Thursday, January 24, 2013

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- January 24, 2013


Young Kim Tests Washington -- Wall Street Journal

Pyongyang expects a new payoff after a third nuclear test.

North Korea's National Defense Commission, the country's most powerful body, on Thursday threatened a "higher level" test of a nuclear warhead "targeted at the U.S." The impending test is no surprise, since satellite photos showed preparations almost a year ago.

More striking is the vitriol directed at the United Nations Security Council, which on Tuesday approved new sanctions on the North as punishment for its December 12 missile test. Pyongyang accused the other members of the Council of "backstage dealings with the U.S." and "blind hand-raising." That can only be read as a swipe against China, the Kim family's main international patron.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Iran’s Agenda: Why Tehran Plays Hard to Get on Nuclear Diplomacy -- Tony Karon, Time

Exclusive: Morsy implies Jews control the American media -- Josh Rogin, The Cable/Foreign Policy

Cairo’s Anxious Days: The Revolution’s Anniversary and a Soccer Riot Verdict -- Ashraf Khalil, Time

Israel’s elections: What just happened?
-- David Horovitz, Times of Israel

Strong turnout in Jordan's elections belies deep-seated cynicism -- Nicholas Seeley, Christian Science Monitor

Digging the Benghazi Memory Hole -- Jack Cashill, American Thinker

An African crusade is lunacy when cuts have left us barely enough soldiers to troop the colour -- Max Hastings, Daily Mail

France in the firing line of 'new jihad' -- Gordon Corera, BBC

Mali: The Case for US Action -- John Tirman, Huffington Post

Asia’s Other Island Spat…Between Japan and Russia -- J. Berkshire Miller, The Diplomat

At last, a straight choice on Europe -- Daily Mail editorial

Europe's Scaredy-Cat -- Christoph Scheuermann, Spiegel Online

The looming currency war -- Nicholas Wapshott, Reuters

“What Difference Does it Make?” Plenty -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary

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