Thursday, April 12, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- April 12, 2012



Iran Nuclear Talks: Why The Trust Gap Is So Great -- Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor

Part of the reason for Iran's distrust lies in the CIA's infiltration of a UN weapons inspection team in Iraq in the 1990s.


Any "success" in new nuclear talks between Iran and world powers will depend on bridging a trust gap that has widened since the last round of talks failed 15 months ago.

In that time, Iran has advanced its uranium enrichment expertise and material stockpiles, and not resolved questions about possible past nuclear weapons-related efforts.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

The Menu of Options in the Iranian Nuclear Talks -- Jay Newton-Small, Time

Israel has to give Iran nuclear talks a chance -- Haaretz editorial

Assad's last chance -- The Hindu editorial

A Tale of Two Revolutions: Syrian Refugees in Libya Compare Uprisings -- Abigail Hauslohner, Time

Islamists Inside the Gates -- Matthew Kaminski, Wall Street Journal

Will Israel and Lebanon's new naval partnership last?
-- Allison Good, Foreign Policy

Why North Korea is again taking aim
-- Daniel Flitton, Sydney Morning Herald

Failure is an option for North Korea satellite ... then what? -- James Oberg, MSNBC

A Funny Thing Happened on the Road to China’s Rise to Global Power….-- Max Boot, Commentary

While We Dither On Oil, It's Drill, Beijing, Drill -- IBD Editorial

The Coup in Mali Is Only the Beginning -- Susanna Wing, Foreign Affairs

State Failure in North Africa -- Michael Leigh, Real Clear World

Uncertainty about Spain Worries Euro Zone
-- David Böcking, Spiegel Online

Time to put the doomed euro out of its misery -- Jeremy Warner, The Telegraph

Russian Oligarch Hires Army of D.C. Lobbyists -- Daniel Halper, Weekly Standard

Economically Inept France Crawls Toward An Election Disaster -- Kyle Smith, Forbes

After Chávez, The Narcostate
-- Roger F. Noriega, Foreign Policy

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