How To Halt The Butchery In Syria -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, New York Times
FOREIGN military intervention in Syria offers the best hope for curtailing a long, bloody and destabilizing civil war. The mantra of those opposed to intervention is “Syria is not Libya.” In fact, Syria is far more strategically located than Libya, and a lengthy civil war there would be much more dangerous to our interests. America has a major stake in helping Syria’s neighbors stop the killing.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Obama’s Iran options -- Michael Gerson, Washington Post
Iran: drumbeat of war has a familiar sound -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
Tunisia Steps Out: How the little country that sparked the Arab Spring is becoming a regional player for the first time. -- Alex Warren, Foreign Policy
The divisive Somalia -- Bronwyn Bruton, Khaleej Times
Nations must learn from past mistakes in helping Somalia -- Seth Kaplan, Christian Science Monitor
Crisis, What Crisis? How to Beat Back the China Bears -- Tom Orlik, Wall street Journal
Treating China as an enemy -- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph
How the U.S. Could Pressure North Korea Tomorrow: Quit the $100 Bill -- David Wolman, Time
Why is Tony Blair lending credibility to Kazakhstan’s dictator? -- Mike Harris, The Telegraph
The Thorn in Japan-Russia Ties -- Richard Weitz, The Diplomat
Nations must learn from past mistakes in helping Somalia -- Seth Kaplan, Christian Science Monitor
Crisis, What Crisis? How to Beat Back the China Bears -- Tom Orlik, Wall street Journal
Treating China as an enemy -- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph
How the U.S. Could Pressure North Korea Tomorrow: Quit the $100 Bill -- David Wolman, Time
Why is Tony Blair lending credibility to Kazakhstan’s dictator? -- Mike Harris, The Telegraph
The Thorn in Japan-Russia Ties -- Richard Weitz, The Diplomat
Russian voters deserve better than Vladimir Putin’s cynical posturing -- Toronto Star
Rudd to run for Labor leadership as Gillard comes out fighting -- Jessica Wright and Judith Ireland, Sydney Morning Herald
SEC joins running for worst rogue agency -- Phil Kerpen, FOX News
'Stupid' and Oil Prices. Obama's Forrest Gump analysis of rising gas prices. -- Wall Street Journal
Crisis, What Crisis? How to Beat Back the China Bears -- Tom Orlik, Wall street Journal
Treating China as an enemy -- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph
How the U.S. Could Pressure North Korea Tomorrow: Quit the $100 Bill -- David Wolman, Time
Why is Tony Blair lending credibility to Kazakhstan’s dictator? -- Mike Harris, The Telegraph
The Thorn in Japan-Russia Ties -- Richard Weitz, The Diplomat
Russian voters deserve better than Vladimir Putin’s cynical posturing -- Toronto Star
Rudd to run for Labor leadership as Gillard comes out fighting -- Jessica Wright and Judith Ireland, Sydney Morning Herald
SEC joins running for worst rogue agency -- Phil Kerpen, FOX News
'Stupid' and Oil Prices. Obama's Forrest Gump analysis of rising gas prices. -- Wall Street Journal