsyth, Spectator
Sorry, Japan: Yasukuni Is Not Arlington
Mindy Kotler, National Interest
No Room for Nuance in Harper's Mideast
Jeffrey Simpson, Globe and Mail
Georgetown's Bizarre German Murder Case
Ansgar Graw, Die Welt
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