Pro-government Syrians shout slogans and wave Syrian flags during a rally at al-Hijaz Square in Damascus, Syria, Nov. 20, 2011. The rally held here on Sunday was as part of many other protagonist rallies that have swept across Syria lately to show solidarity with embattled President Bashar al-Assad and express discontent with the international uproar against his administration. (Xinhua/Bassim)
Assad Must Go -- Max Boot, Weekly Standard
The “realist” case for Bashar al-Assad—and before him, for his father, Hafez—was that he was supposedly a pillar of stability. The Assads, we were told, were all that stood between Syria and chaos. If that was ever true, it definitely is not true now. Assad’s heavy-handed attempt to repress a revolution is not cowing the protesters. Instead it is leading growing numbers of them to take up arms. Soldiers are defecting to the Free Syrian Army, which in recent days has reportedly attacked an intelligence headquarters outside of Damascus and a Baath party headquarters inside the capital.
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Saif Qaddafi’s Capture and the End of the Arab Spring -- Martin Peretz, The New Republic
The Son Also Sets: Behind Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's Capture -- Vivienne Walt, Time
Guns cannot forever be used to rule Arab societies -- Rami G. Khouri, Daily Star
Yemen's Dangerous Power Vacuum After President Saleh -- Bruce Riedel, The Daily Beast
Arab monarchs are keeping their heads as the dictators lose theirs -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
Analysis: Ethiopia dragged reluctantly back into Somalia -- Richard Lough, Real Clear World
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Saif Qaddafi’s Capture and the End of the Arab Spring -- Martin Peretz, The New Republic
The Son Also Sets: Behind Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's Capture -- Vivienne Walt, Time
Guns cannot forever be used to rule Arab societies -- Rami G. Khouri, Daily Star
Yemen's Dangerous Power Vacuum After President Saleh -- Bruce Riedel, The Daily Beast
Arab monarchs are keeping their heads as the dictators lose theirs -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
Analysis: Ethiopia dragged reluctantly back into Somalia -- Richard Lough, Real Clear World
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The Son Also Sets: Behind Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's Capture -- Vivienne Walt, Time
Guns cannot forever be used to rule Arab societies -- Rami G. Khouri, Daily Star
Yemen's Dangerous Power Vacuum After President Saleh -- Bruce Riedel, The Daily Beast
Arab monarchs are keeping their heads as the dictators lose theirs -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
Analysis: Ethiopia dragged reluctantly back into Somalia -- Richard Lough, Real Clear World
Undeserved validation for Burma -- Washington Post editorial
Uncertain World: The Russian-Georgian war as a turning point -- Fyodor Lukyanov, RIA Novosti
Bailouts and Austerity Measures Aren't Working: Is This the Euro's Last Stand? -- Michael Schuman, Time
The euro zone: Is this really the end? -- The Economist
10 Reasons the Euro Was a Dumb Idea -- Olaf Gersemann / Die Welt / Worldcrunch
Guns cannot forever be used to rule Arab societies -- Rami G. Khouri, Daily Star
Yemen's Dangerous Power Vacuum After President Saleh -- Bruce Riedel, The Daily Beast
Arab monarchs are keeping their heads as the dictators lose theirs -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
Analysis: Ethiopia dragged reluctantly back into Somalia -- Richard Lough, Real Clear World
Undeserved validation for Burma -- Washington Post editorial
Uncertain World: The Russian-Georgian war as a turning point -- Fyodor Lukyanov, RIA Novosti
Bailouts and Austerity Measures Aren't Working: Is This the Euro's Last Stand? -- Michael Schuman, Time
The euro zone: Is this really the end? -- The Economist
10 Reasons the Euro Was a Dumb Idea -- Olaf Gersemann / Die Welt / Worldcrunch