Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- September 4, 2012

Can Science Prevent The Great Global Food Crisis? -- Michael Hanlon, The Telegraph

Previous agricultural revolutions have saved us from starvation – and we need another one now, says Michael Hanlon.

The storm is coming. One of the great dependables of modern life – cheap food – may be about to disappear. If a growing number of economists and scientists are to be believed, we are witnessing a historic transition: from an era when the basics of life have been getting ever more affordable, to a new period when they are ever more expensive.

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COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS

As Egypt’s Islamists Cement Their Rule, Can Secularists Reclaim the Revolution?
-- Ashraf Khalil, Time

Suicide attack on US car in Pakistan shows resistance to offensive
-- Taha Siddiqui, Christian Science Monitor

When It Pays to Talk to Terrorists
-- Paul Thomas Chamberlin, New York Times

Asian Nationalism at Sea
-- Joseph S. Nye, Project Syndicate

The World’s Gaze Turns to the South Pacific -- Luke Hunt, The Diplomat

China’s model of one-party rule and open trade attracts African states -- Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun

Corruptistan: Meet the oil barons, fashion divas, and ruling families of Central Asia. -- Katherin Machalek, Foreign Policy

Russia turns its gaze eastward with APEC economic summit
-- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor

Kremlin Fanning Ethnic And Religious Tensions -- Nikolai Petrov, Moscow Times

Understanding Obama’s and Romney’s foreign policy differences -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post

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