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Dear Ayatollah Khamenei: Go Ahead, Shut Down That Strait -- David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy
President Barack Obama's political advisors look at the prospect of high oil prices and get heart palpitations. Vice President Joseph Biden hinted at their anxieties when he said, "I think we'll be beaten -- if we are -- by something happening in the eurozone or something happening in the Gulf, which could be difficult for us."
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Iran Watch: War games or mind games? -- Uri Friedman, Foreign Policy
Is Washington undermining Israel’s campaign against Iran? -- Paul Koring, Globe and Mail
Iran’s Win, Win, Win Bomb: Nuclear capability and feigned lunacy are a winning combo for a rogue regime. -- Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
How concerned is Iran about sanctions? -- Ethel C. Fenig, American Thinker
Why not a ‘Syrian plan’ for Afghanistan? -- Washington Post editorial
Maikel Nabil Sanad draws back the curtain on Egypt’s military -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Federalism is unlikely in Libya, however, decentralization is probable -- Wolfram Lacher, The Daily Star
Rebels on the Rise in Northern Mali -- Daniel Brode, New York Times
The Sahel falls apart -- Philippe Leymarie, Le Monde Diplomatique
Is Africa the Next Asia? -- Richard Aidoo, The Diplomat
News Analysis: Israe
Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Iran Watch: War games or mind games? -- Uri Friedman, Foreign Policy
Is Washington undermining Israel’s campaign against Iran? -- Paul Koring, Globe and Mail
Iran’s Win, Win, Win Bomb: Nuclear capability and feigned lunacy are a winning combo for a rogue regime. -- Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
How concerned is Iran about sanctions? -- Ethel C. Fenig, American Thinker
Why not a ‘Syrian plan’ for Afghanistan? -- Washington Post editorial
Maikel Nabil Sanad draws back the curtain on Egypt’s military -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Federalism is unlikely in Libya, however, decentralization is probable -- Wolfram Lacher, The Daily Star
Rebels on the Rise in Northern Mali -- Daniel Brode, New York Times
The Sahel falls apart -- Philippe Leymarie, Le Monde Diplomatique
Is Africa the Next Asia? -- Richard Aidoo, The Diplomat
News Analysis: Israe
How concerned is Iran about sanctions? -- Ethel C. Fenig, American Thinker
Why not a ‘Syrian plan’ for Afghanistan? -- Washington Post editorial
Maikel Nabil Sanad draws back the curtain on Egypt’s military -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Federalism is unlikely in Libya, however, decentralization is probable -- Wolfram Lacher, The Daily Star
Rebels on the Rise in Northern Mali -- Daniel Brode, New York Times
The Sahel falls apart -- Philippe Leymarie, Le Monde Diplomatique
Is Africa the Next Asia? -- Richard Aidoo, The Diplomat
News Analysis: Israel-Greece ties: not all about Turkey -- Adam Gonn, Xinhuanet
Saving Private Sarkozy -- Luc Debieuvre, Gulf News
The U.S.-Russia Reset Is Over -- Charles Grant, Real Clear World/Centre for European Reform
Obama and the Eisenhower Standard -- Fouad Ajami, Real Clear World/Wall Street Journal
China’s Getting Our Oil Because of Obama, Says Canada PM -- Alana Goodman, Commentary
Why not a ‘Syrian plan’ for Afghanistan? -- Washington Post editorial
Maikel Nabil Sanad draws back the curtain on Egypt’s military -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Federalism is unlikely in Libya, however, decentralization is probable -- Wolfram Lacher, The Daily Star
Rebels on the Rise in Northern Mali -- Daniel Brode, New York Times
The Sahel falls apart -- Philippe Leymarie, Le Monde Diplomatique
Is Africa the Next Asia? -- Richard Aidoo, The Diplomat
News Analysis: Israel-Greece ties: not all about Turkey -- Adam Gonn, Xinhuanet
Saving Private Sarkozy -- Luc Debieuvre, Gulf News
The U.S.-Russia Reset Is Over -- Charles Grant, Real Clear World/Centre for European Reform
Obama and the Eisenhower Standard -- Fouad Ajami, Real Clear World/Wall Street Journal
China’s Getting Our Oil Because of Obama, Says Canada PM -- Alana Goodman, Commentary