July 9, 2012 Archives

Week of July 9, 2012 Archives

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Monday, July 9

Face It: U.S. Power Is Waning

Tom Switzer, Sydney Morning Herald

A New Iron Curtain Rings Europe

Paul Taylor, Reuters

Assad Is Fighting for Alawis' Survival

Jonathan Kay, National Post

West's Iran Sanctions Fuel Syrian Bloodshed

Meir Javedanfar, Diplomat

The Iran Negotiation Delusion

John Bolton, Weekly Standard

Inside the Vatican's Latest Intrigue

The Economist

South Korea, Japan Row Deals Setback to U.S.

Tong Kim, Korea Times

America's Chance for an Egyptian Do Over

Jackson Diehl, Washington Post

Unsteady Thailand Between the U.S. and China

Sonia Rothwell, IRSN

We're in Denial About Nuclear Weapons

William Hartung, The Nation

Tuesday, July 10

Why Islamists Aren't Winning in Libya

Abigail Hauslohner, Time

What's Going on in Egypt? Don't Ask Egyptians

Eric Trager, TNR

The Plagues of Egypt

Sarah Topol, Newsweek

Does Power Really Moderate Radicals?

Barry Rubin, PJ Media

U.S.-Pakistan Detente Won't Last

Joshua Foust, The Atlantic

Syria's Alawites Put Survival over State

Franck Salameh, TNI

2014 Looms Ominously for Afghanistan

Sanjay Kumar, The Diplomat

Russia Loses Central Asia Pivot

M.K. Bhadrakumar, Asia Times

Why Won't U.S. Act on Rwanda & Congo?

Jeffrey Tayler, Foreign Policy

Could China's One-Child Policy Change?

Fareed Zakaria, CNN

Wednesday, July 11

Why the U.S. Could Bomb Iran

Lee Smith, Tablet Magazine

It's Been Germany vs. Europe

David McWilliams, Irish Independent

The Future of U.S. Special Ops

Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics

In Mali, U.S. Should Watch, Wait, Do Nothing

Robert Grenier, Al Jazeera

Once Strong Catholic Church Declines in Poland

Jan Puhl, Der Spiegel

Syria Divides Turkey's Conservatives

Suat Kiniklioglu, Today's Zaman

Obama Must Lead from Front in Syria

Peter Brookes, New York Post

A Confucian Constitution for China

Qing & Bell, New York Times

India's U.S. Friends, Iranian Partners

Brahma Chellaney, Japan Times

Africa Joins the Race for Space

Meredith Baker, BBC News

Thursday, July 12

Is Reform Coming to North Korea?

Andreas Lorenz, Der Spiegel

China's Precarious Global Rise

Minghao Zhao, New York Times

East Asian Miracle, Revisited

Andrew Sheng & Geng Xiao, Project Syndicate

Iran Nuclear Talks Are Working

Robert Dreyfuss, The Diplomat

The End of the Vietnamese Miracle

Geoffrey Cain, Foreign Policy

Putin's Fear Strategy Is Losing Its Edge

Vladimir Gelman, Moscow Times

Libya Is Still Fighting for Democracy

Karim Mezran, The Atlantic

UK's Coalition Government Looks Lost

Michael Barone, National Review

Romania: One of the Worst Run Countries in Europe

The Economist

A Cold Draft Blows Through Israel

Mat Hardy, The Conversation

Friday, July 13

Reading the Arab Spring Elections

Amir Taheri, New York Post

Libya Debut Bucks Regional Trend

Larbi Sadiki, The National

What Do Arabs Think of Their Democracies?

R. Wike & B. Stokes, FP

Syria a 'Cockpit' for Proxy Wars

Michael Burleigh, Daily Mail

Pressure Valve Blows for Syrian Defections

Fareed Zakaria, CNN

Afghans Take the Money and Run

Eltaf Najafizada, BusinessWeek

India's Frugal Dynamism

Shashi Tharoor, Project Syndicate

Conflict over China's Forced Abortions Heats Up

Hannah Beech, Time

How Much Power Does China's Army Have?

Peter Mattis, The Diplomat

Europe in Most Danger Since 1930s

Thomas Pascoe, Daily Telegraph