Gbagbo On His Way Out? Ivory Coast Violence Dying Down? Not So Fast. -- Drew Hinshaw, Christian Science Monitor
Renegade President Laurent Gbagbo is surrounded in his presidential bunker, but it would be a mistake, analysts say, to assume the end of his rule means the end of violence in Ivory Coast.
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo – who sparked his country's second civil war in a decade when he refused to step down after losing the Nov. 28 elections – is expected to be yanked from his presidential bunker within a matter minutes, hours, or days.
Yet it would be a mistake, analysts say, to assume the end of Gbagbo's rule means the end of violence in Ivory Coast.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Five key reasons Ivory Coast's election led to civil war -- Ariel Zirulnick, Christian Science Monitor
A Middle East Policy in Shambles -- Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
What's Obama's Mission in Libya? -- Anthony Cordesman, Real Clear World
NATO doesn’t have what it takes in Libya -- Tom Fedyszyn, Toronto Star
Boots on the Ground: The Obama administration should prepare for the inevitable in Libya. To win this fight and prevent a coming anarchy, it's going to take a lot more than a no-fly zone. -- James M. Dubik, Foreign Policy
Why did Karzai spotlight Terry Jones's Quran burning? -- Tom Peter, Christian Science Monitor
Blame Hamid Karzai for massacre in Mazar -- Terry Glavin, National Post
U.S. progress in Afghanistan easier for soldiers than civilians to see -- Stephen Biddle and Michael O'Hanlon, Baltimore Sun
More Bloodshed in Syria -- Voice of America editorial
How the West Failed Ivory Coast: Violence, inaction, and a dangerous new precedent -- Simon Akam, The New Republic
A Middle East Policy in Shambles -- Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
What's Obama's Mission in Libya? -- Anthony Cordesman, Real Clear World
NATO doesn’t have what it takes in Libya -- Tom Fedyszyn, Toronto Star
Boots on the Ground: The Obama administration should prepare for the inevitable in Libya. To win this fight and prevent a coming anarchy, it's going to take a lot more than a no-fly zone. -- James M. Dubik, Foreign Policy
Why did Karzai spotlight Terry Jones's Quran burning? -- Tom Peter, Christian Science Monitor
Blame Hamid Karzai for massacre in Mazar -- Terry Glavin, National Post
U.S. progress in Afghanistan easier for soldiers than civilians to see -- Stephen Biddle and Michael O'Hanlon, Baltimore Sun
More Bloodshed in Syria -- Voice of America editorial
NATO doesn’t have what it takes in Libya -- Tom Fedyszyn, Toronto Star
Boots on the Ground: The Obama administration should prepare for the inevitable in Libya. To win this fight and prevent a coming anarchy, it's going to take a lot more than a no-fly zone. -- James M. Dubik, Foreign Policy
Why did Karzai spotlight Terry Jones's Quran burning? -- Tom Peter, Christian Science Monitor
Blame Hamid Karzai for massacre in Mazar -- Terry Glavin, National Post
U.S. progress in Afghanistan easier for soldiers than civilians to see -- Stephen Biddle and Michael O'Hanlon, Baltimore Sun
More Bloodshed in Syria -- Voice of America editorial
Why The Future Of Yemen Is So Important -- NPR
Al Qaeda Smells Blood -- Bruce Riedel, The Daily Beast
The Arab Spring and America’s Military Bases -- Alexander Cooley and Daniel H. Nexon, Foreign Affairs
China's role continues to evolve -- Frank Ching, China Post
Boots on the Ground: The Obama administration should prepare for the inevitable in Libya. To win this fight and prevent a coming anarchy, it's going to take a lot more than a no-fly zone. -- James M. Dubik, Foreign Policy
Why did Karzai spotlight Terry Jones's Quran burning? -- Tom Peter, Christian Science Monitor
Blame Hamid Karzai for massacre in Mazar -- Terry Glavin, National Post
U.S. progress in Afghanistan easier for soldiers than civilians to see -- Stephen Biddle and Michael O'Hanlon, Baltimore Sun
More Bloodshed in Syria -- Voice of America editorial
Why The Future Of Yemen Is So Important -- NPR
Al Qaeda Smells Blood -- Bruce Riedel, The Daily Beast
The Arab Spring and America’s Military Bases -- Alexander Cooley and Daniel H. Nexon, Foreign Affairs
China's role continues to evolve -- Frank Ching, China Post