The U.S. Is Spinning Its Wheels in Afghanistan, No Matter What Troop Levels Obama Maintains -- Tony Karon, Time
President Obama will announce on Wednesday the size of the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan that he will order in July in keeping with the symbolic drawdown he has promised. His top military men appear to want to keep most combat troops in the field for at least another two years; other advisers want the withdrawal to involve substantial numbers of troops and an accelerated schedule. But the number of U.S. troops deployed in Afghanistan appears increasingly unlikely to decisively determine the outcome of the war.
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The Phony Afghan Drawdown -- Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast
How to Handle the Infuriating Hamid Karzai -- Max Boot, Real Clear World
Pakistan's Most Powerful Man: The General in His Labyrinth -- Omar Waraich, Time
Hezbollah’s Miscalculation in Syria -- Judith Levy, Pajamas Media
South China Sea dispute continues to escalate -- Frank Ching, The China Post
On the Economy, Be Careful What You Wish For: A major shift in global economic power is approaching. Can the U.S. cope? -- Ian Bremmer, Foreign Policy
North Korea's economy: Exogenous zones. An opening for Chinese investment in a benighted country -- The Economist<
Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
The Phony Afghan Drawdown -- Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast
How to Handle the Infuriating Hamid Karzai -- Max Boot, Real Clear World
Pakistan's Most Powerful Man: The General in His Labyrinth -- Omar Waraich, Time
Hezbollah’s Miscalculation in Syria -- Judith Levy, Pajamas Media
South China Sea dispute continues to escalate -- Frank Ching, The China Post
On the Economy, Be Careful What You Wish For: A major shift in global economic power is approaching. Can the U.S. cope? -- Ian Bremmer, Foreign Policy
North Korea's economy: Exogenous zones. An opening for Chinese investment in a benighted country -- The Economist<
Pakistan's Most Powerful Man: The General in His Labyrinth -- Omar Waraich, Time
Hezbollah’s Miscalculation in Syria -- Judith Levy, Pajamas Media
South China Sea dispute continues to escalate -- Frank Ching, The China Post
On the Economy, Be Careful What You Wish For: A major shift in global economic power is approaching. Can the U.S. cope? -- Ian Bremmer, Foreign Policy
North Korea's economy: Exogenous zones. An opening for Chinese investment in a benighted country -- The Economist
The Sudan Crisis: Obama’s Hypocrisy and Culpability -- Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, The New Republic
Guantanamo is the place to try terrorists -- Mitch McConnell, Washington Post
Operation Barbarossa -- Jim Lacey, NRO
Hezbollah’s Miscalculation in Syria -- Judith Levy, Pajamas Media
South China Sea dispute continues to escalate -- Frank Ching, The China Post
On the Economy, Be Careful What You Wish For: A major shift in global economic power is approaching. Can the U.S. cope? -- Ian Bremmer, Foreign Policy
North Korea's economy: Exogenous zones. An opening for Chinese investment in a benighted country -- The Economist
The Sudan Crisis: Obama’s Hypocrisy and Culpability -- Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, The New Republic
Guantanamo is the place to try terrorists -- Mitch McConnell, Washington Post
Operation Barbarossa -- Jim Lacey, NRO