Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- November 29, 2011



Why Did Iranian Protesters Storm The UK Embassy? -- CNN

As CNN reports, "Iranian students stormed the British Embassy in Tehran on Tuesday, breaking down the door, throwing around papers and replacing the British flag with an Iranian one." This act comes just over a week after the U.S. and UK imposed tougher sanctions on Iran.

To get perspective on both the sanctions and the storming of the embassy, I reached out to Dr. Geoffrey Kemp, who served in the White House during the first Reagan administration as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs on the National Security Council Staff. In this role, he dealt extensively with Iran.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Europe: Apocalypse now? -- Donald Sensing, Sense of Events

Bordering on defeat: Pakistan plays both sides in the Afghanistan War -- Washington Times editorial

Pakistan and America's fragile alliance will survive its latest test
-- Rob Crilly, The Telegraph

Pakistan: The Trust Deficit
-- Elise Jordan, NRO

Iran has no interest in resolving the nuclear crisis by jaw jaw
-- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph

On pins and needles and missiles in Tehran: Blast signals approaching nuclear danger -- Reza Kahlili, The Washington Times

In Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, residents see experiment with autonomy as 'illusion' -- Issam Ahmed, Christian Science Monitor

In Egypt, Will Democratic Legitimacy Trump Military Legitimacy? -- Ayman Mohyeldin, Time

In Bleak Cairo, a Call for Optimism -- Wael Ghonim, New York Times

Yemen: President Saleh may be stepping down, but the threat of civil war is growing. -- Tom Finn, Atiaf Al-Wazir, Foreign Policy

Syrians die while the world dithers
-- Irwin Cotler, The Ottawa Citizen

China in Africa: one for the future?
-- Pan Kwan Yuk, Financial Times

Obama Abandons the Working Class -- William McGurn, Wall Street Journal

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