Thursday, October 25, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- October 25, 2012

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) meets with members of the Assembly of Experts in Tehran March 8, 2012. (photo by REUTERS)

Why Khamenei Will Compromise -- Meir Javedanfar, Al Monitor

The Iranian regime is currently facing tough open-ended sanctions. Judging by the recent presidential foreign-policy debate, there is no end on the horizon as neither candidate would be willing to reduce sanctions unless Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei backs down.

The economic challenges posed by the current sanctions are by far the biggest foreign-induced challenge that Khamenei has faced since assuming the role in 1989.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Iran's Bloody Power Play -- Tony Badran, NOW Lebanon

Syria’s war spills into Lebanon -- Washington Post editorial

Lebanon’s troubles don’t include civil war -- Rami G. Khouri, The Daily Star

How Iran Plays the U.S. -- Sohrab Ahmari, Commentary

Analysis: Sudan strike - A blow to Iran -- Yaakov Lappin, Jerusalem Post

Somalia’s new chance at a peaceful future -- Anthony Banbury, Washington Post

Last post on US politics and the Benghazi attack -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor

Inside Turkey’s Kurdish insurgency: No sex, no swearing, no Quran
-- Roy Gutman, McClatchy Newspapers

How Pakistan blaming the West hides a war on women -- Roya Hakakian, Washington Post

Ukraine’s Troubling Trends -- Hillary Rodham Clinton and Catherine Ashton, New York Times

Savile and the BBC -- Irish Times

Could drug decriminalization save Brazil’s slums? -- Max Fisher, Washington Post

Obama, Romney offer no clear path on sequestration -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post

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