Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- April 24, 2013



US Military Chief In Beijing Warns Of North Korea 'Miscalculation' -- Robert Marquand, Christian Science Monitor

US Joint Chiefs of Staff Dempsey is in China looking for help on North Korea. Though Beijing indicated it was 'working on' it, there are a number of reasons why China might be reluctant to push the North too hard.

Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, traveled to China this week to meet its top leaders after weeks of missile threats directed at South Korea and the US by North Korea's Kim Jong-un.

The Chinese told Dempsey of the possibility of a fourth nuclear test by the North, and advocated for a renewal of multi-party talks with the North.

Washington wants China to do more to reign in the North’s young leader, and is under pressure from Tokyo and Seoul not to allow nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles to develop on the Korean Peninsula.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Syria's energy: Mediterranean gas may be the prize -- UPI

Chemical Weapons In Syria -- David Gardner, Financial Times

Assad defies the U.S. and Russia
-- David Ignatius, Washington Post

Dithering While Damascus Burns -- Bob Corker, New York Times

Could John McCain's roadmap for intervening in Syria work? -- J. Dana Stuster, Passport/Foreign Policy

Analysis: Iran's unlikely al Qaeda ties: fluid, murky and deteriorating -- Myra MacDonald, Reuters

Rising Violence in Iraq Spurs Fears of a New Sectarian War -- Tim Arango, New York Times

Kerry calls for a ‘special relationship' with China -- Josh Rogin, The Cable/Foreign Policy

If Russia Is A 'Dying Nation' So Is Every Other Country In Eastern Europe -- Mark Adomanis, Forbes

America our great protector is looking the other way -- David Blair, The Telegraph

Bombing Probe Casts Spotlight on Awkward U.S.-Russia Security Ties
-- Simon Shuster, Time

Is Boston only the beginning of a new kind of terror? -- Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post

When Terrorists “Act Alone”
-- Max Boot, Commentary

Venezuela Answers Fraud Charges with Threats
-- Ben Cohen, Commentary

Obama and Bush, distinct men with policy overlaps -- Jim Kuhnhenn, AP

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