Thursday, January 27, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- January 27, 2011



Russia's Struggle Against Terror And Itself -- Miriam Elder, The Atlantic

The challenges may be beyond Putin or Medvedev's reach.

The floor at Moscow's Domodedovo airport was still littered with blood and body parts when President Dmitry Medvedev met with members of the Federal Security Service on Monday night. The bomb explosion hours before, which killed 35 people and injured more than 100, was an "atrocious crime," a somber Medvedev said. "Our society and our state have been issued a brutal challenge."

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

How Russia Created Its Own Islamic Terrorism Problem -- Fareed Zakaria, Time Magazine

The Kremlin's Bold Missile Defense Gambit -- Andrew Weiss, Moscow Times

Where's the Arab Mandela when you need him? -- Richard Spencer, The Telegraph
Egypt's new Suez Crisis -- Blake Hounshell, Foreign Policy
Obama faces tough choices as protests sweep Egypt -- McClatchy News
Egypt Erupting: A Momentary Lull -- The Daily Dish/The Atlantic
Egypt protests: Can Mubarak be toppled? -- Jon Leyne, BBC
Mideast Unrest Challenges U.S. -- Wall Street Journal
The Egypt I never knew existed -- Jamal Elshayyal, Al Jazeera
Obama's Risky Path in Egypt -- Leslie H. Gelb, The Daily beast

Tunisia's uprising was three years in the making -- Borzou Daragahi, L.A. Times

Is It 1848 in the Arab World? -- John Steele Gordon, Commentary Magazine

Buy euros – the single currency is finished -- Jeff Randall, The Telegraph

What is going on in Albania? -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy

Berlusconi's Worst Nightmare -- Phillip Willan, Foreign Policy

US must pay careful attention to expanding Chinese naval forces -- Peter Brookes, China Post

From Bullets to Megabytes
-- Richard A. Falkenrath, New York Times

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