Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- December 18, 2012



Syria: After Assad Falls, What Then? -- Haytham Manna, The Guardian

The alliance between foreign jihadists and some Syrians shows the fight for Syria will not end with the fall of the regime

It was not the supposed imminent collapse of the Syrian regime that dominated the recent meeting of the Friends of Syria in Marrakech but the thorny subject of al-Nusra, one of the armed resistance groups operating in the country, which the US has just classified as a "foreign terrorist organisation". The chairman of the Syrian National Coalition called for the US to reconsider its decision; the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamad Tayfur condemned it as wrong and hastily made. Many other statements of support for al-Nusra followed, most notably from non-Islamist members of the coalition.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

How Will Russia Manage Defeat Over Syria? -- Richard Gowan, WPR

U.S. Policy is Making Syria into an Anti-Western, Antisemitic Islamist State -- Barry Rubin, PJMedia

Iranian rulers don’t want dialogue with the US -- Wahied Wahdat-Hagh, The Commentator

Iran in 2013: Three possible crises -- Mark N. Katz, Special to CNN

Chemical warfare in the Middle East: A brief history -- Alex Joffe, Jerusalem Post/Jewish Ideas Daily

If change comes to Jordan, it won't start in Amman
-- Nicholas Seeley, Christian Science Monitor

Why Israel Has No Newtowns -- Liel Leibovitz, Tablet

Japan: regional tremors -- Japan editorial

Shinzo Abe gets a second chance to lead Japan -- Washington Post editorial

South China Sea: Has ASEAN Lost Its Credibility? – Analysis -- Eurasia Review

Pakistan: At the receiving end of fanaticism -- Anita Joshua, The Hindu

Richard Engel freed, but news blackout debate remains -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor

Next generation won’t inherit the American dream
-- Warren L. Dean Jr., Washington Times

Coming to terms with Google's power -- Paul Gillepsie, Irish Times

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