People gather to inspect the damage to the Libyan intelligence building after a bomb explosion, in Benghazi, on Aug. 1. Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters
Worrying Signs Of Lawlessness In Libya -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
Seven Iranian Red Crescent members were abducted in downtown Benghazi yesterday. Today there were bomb blasts and a jail break.
A lot has gone right in Libya since the successful war to topple the regime of Muammar Qaddafi last year. An election was finally held last month and the country's new political leaders have avoided open fighting for power that some feared would follow in the wake of Mr. Qaddafi's ruinous time in power.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Syria after Assad -- John Allen Gay, National Interest
Russia Shouldn't Shield Syria's Chemical Weapons -- Alexander Golts, Moscow Times
An Israeli Attack on Iran Risks Messy U.S. War -- Malou Innocent & Ehud Eilam, Real Clear World/Global Post
Analysis: US, Israel differ on Iran over only 1 word -- Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post
Iranian nukes and Jerusalem: Attack plans will deter the mullahs more than sanctions -- Washington Times
The Muddle East: Whatever governments emerge, they will not be pro-Israel or pro-U.S. -- Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
Houston, We Have a Country: How American oil companies have built their own fiefdom in northern Iraq. -- Steve Levine, Foreign Policy
The South China Sea is making worrisome waves again -- Gareth Evans,
The Daily Star
China Knows the Party Can't Last Forever -- Satyajit Das, The Australian
Crippled Pakistan -- Jaswant Singh, Project Syndicate
India’s ambitions need power -- Gulf News
Africa: Why Do African Presidents Keep Dying? -- AllAfrica.com
Iranian nukes and Jerusalem: Attack plans will deter the mullahs more than sanctions -- Washington Times
The Muddle East: Whatever governments emerge, they will not be pro-Israel or pro-U.S. -- Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
Houston, We Have a Country: How American oil companies have built their own fiefdom in northern Iraq. -- Steve Levine, Foreign Policy
The South China Sea is making worrisome waves again -- Gareth Evans,
The Daily Star
China Knows the Party Can't Last Forever -- Satyajit Das, The Australian
Crippled Pakistan -- Jaswant Singh, Project Syndicate
India’s ambitions need power -- Gulf News
Africa: Why Do African Presidents Keep Dying? -- AllAfrica.com
Eurozone crisis: the bankers are happy to play Nero as Europe burns -- Simon Jenkins, The Guardian
Al-Qaeda Is Not Defeated -- Michael Rubin, Commentary
Too Much Baggage: Mitt Romney needs to fire his foreign-policy team. Yesterday. -- David Rothkopf
The Muddle East: Whatever governments emerge, they will not be pro-Israel or pro-U.S. -- Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
Houston, We Have a Country: How American oil companies have built their own fiefdom in northern Iraq. -- Steve Levine, Foreign Policy
The South China Sea is making worrisome waves again -- Gareth Evans,
The Daily Star
China Knows the Party Can't Last Forever -- Satyajit Das, The Australian
Crippled Pakistan -- Jaswant Singh, Project Syndicate
India’s ambitions need power -- Gulf News
Africa: Why Do African Presidents Keep Dying? -- AllAfrica.com
Eurozone crisis: the bankers are happy to play Nero as Europe burns -- Simon Jenkins, The Guardian
Al-Qaeda Is Not Defeated -- Michael Rubin, Commentary
Too Much Baggage: Mitt Romney needs to fire his foreign-policy team. Yesterday. -- David Rothkopf