Mexico Election: How Enrique Peña Nieto Won Himself and His Party the Presidency -- Tim Padgett, Time
Mexico's President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto took up the centrist mantle of his Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) — which once stood for little more than amassing power (and keeping it for over seven decades) — and outflanked rival liberals and conservatives
Shortly before he was assassinated in 1994, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio admitted he had a dilemma. The long dictatorial reign of Colosio’s Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which had ruled Mexico since 1929, was under threat from two increasingly potent opposition groups: the conservative National Action Party (PAN) and the leftist Democratic Revolution Party (PRD). While the PAN and PRD represented genuine political philosophies, the PRI stood for little more than amassing power — and holding onto it in the most corrupt manner possible. Colosio knew the PRI had to bring something more meaningful than fraud to the ballot box.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Back to the bad old days? Mexico poised to return PRI to power. -- Chicago Tribune editorial
Mexico's election and why we should care -- José R. Cárdenas, Shadow Government/Foreign Policy
Disorganized Like a Fox: Why it's a great thing that the Syrian opposition is fragmented. -- Elizabeth O'Bagy, Foreign Policy
Russia's outreach to Syria's opposition hints at policy pivot -- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor
Russians and Syrians, Allied by History and Related by Marriage -- Ellen Barry, New York Times
Anticipate new threats as Iran sanctions bite -- National Editorial
Iran: Bombing or the bomb? -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
For Iran, sanctions are a price worth paying to preserve the Islamic republic -- Hadi Kahalzadeh and John Schiemann, The Guardian
Egypt Policy Shows How Well Obama Has Managed America’s Decline -- Peter Beinart, Daily Beast
Managing the relationship with Egypt -- Michele Dunne, Washington Post
Could attacks on Kenyan churches spark violent Christian backlash? -- Fredrick Nzwili, Christian Science Monitor
British deaths in Afghanistan: How the war has fallen out at home -- Ben Arnoldy, Christian Science Monitor
Crippled, Chaotic Pakistan -- New York Times editorial
Is India ill at ease operating in China's backyard? -- Harsh V. Pant, Japan Times
Has Beijing kept its side of the bargain with Hong Kong? -- Jonathan Fenby, The Telegraph
The euro crisis: A real mess -- The Economist
Europe’s Great Illusion -- Paul Krugman, New York Times
Why Romney Is a Foreign Policy Lightweight -- Fred Kaplan, Slate
Romney’s Foreign-Policy Team: Anyone Home? -- Eli Lake, Daily Beast
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