Week of May 12, 2014 Archives

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Monday, May 12
The Battle in Ukraine Means Everything
Timothy Snyder, New Republic
How Vladimir Putin Is Walking All Over Us
Edward Lucas, Daily Mail
Putin Is Acting Defensively in Ukraine
Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Slavery in Africa Is the Real Crisis
Emma Christopher, The Conversation
Boko Haram and the Liberal Elites
Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
How the West Gets Iran Wrong
Akbar Ganji, Global Public Square
Will World Ignore Iran's Execution Binge?
Irwin Cotler, Jerusalem Post
The Odd Couple: China and North Korea
Dean Cheng, National Interest
High Cost, Corruption Claims Mar Brazil World Cup
Bradley Brooks, AP
Can Eurovision Teach Us About Europe?
Christina Patterson, Guardian
Bearded Lady's Win Is One in the Eye for Putin
Cristina Odone, Telegraph
Forget Facebook, Bring Back Samizdat
Gal Beckerman, New York Times
Cameron, Salmond: Prep Your Resignation Speeches
Brian Monteith, TS
The Dalai Lama as a 'Necessary Sacrifice'
John Fund, National Review
It's a Thai Thing: Ditching the New for the Old
Tom Plate, Japan Times
Tuesday, May 13
Nationalism Is Exactly What Ukraine Needs
Anne Applebaum, TNR
How The West Underestimated Boko Haram
Christian Putsch, Die Welt
U.S. Is No. 1, China Is So Yesterday
Josef Joffe, Bloomberg View
Why China Doesn't Want the Crown
Frank Ching, Globe and Mail
To Contain Russia, Start with Azerbaijan
George Friedman, Stratfor
Why Aren't Sanctions Stopping Putin?
Meghan L. O'Sullivan, Daily Beast
Europeans Dither on Defense While Putin Laughs
John Vinocur, WSJ
Why EU Sanctions Are a Bluff
Schult, Schindler & Neukirch, Der Spiegel
Turkey's Tyrant in the Making
Kenneth Roth, Foreign Policy
Follow the Money, China-Style
Yu Hua, New York Times
The Last Communist City
Michael J. Totten, City Journal
Syria's Dirty Secret: Assad Could Win Fair Vote
Faisal Al Yafai, National
Saudi Arabia Recalibrates
Hassan Hassan & Michael Weiss, American Int.
Why No One Trusts India's Election Polling
Adam Taylor, Washington Post
Islamist Canaries in the Bruneian Mineshaft
Avi Jorisch, Jerusalem Post
Wednesday, May 14
Putin's New OPEC
Ezra Levant, National Post
The Many Truths of Tiananmen Square
Todd Crowell, RealClearWorld
Nightmare Group in Syria May Target the U.S.
David Ignatius, WaPo
Has the End of the Banana Arrived?
Dan Koeppel, Popular Science
The Rise of the Square People
Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Europe's Ominous Embrace of Censorship
Matt Ford, The Atlantic
Indian Elections Are Like 'Game of Thrones'
Thane Richard, Quartz
China Proves It Won't Be Contained
Peter Lee, Asia Times
EU Promises Will Make Ukraine Worse
Adomanis & Oreskovic, MT
Oliver Stone's Disgraceful Tribute
Jeffrey Tayler, Foreign Policy
Why South Africa Keeps Voting ANC
Kardas-Nelson & Fogel, The Nation
Britain Made Nigeria, Boko Haram United It
Barnaby Phillips, LES
The West's Fine Line in Ukraine
Allan Massie, The Scotsman
Civil War Looms for Thailand
Clifford Coonan, Irish Times
U.S. Is Dragging Us to War with Russia
John Pilger, The Guardian
Thursday, May 15
Would Obama Bomb Iran?
Matthew Kroenig, The Spectator
America Should Not Go Soft on Iran
Michael Singh, Washington Post
No, Sanctions Didn't Force Iran to Make a Deal
Trita Parsi, Foreign Policy
The Kidnapping of a Country
Lauren Bohn & Chika Oduah, New York Times
A Defining Moment for European Foreign Policy
Jan Techau, Carnegie
Ukraine Civil War Fears Mount
Walker & Amos, The Guardian
Sanction Putin's Arms Dealer
Sen. Dan Coats, National Review
Vietnam Has Much to Lose if Anti-China Riots Go On
H. Timmons, QZ
Europe's Economic Iron Curtain
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
What India Can Learn from China
Ravi Agrawal, CNN
The Gift of American Power
Robert Kaplan, Stratfor
Thatcherite Talk Won't Save India
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Telegraph
The World's Biggest (and Worst) Democracy
James Tapper, Global Post
America's Epic Failure in Yemen
Almosawa & Dickey, The Daily Beast
5 U.S. Weapons of War China Should Fear
Kyle Mizokami, Nati'l Interest
Friday, May 16
How Obama Can Earn His Peace Prize
William Pesek, Bloomberg View
China and the Age of Contempt
D. Blumenthal & M. Mazza, Foreign Policy
Hindu Nationalist Modi Wins Landslide Victory
Ashok Sharma, AP
Hopes of a Generation Ride on Indian Vote
Ellen Barry, New York Times
Modi Bludgeoned His Way to Election Victory
Jayati Ghosh, The Guardian
Bring Back the Girls -- Quietly
Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Now Trending: The War on Terror
Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Resurrecting the Jihad in Yemen
Almosawa & Johnsen, BuzzFeed
Erdogan Loses His Grip
Raniah Salloum, Der Spiegel
Why Europe Threatens Britain's Recovery
Jeremy Warner, Telegraph
Could U.S. Stick Canada with Border Bill?
Jeffrey Simpson, Globe and Mail
Why Getting Tough on Russia Might Backfire
Sven-Eric Fikenscher, TNI
Inside Mexico's Feared Sinaloa Drug Cartel
Paul Wood, BBC Magazine
Libya: Failure Disguised as Success
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, National Post
Sudan Woman Sentenced to Death for Christianity
Robyn Dixon, LAT
Saturday, May 17
Appeasing Putin Is Utter Folly
Charles Moore, Daily Telegraph
India's New Prime Minister Is Dangerous
Isaac Chotiner, The New Republic
Quietly, Obama Makes Two Crucial Shifts
Nikolas Gvosdev, WPR
Kashmir, Pakistan & India: Explosion Soon?
Rekha Chowdhary, EAF
What Putin Can't Admit About Ukraine
Benjamin Quenelle, Les Echos
The Italian Disaster
Perry Anderson, London Review of Books
Putin's Huge Imperialist Gamble
Maxim Trudolyubov, RIGA
Europe's Elections Actually Matter
Tom Clougherty, Reason
The Mideast's Forgotten Minority
Raydan & Heffez, Times of Israel
How Benghazi Created a New Normal in Africa
Nick Turse, TomDispatch
The Iran You're Not Hearing About
Jeffrey Simpson, Globe and Mail
Modi Must Learn from India's Fall Guy
Rahul Pandita, The Hindu
New Zealand Knows: Legalize Prostitution
M. Plummer, Spectator
To Be Raped or to Become a Prostitute
Mat Nashed, Vice
UKIP: So Popular They Get Poop Mail
Corinne Purtill, Global Post
Sunday, May 18
India's Moment
Geeta Anand & Gordon Fairclough, Wall Street Journal
Why the Congress Dynasty Fell from Grace
Doug Sanders, Globe & Mail
Should Pakistan Welcome Modi's Election?
Zachary Keck, The Diplomat
Obama Can't Hide Foreign Policy Errors Behind Iraq
Ross Douthat, NYT
Obama's Erroneous 'Mission Accomplished' on Syria
Michael Weiss, NOW
China's Achilles' Heel in the South China Sea
Allen Carlson, Nat'l Interest
Fires in Vietnam Could Ultimately Burn Beijing
Vikram Singh, Reuters
France's Far Right on the Rise Ahead of EU Vote
Elaine Ganley, AP
Dangerous Memories of Tiananmen Square
Louisa Lim, Washington Post
Does U.S. Have a Responsibility to Act in Nigeria?
Jonah Goldberg, NRO
Iran's Role in the Middle East Grows
Rami Khouri, The Daily Star
Israel Isn't, and Will Never Be, an Apartheid State
Michael Oren, LAT
Brazil's President Is Running Scared
Raul Gallegos, Bloomberg View
Can Tymoshenko Still Lead Ukraine?
Follath & Schepp, Der Spiegel
Hipster Renaissance in Amsterdam's Red Light District
Laura Palet, Ozy
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