Canada's Prime Minister Harper, Mexico's President Calderon and U.S. President Obama (L-R) give a joint press conference at the North American Leaders' Summit in Guadalajara, Mexico, August 10, 2009. (Xinhua/Bao Feifei)Mexico, On The Brink Of Failure -- Washington Times
Corruption as a country's Achilles' heel
With President Obama meeting with Mexico's president this week for the second time in four months to discuss guns, drugs and money laundering, the world ponders Mexico's future. To be sure, Mexico is not a "failed state," but as Latin American scholar Shannon O'Neil suggests, in a recent Foreign Affairs article, it may be "on the brink."
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COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS
Burma's Junta Is Desperate -- Melinda Liu, Newsweek
Sanctions Do Nothing for Burma's People -- Thomas Bell, Daily Telegraph
Myanmar Silences Suu Kyi, Again -- Shawn Crispin, Asia Times
Honduran Coup Leaders Try to Beat the Clock -- Los Angeles Times editorial
Why the President Will Fail on Iran -- Edward N. Luttwak, Wall Street Journal opinion
Al-Qaida's Navy? -- Arnauld de Borchgrave, United Press International opinion.
Mideast Peace Starts With Respect -- Ronald S. Lauder, Wall Street Journal opinion
Everyone Wants to Fight the Drug Barons. They Just Don't Know How -- Bronwen Maddox, The Times opinion
Missing the COIN Boat in Afghanistan -- C.M. Sennott, Global Post
How to Make Afghan Votes Count -- Zalmay Khalilzad, Financial Times
U.S.-Pakistan: Doomed to Disagree -- HDS Greenway, Global Post
Mexican Drug Gangs Dipping Into Oil -- Jesse Bogan, Forbes
Mexico Can't Kick U.S. Around Anymore -- Andres Martinez, L.A. Times
Sri Lanka's Savage Peace -- Robert Kaplan, The Atlantic
Beware of the African Taliban -- Eliza Griswold, The Daily Beast