Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- July 24, 2012



Deadly Iraq Bombings And A Reawakening Insurgency -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor

The Iraq war is over for the US, and the country is a more stable place than at the height of its civil war. But the Sunni insurgency never really died, and Syria is adding some fuel.

After a series of attacks across Iraq yesterday left 115 people dead and scores more wounded, a simple reality must be acknowledged: Iraq's insurgency against the central government installed by a US-led coalition nine years ago never really ended. It has simply morphed into something smaller and more intermittent.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

U.S. contemplating 'an Assad aftermath' -- Barbara Starr, CNN

Five Syria Nightmares: The Middle East Can’t Live with Assad, but Living Without Him Won’t Be Easy -- Tony Karon, Time

Toppling Iran's Unsteady Regime -- Emanuele Ottolenghi, Wall Street Journal

For Iran, learn from Iraq 1991-94 -- Bennett Ramberg, Politico

With Iran, deterrence won’t work -- Gil Lahav, New York Daily News

China failing economic vision test -- Kevin Rafferty, Japan Times

Tibetan prime minister: Tibet is the key to democratizing China
-- Josh Rogin, The Cable

India’s Military Comes of Age: The BrahMos Missile -- James R. Holmes, The Diplomat

What's working in Pakistan -- Peter Bergen, CNN

Obama Didn’t Owe Taliban a Victory Plan -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary

Putin's Recipe for Disaster -- Victor Davidoff, Moscow Times

The End of the Affair: Four years after Barack Obama's landmark Berlin speech, the transatlantic alliance is fading fast. What went wrong? -- Mark Leonard, Foreign Policy

Austerity forcing regions to reject Madrid's power -- Paddy Woodworth, Irish Times

What is Washington up to in the Chaco region? -- Nikolas Kozloff, Al Jazeera

Why the Obama administration's pragmatism is a failing strategy -- Kori Schake, Shadow Government/Foreign Policy

Olympic Committee's Refusal To Honor Israeli Athletes Is Gold-Medal Cowardice
-- IBD editorial

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