Monday, September 24, 2012

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



Stopping Tehran's Nuclear March -- Peter Brookes, National Interest

Overshadowed in the media by the senseless violence in the Middle East and North Africa, you can’t help but wonder what new intelligence Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has that led to his demand for a tougher American stance on Iran this past weekend.

Without giving details, last week Netanyahu told CNN’s State of the Union: “They’re [Iran] moving very rapidly to completing the enrichment of the uranium that they need to produce a nuclear bomb. In six months or so, they’ll be 90 percent of the way there.”

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Israeli threats, nuclear program and Syria -- David Ignatius, Washington Post

Growing strength of Syrian opposition -- Gulf News editorial

Stopping Syria’s slaughter: What do you mean ‘we’? -- Doug Saunders, Globe and Mail

Despite Syria’s Bloodbath, Libya-Style Intervention Remains Unlikely -- Tony Karon, Time

How the Arab Spring Killed Hezbollah -- Thanassis Cambanis, The New Republic

After Protests, Tunisia’s Salafists Plot a More Radical Revolution
-- Vivienne Walt, Time

For many Arabs, it’s in with the new -- Rami G. Khouri, The Daily Star

Navigating the Nile: An Egypt Policy for the Next Four Years -- George Joffé, Foreign Affairs

Iraq is on the Wrong Side
-- New York Times editorial

Netanyahu and the US presidential election -- Susan Hattis Rolef, Jerusalem Post

America’s Inevitable Retreat From the Middle East -- Pankaj Mishra, New York Times

Does the Mideast Want an Isolationist U.S.? -- Max Boot, Commentary

Pakistan gives over to the mob -- The Australian editorial

Playing Chicken in the East China Sea -- Michael Auslin, Wall Street Journal

Is China Burning? -- Gordon Chang, Forbes


Mafias on the move: Northward creep
-- The Economist

Bernanke declares war on Canadian economy -- Bruce Stewart, Winnipeg Free Press
How High Oil Prices Will Permanently Cap Economic Growth -- Jeff Rubin, Bloomberg

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