The Olympics: The London Model -- Economist
The city is trying to pull off a mightily ambitious games
WHEN London unexpectedly beat Paris in the competition to hold the 2012 Olympic games, crowds cheered, the stock market soared and politicians congratulated themselves. But Britain is a nation of self-deprecating cynics. Even on the day of the successful bid in 2005, some commentators were carping about the cost of the games and the likelihood of disruption and transport problems. A rather good BBC sitcom, “Twenty Twelve”, pokes fun at bureaucratic absurdities and snafus: in the final episode, aired on July 24th, the Olympic Deliverance Commission realises that the opening ceremony’s fireworks will trigger the surface-to-air missiles that guard the site. The solution? Virtual fireworks.
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Turkey: Forgotten Ally in a Forgotten War -- Richard Weitz, Real Clear World
The time for patience in Syria is over -- Washington post editorial
The Realist Prism: Specter of WMD Changes Debate on Syria Crisis -- Nikolas Gvosdev, World Politics Review
Syrian revolution leaves the Party of God in search of a Plan B -- Hanin Ghaddar, The National
The Strange Rise and Fall of North Korea's Business Empire in Japan -- Armin Rosen, The Atlantic
Who Will Take Care of Central Asia? -- Fyodor Lukyanov, Russia In Global Affairs
Analysis: US dilemma in South China Sea response -- Matt
The Realist Prism: Specter of WMD Changes Debate on Syria Crisis -- Nikolas Gvosdev, World Politics Review
Syrian revolution leaves the Party of God in search of a Plan B -- Hanin Ghaddar, The National
The Strange Rise and Fall of North Korea's Business Empire in Japan -- Armin Rosen, The Atlantic
Who Will Take Care of Central Asia? -- Fyodor Lukyanov, Russia In Global Affairs
Analysis: US dilemma in South China Sea response -- Matthew Pennington, AP
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Syrian revolution leaves the Party of God in search of a Plan B -- Hanin Ghaddar, The National
The Strange Rise and Fall of North Korea's Business Empire in Japan -- Armin Rosen, The Atlantic
Who Will Take Care of Central Asia? -- Fyodor Lukyanov, Russia In Global Affairs
Analysis: US dilemma in South China Sea response -- Matthew Pennington, AP
What China Learned from the Soviet Union’s Fall -- A. Greer Meisels, The Diplomat
Turning Burma’s small steps into bigger ones -- Karel Schwarzenberg, Washington Post
Romney isn’t out to make the world swoon -- Fouad Ajami, Washington Post