Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- November 23, 2011



Medvedev Announces Failure Of U.S.-Russia Missile Defense Talks; Threatens To Withdraw From New START -- Josh Rogin,

The U.S.-Russian talks to cooperate on missile defense have apparently failed, as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced a series of retaliatory measures today aimed at giving Russia the ability to destroy the American-led system in Eastern Europe.

In a statement to the "citizens of Russia" on Wednesday, Medvedev announced that the year-long negotiations between the President Barack Obama's administration and its Russian counterparts to find a way to work together on what's known as the European Phased Adaptive Approach to ballistic missile defense were over. Medvedev said Russia was unable to attain written assurances from the United States that the system would not and could not be used to counter Russia's ballistic missile force. Medvedev announced several aggressive Russian moves to counter the U.S. system, and also threatened to withdraw from the New START nuclear reductions treaty in retaliation.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Medvedev and missile defense
-- David E. Hoffman, Foreign Policy

How Russia Views the Reset -- Andranik Migranyan, The National Interest

Russia needs to put down the missiles and relax -- Matt Gurney, National Post

Truth Squad: Has the U.S. "dismantled" the Taliban? -- Jennifer Rizzo, CNN

Q & A: Afghanistan: The Final Front -- James Kitfield, National Journal

Egypt’s Doomed Election
-- Andrew S. Reynolds, New York Times

Ahdaf Soueif in Cairo: 'By early evening it was clear that this was Revolution II' -- Ahdaf Soueif, The Guardian

Analysis: Egypt divided over military rule as violent protests keep going -- National Post

The Arab Winter Approaches
-- Bruce Thornton, Defining Ideas

Springtime in Sudan -- David Ottaway, Foreign Policy

Fighting the Lord's Resistance Army Will Take More Than Guns -- Russ Feingold, The Atlantic

Greece is broke, and so is its concept of democracy -- Michael Walker, Globe And Mail

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