Monday, March 5, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- March 5, 2012



Who's Congratulating Putin? -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy

For the most part, the reactions from other world leaders to Vladimir Putin's election win are breaking down about how you'd expect them to.

The U.S. State Department issued a lukewarm statement congratulating "the Russian people on the completion of the presidential elections" and noting some improvements in the electoral process, but never mentioning Putin by name. Mitt Romney was not quite so subtle, calling the election "a mockery of the democratic process."

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Putin beats the spread.
-- Matthew Rojansky, CNN

Vladimir Putin: A 21st-century czar
-- John Stackhouse, Globe And Mail

Future of Russia: Can Putin bring genuine change to his nation? -- Korea Times

Cleaning Up in Moscow: A dispatch from Vladimir Putin's election day.
-- Julia Ioffe, Foreign Policy

Return of the strongman: Putin's 're-election' and what it means for Syria -- Michael Weiss, The Telegraph

Decoding Obama's Message on Iran -- David Ignatius, Washington Post

Before attacking Iran, Israel should learn from its 1981 strike on Iraq -- Colin H. Kahl, Washington Post

Would a Military Strike Against Iran Be Legal?
-- Peter Berkowitz, Real Clear Politics

War talk on Iran forces the issue: Is Israel a formal US ally?
-- Christian Science Monitor editorial

Goldberg Interview Can’t Disguise the Divide Between Obama and Israel -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary

A North Korean Corleone
-- Sheena Chestnut Greitens, New York Times

Did Iran Test a Nuclear Bomb in North Korea in 2010?
-- David Goldman, PJ Media

More False Dawns in Africa? -- Walter Russell Mead, American Interest

The Egypt Backlash: Is it a fantasy to believe that the United States can still promote democracy in non-democratic states? -- James Straub, Foreign Policy

Spain's sovereign thunderclap and the end of Merkel's Europe -- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph

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