Opinions, Commentaries, And Editorials -- July 7, 2009

U.S. President Barack Obama, center right, and first lady Michelle Obama, center left, greet graduates and audience members after giving a speech at the National Economic School graduation in Moscow, Tuesday, July 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Desperate Deal: Obama's Moscow Giveaway -- Ralph Peters, New York Post

PRESIDENT Obama went to Moscow desperate for the appearance of a foreign-policy success. He got that illusion -- at a substantial cost to America's security.

The series of signing ceremonies in a grand Kremlin hall and the litany of agreements, accords and frameworks implied that the United States benefited from all the fuss. We didn't.

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OPINIONS, COMMENTARIES, AND EDITORIALS

Unresolved Issues Between Washington and Moscow -- Stratfor

Obama Gambles on a Russian Wedge -- Joshua Tucker, The New Republic

America's Arms Control Amnesia -- Keith Paine, Wall Street Journal

Arms Control Amnesia - Keith B. Payne, Wall Street Journal opinion

Don't Abandon Russia's Democrats -- Boris Nemstov, Wall Street Journal opinion

What's at Stake -- Frank J. Gaffney Jr., Washington Times opinion

A Good Start on Restarting US-Russia Engagement -- Los Angeles Times editorial

China's Uighur Conundrum -- John Gittings, The Guardian opinion

Xinjiang: From Class Struggle to Ethnic Strife -- Jian Junbo, Asia Times opinion

A Jump Start For Iraq's Private Sector -- John Nagl and Daniel Rice, Wall Street Journal

Little Hope for Progress in G-8 Summit -- Anne Seith, Der Spiegel

Green Light to Bomb Iran -- Washington Times editorial

Bibi's Choice -- Peter Berkowitz, Weekly Standard opinion

Post-election Showdown -- Asieh Mir, Washington Times opinion

Mullahs on My Mind -- Reuel Marc Gerecht, Weekly Standard opinion