Syria And Iran: The Great Game -- Alastair Crooke, The Guardian
Regime change in Syria is a strategic prize that outstrips Libya – which is why Saudi Arabia and the west are playing their part.
This summer a senior Saudi official told John Hannah, Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, that from the outset of the upheaval in Syria, the king has believed that regime change would be highly beneficial to Saudi interests: "The king knows that other than the collapse of the Islamic Republic itself, nothing would weaken Iran more than losing Syria."
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After the Fall: What’s Next for Assad and Syria? -- James Anderson, World Affairs
Is Netanyahu Signaling a Preemptive Strike Against Iran? -- Joel C. Rosenberg, NRO
Not an end, but a beginning in Iraq -- Brett McGurk, Washington Post
What Syria Policy? -- Lee Smith, Weekly Standard
Worldview: Arab Spring in Cairo gives way to November chill -- Trudy Rubin, Inquirer Columnist
In Pakistan, a Census Count Turns Into a Body Count -- Huma Yusuf, New York Times
For Kenya, the Threat of a Quagmire in Somalia</
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
After the Fall: What’s Next for Assad and Syria? -- James Anderson, World Affairs
Is Netanyahu Signaling a Preemptive Strike Against Iran? -- Joel C. Rosenberg, NRO
Not an end, but a beginning in Iraq -- Brett McGurk, Washington Post
What Syria Policy? -- Lee Smith, Weekly Standard
Worldview: Arab Spring in Cairo gives way to November chill -- Trudy Rubin, Inquirer Columnist
In Pakistan, a Census Count Turns Into a Body Count -- Huma Yusuf, New York Times
For Kenya, the Threat of a Quagmire in Somalia</
Not an end, but a beginning in Iraq -- Brett McGurk, Washington Post
What Syria Policy? -- Lee Smith, Weekly Standard
Worldview: Arab Spring in Cairo gives way to November chill -- Trudy Rubin, Inquirer Columnist
In Pakistan, a Census Count Turns Into a Body Count -- Huma Yusuf, New York Times
For Kenya, the Threat of a Quagmire in Somalia -- Brian Dabbs, WPR
What's Really At Risk in a Greek Default -- Massimo Calabresi, Time
The European Union's journey towards ever-closer union has screeched to a halt -- Charles Moore, The Telegraph
'Be God's curse upon you!': the dangers of mixing satire and Islam -- Tom Chivers, The Telegraph
The U.S. as Global Power -- Conrad Black, NRO