Thursday, August 30, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 30, 2012

Refugees from the northern Syrian City of Azaz make the best of their situation at the Bab al-Salama border crossing in Kilis, Turkey. Thousands of internally displaced refugees are now living in this border region unable to cross into Turkey for asylum. Javier Manzano

Amid Squalor And Fear On Turkish Border, Syrians Make Plea For Safe Zone -- Tom Peter, Christian Science Monitor

So many Syrians have shown up along the Turkish border, hoping to cross and enter a refugee camp, that Turkey is calling on the international community to create a safe zone for them inside Syria.

In this camp that has sprung up along the Turkish border, 5,000 Syrians who have fled their country's civil war live under covered vehicle lanes on an unfinished section of the Syrian border, waiting to cross into Turkey or return to their homes. Sleeping out in the open on asphalt and scrounging for clean water, they hope that they will be allowed into Turkey, where they can find a truly safe haven in an established refugee camp.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Five Reasons Why the Assad Regime Survives -- Tony Karon, Time

Morsy takes on the world -- David Kenner, Foreign Policy

Iraq backing Iran -- Bill Gertz, The Washington Times

Iran's charm offensive at NAM summit thwarted by Syria, nuclear work -- Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor

Non-aligned bust
-- Daily Star editorial

Confederacy of Dunces: What the meeting in Tehran says about America's standing in the Middle East. -- Aaron David Miller, Foreign Policy

Iran's Nuclear Quest
-- New York Times editorial

Gillard vows to stay the course in Afghanistan
-- Dylan Welch, Brisbane Times

What's behind the China - Japan island dispute? -- Donald Kirk, Christian Science Monitor

Everything You Think You Know About China Is Wrong: Are we obsessing about its rise when we should be worried about its fall? -- Minxin Pei, Foreign Policy

Putin's perks
-- The Economist

What Awaits Pussy Riot Musicians in Prison -- Natalya Krainova, Moscow Times

We'll all shiver if Germany can't shake economic cold -- David McWilliams, Independent.ie

Latin America's Autocrats Fail Marx's Survival Test -- Fabio Rafael Fiallo, Real Clear World

Why Bother: The New Isolationism: As Americans’ support for Middle East engagement wanes, so does our influence there. -- Victor Davis Hanson, NRO

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