Monday, November 28, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- November 28, 2011



The Eurozone Really Has Only Days To Avoid Collapse -- Wolfgang Munchau, Financial Times

In virtually all the debates about the eurozone I have been engaged in, someone usually makes the point that it is only when things get bad enough, the politicians finally act – eurobond, debt monetisation, quantitative easing, whatever. I am not so sure. The argument ignores the problem of acute collective action.

Last week, the crisis reached a new qualitative stage. With the spectacular flop of the German bond auction and the alarming rise in short-term rates in Spain and Italy, the government bond market across the eurozone has ceased to function.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

What Happened in Pakistan?
-- Jonathan Foreman, National Review

After NATO strike, can US-Pakistan relations be patched up one more time? -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor

The Syria-Iran-Turkey Triangle: A New War Scenario in the Middle East -- Global Research

Seeking counsel from a wise man of the Arab world
-- David Ignatius, Washington Post

Egypt’s Islamists: Betting on the Ballot Box
-- Ursula Lindsey, Al-Akhbar

Iran is not the monster it's made out to be – yet
-- Patrick Cockburn, The Independent

Winds of Change in the Levant -- Michael J. Totten, Commentary

Red China Remains a Threat
-- Joseph A. Bosco, Weekly Standard

China: Children of the Revolution -- Jeremy Page, Wall Street Journal

Croatia, the next Greece -- Jeffrey T. Kuhner, The Washington Times

Are Germany and France Drifting Apart? -- New York Times

In Euro Collapse Who's Better Prepared: Well Armed Swiss, Disarmed Brits
-- Daniel J. Mitchell, Townhall

The Euro Area Is Coming to an End
-- Peter Boone and Simon Johnson, Bloomberg

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