Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- January 26, 2011



Prestowitz: Will Obama Make America Competitive? -- Clyde Prestowitz, Foreign Policy

President Obama deserves some credit for declaring the improvement of the United States' global competitiveness the focal point of the last half of his term in office. Competitiveness underpins everything else -- jobs, rising standards of living, budget surpluses in place of deficits, and the ability to project power globally. Without being economically competitive, the United States cannot be the United States. So a big nod to the president for finally focusing the American attention on the main game.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Lebanon must publish the U.N.'s finding on the Hariri murder case -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph

A victory for Hizbollah -- The Telegraph editorial

Suddenly Free to Speak, Tunisians Can't Stop -- Rania Abouzeid, Time Magazine

What will the U.S. do about Egypt? -- Blake Hounshell, Foreign Policy

Obama’s Moment to Redefine the Modern Middle East -- Max Boot, Max Boot

Will the Arab revolutions spread? -- Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy

Good News From the Middle East (Really) -- Jeffrey Goldberg and Hussein Ibish, New York Times

Moscow's Silent War Explodes -- Austin Bay, Townhall

Moscow Terror Attack: Russia Must Develop an Alternative to Islamism in the Caucasus -- Matthias Schepp, Spiegel Online

Russia's insurgency hits home -- Adrian Blomfield, The Telegraph

President Obama’s Strategic Blunder With China
-- Charles Kadlec, Forbes

A State Insult with Chinese Characteristics -- Nicholas Eberstadt, The American

The Exorbitant Dream of Arctic Oil -- Christoph Seidler, Spiegel Online

Why Today Is 1979, Not 1995
-- Peter Ferrara, American Spectator

World food prices aren’t too high – they’re too low -- Nick Cullather, Globe And Mail

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