Monday, May 21, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- May 21, 2012



Nato And G8 Summits: What Did We Learn On Afghanistan, Aid And The Euro? -- Ewen MacAskill, The Guardian

Barack Obama was joined by world leaders in Camp David and Chicago for intensive talks. But did they make any progress?

World leaders will fly home from Chicago on Monday night after completing some of the most intensive negotiations of the year on issues ranging from eradicating hunger to resolution of the eurozone crisis and ending the Afghanistan war.

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COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS

Beyond Afghanistan, a weakened NATO can still write its own future -- Kurt Volker, Christian Science Monitor

Obama’s Afghanistan Problem: Neither Karzai Nor the Taliban Like the 'Reconciliation' Script -- Tony Karon, Time

“Afghan Good Enough” -- Max Boot, Commentary

Afghanistan: The New Great Game
-- Jerry Meyerle, National Interest

How to Avoid a War With Iran -- Matthew bunn and Abbas Maleki, Foreign Policy

Mission creep in Yemen -- L.A. Times editorial

A Spasm of Violence: How Lebanon is Threatened by Syria's Rebellion
-- Rania Abouzeid, Time

The story of Megrahi’s release must now be told -- The Telegraph editorial

Is Libya Long for This World? -- Michael J. Totten, Commentary

After the Arab spring: Egypt votes this week — what nation will emerge? -- Judith Miller, New York Post

In China, Fear at the Top -- Roderick MacFarquhar, New York Times

Europe is driving full-tilt, foot on the pedal, into a brick wall -- Boris Johnson, The Telegraph

With Europe on the brink, the U.K. faces its own crises. -- Niall Ferguson, Daily Beast

France is in worse shape than it seems -- Globe and Mail editorial

Ratcheting Up The Crisis In Europe -- Walter Russell Mead, American Interest

Rising US recession risk poses the real threat to Europe -- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph

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