Syria Looks More Like Libya Every Day -- Rami Khouri, The Guardian
Libya saw a phased process of opposition organisation before international intervention. Syria seems to be following its lead
The continuing deterioration of the political situation inside Syria last week led the emir of Qatar to suggest that it would be appropriate to send in Arab troops to stop the killing. How seriously he meant this suggestion remains unclear. He may have been offering this as a practical proposal or merely sending a political message that the Arab world could not wait for ever as Syrians are killed by the dozen every day.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
How the World Could—And Maybe Should—Intervene in Syria -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, The Atlantic
The Arab League to Syria's President: It's Time for You to Go -- Rania Abouzeid, Time
Bomb-Bomb-Bomb, Bomb-Bomb-Iran? -- Bill Keller, New York Times
Iran: Between U.S. and a Hard Place -- Meir Javedanfar, The Diplomat
For the Muslim world, it's not a safe and easy path to modernity -- Doug Saunders, Globe And Mail
Turkey’s government is the new normal in the Middle East -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Egypt’s Economic Crisis -- New York Times editorial
Mansoor Ijaz, instigator behind Pakistan’s ‘Memogate’ -- David Ignatius,Washington Post
Sheikhs fall in love with renminbi -- M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times
Hungary’s Lurch Backward -- New York Times editorial
A Marshall plan wouldn't fix Europe's woes -- Steven Hill, The Guardian
Europe’s Debt Crisis Is Still Likely to End Badly -- Simon Johnson, Bloomberg
Escaping Afghanistan, the graveyard of empires -- Brahma Chellaney, Japan Times
The rise of the overclass -- Peter Oborne, The Telegraph