Monday, January 3, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- January 3, 2011


Think Again: American Decline. This Time It's for Real. -- Gideon Rachman, Foreign Policy

This time it's different. It's certainly true that America has been through cycles of declinism in the past. Campaigning for the presidency in 1960, John F. Kennedy complained, "American strength relative to that of the Soviet Union has been slipping, and communism has been advancing steadily in every area of the world." Ezra Vogel's Japan as Number One was published in 1979, heralding a decade of steadily rising paranoia about Japanese manufacturing techniques and trade policies.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Areas to watch for progress (or a lack of) -- Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer

North Korea may continue provocations in early 2011 -- China Post

Who's dubious of China as superpower? The Chinese. -- Christina Larson, Foreign Policy

Taiwan’s surveillance role for US in doubt -- Jens Kastner, Asia Times

Down the nuclear rabbit hole -- Catherine Collins and Douglas Frantz, L.A. Times

Killing Iran's Energy Industry
-- Mark Dubowitz, Real Clear World

Rebooting our Iran policy for 2011 -- Brian Binley, The Washington Times

India’s New Position on UNSC Seen as Test for Permanent Membership
-- Alana Goodman, Commentary Magazine

Only in Londonistan: The strange story of Gurukanth Desai, and Britain's war against jihadist terror -- Praveen Swami, The Telegraph

The U.S. is dangerously silent on human rights -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post

Richard Holbrooke's Legacy: The Power of Limited War -- Time Magazine

Let's Ban Ivy League ROTC
-- Jed Babbin, American Spectator

Driving to the Future: Can China--and the World--Afford 2 Billion Cars? -- David Biello, Scientific American

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