Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- June 19, 2012

Iranian diplomat and negotiator Ali Bagheri attends a meeting with the media in Moscow on June 18, 2012. Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters

Deadlocked, Iran And Western Nuclear Negotiators Agree Only To Keep Talking -- Tony Karon, Time

No breakthroughs achieved as both sides dig in, overestimating their leverage

UPDATED: The Moscow nuclear talks between Iran and world powers broke up Tuesday with agreement only to continue “technical” discussions at lower levels — and leaving diplomatic efforts to resolve the standoff essentially deadlocked.”The choice is Iran’s,” said Catherine Ashton, leader of the delegation representing Western powers, China and Russia. “We expect Iran to decide whether it is willing to make diplomacy work to focus on concrete confidence-building steps and to address the concerns of the international community. But there’s a very, very long way to go.”

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Face to Face with Syria's Apocalypse -- Christoph Reuter, Spiegel Online

Britain fires first shot for military intervention in Syria -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph

More Rhetoric to Encourage Syria Intervention -- Raven Clabough, New American

Egypt revolution suffers crushing blow
-- Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times

Egypt’s generals grab for power -- Washington Post editorial

A looming power struggle in Egypt -- Hussein Ibish, NOW Lebanon

Divorcing Pakistan -- Andrew J. Bacevich, L.A. Times

Analysis: Somali rebels bruised, but may dodge knockout blow -- Richard Lough, Reuters

Nigeria’s religious war could help spread the al-Qaeda franchise -- Araminta Wordsworth, National Post

Shimon Peres says: Two states for two peoples -- Shimon Peres, L.A. Times

French Election Results Explain Why France Is Failing -- Bruce Walker, New American

France vows to spend its way out of recession, but such state-sponsored growth in the midst of a debt crisis is the height of gross irresponsibility -- Ruth Sunderland, Daily Mail

Devising a road map to rescue the euro -- Washington Post editorial

Avoiding a global catastrophe -- Lawrence Summers, Washington Post

No whispers this time: Obama happy to meet with Russia's Putin
-- Andrew Malcolm, Investors.com

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