Thursday, December 13, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- December 13, 2012



North Korea's Missile Antics -- Baltimore Sun

Our view: The country's young ruler, Kim Jong Un, reboots the threats and intimidation of his late father

Under its new ruler, Kim Jong Un, North Korea has reverted to its old tactics of provocation and aggression with the launch this week of a long-range missile it claims was intended to put the country's first satellite into orbit. It's unclear whether the satellite made it into orbit, but that really isn't the point. The U.S. and its allies fear the country's space program is just an excuse to develop technology that can be used to build nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles, and Wednesday's launch showed the North Koreans are making progress toward that goal.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

DPRK rockets to same tune -- The Australian

Stand firm against North Korea -- Washington Post editorial

Start Shaming China For North Korea's Nuclear Missile Violations -- IBD Editorial

Egypt's soul on the verge of being shredded
-- Waleed Aly, Sydney Morning Herald

News Analysis: Egypt faces chaos, division over constitutional referendum -- Xinhuanet

Better a Pharaoh or a Tempest? -- Fouad Ajami, Tablet

Scuds in Syria -- Jerusalem Post editorial

Q&A: What comes after 2014 in Afghanistan? -- Kyle Almond, CNN

French in Denial as Crisis Deepens -- Romain Leick, Spiegel Online

China’s Ghost Towns Won’t Have a Hard Landing
-- Clive Crook, Bloomberg

Towards a larger Asia-Pacific security architecture -- Kanwal Sibal, Telegraph India

Putin's Do-Nothing Speech -- Vladimir Ryzhkov, The Moscow Times

Who would win Venezuela's battle to succeed Chavez?
-- Simeon Tegel, Global Post

The moral choices on interrogations
-- David Ignatius, Washington Post

Global Internet Diplomacy
-- New York Times editorial

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