Saturday, August 1, 2009

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 1, 2009

Barack Obama meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul
(Photo from The Independent)

The Taliban Rising: US Seems Clueless In A'Stan -- Amir Taheri, New York Post

WHAT do you do if you run out of ideas on Afghanistan? If you're President Obama's special envoy Richard Holbrooke, you call for a dialogue with the Taliban.

Holbrooke isn't the only one to play the old "talk to the Taliban" tune as if it were this summer's hit. British Foreign Secretary David Milliband has also urged NATO to bring the Taliban "into the picture" -- a stance Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised this week.

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COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS

Seven Countries That Are Furious at Obama -- Phil Levy, Foreign Policy

China, North Korea and Dictatorship -- Reuben Johnson, Weekly Standard

Beijing's Winning Stimulus -- Zachary Karabell, The New Republic

China Stretches for Its Own 'Near Abroad' -- M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times

China Far More Competent Than West - Martin Jacques, The Independent

Iran at the Crossroads - Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, International Herald Tribune

Afghanistan: From Forgotten War to Long War - Balint Szlanko, WPR

Israel and Palestine: Not as Gloomy as It Looks - The Economist

'We Are Organizing the Resistance' - Manuel Zelaya, Der Spiegel

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