Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- February 1, 2011

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Mubarak One Step Closer To Out -- Blake Hounshell, Foreign Policy

In a few minutes, according to Al Arabiya, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will speak and offer a "solution" to his country's unrest -- perhaps by agreeing not to run in this September's upcoming presidential election. Such an announcement would be an epic moment for the Middle East, and for Mubarak, who once said he would serve as Egypt's president "until my last breath."

Meanwhile, the New York Times is reporting that U.S. President Barack Obama -- through retired diplomat Frank Wisner -- has told Mubarak he shouldn't run again:

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Egypt crisis: Israel faces danger in every direction -- David Horowitz, The Telegraph

Iran Cracks Down While Egypt Cracks Up -- Barbara Slavin, Foreign Policy

The Atom in Pakistan -- Richard Fernandez, Pajamas Media

A Glimmer of Hope Over Iran? -- Robert Dreyfus, The Diplomat

Airport Bombing Serves as Wake-Up Call -- Nikolai Petrov, Moscow Times

China's Insight into Human Nature -- Bill Costello, American Thinker

Maintaining American Military Power In an Age of Uncertainty -- Michael Horowitz, Small Wars Journal

A contrarian view of how 'austerity' bleeds Japan -- Gregory Clark, Japan Times

Is the Facebook Fad Ending? -- John R. Quain, Fox News

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials On Egypt

Hosni Mubarak, Troublesome Ally -- By Max Boot, Real Clear World
Does Egypt Miss Dubya? Misunderestimating Democracy’s Appeal -- Sean Higgins, Investors.com
Egypt's unrest may have roots in food prices, U.S. Fed policy -- McClatchy News
'Sky will not fall in' if Muslim Brotherhood gains power in Egypt -- CNN
'Pharaohs-in-Waiting': The Uncertain History of Mubarak's Succession Plans -- J.J. Gould,Tthe Atlantic
Prepare for the worst -- Barry Rubin, Ottawa Citizen
Egyptian Military Proving to Be Rival Power Center to Mubarak -- Tony Karon, Time Magazine
The Root: The Sparks Behind The Egypt Protests -- Sunni M. Khalid, NPR
How Egypt's Opposition Got a More Youthful Mojo -- Aryn Baker, Time Magazine
Thousands gather at Egypt protest (Analysis) -- BBC
Egypt Protests: No Islamist Plot to Oust Mubarak -- Babak Dehghanpisheh, Yahoo News/The Daily Beast
Be wary of the Brotherhood -- The Australian editorial
Why didn't the Obama administration see this coming? -- Will Inboden, Foreign Policy
Egypt’s Military in the Crosshairs -- Ashraf Khalil, Foreign Policy
Arab Revolutions: From Tunisia To Egypt, Is This The Beginning Of A Domino Effect? -- Cara Parks, Huffington Post
The Middle East 2011: how does it compare with Eastern Europe 1989? -- Adrian michaels, The Telegraph
A democratic Egypt or a state of hate? -- Richard Cohen, Washington Post
Egypt revolt is 'step towards Islamic Middle East' -- AFP
Views: Life on hold in Egypt -- BBC
A second chance for democracy in Egypt -- L.A. times editorial
Can Hosni hang on? -- Blake Hounshell, Foreign Policy
Arabs' urge for self-government shouldn't be a surprise -- Michael Gerson
Misconceptions about the Egyptian crisis -- Washington Post editorial
The Egyptians hate us -- Washington Times editorial
A realist policy for Egypt -- Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy
Support Mubarak -- Tony Blankley, Washington Times
It's Egypt's decision -- L.A. Times editorial

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