Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- June 25, 2013

Television screens show former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden during a news bulletin at an electronics store in Moscow on June 25, 2013.(Reuters)

Where The U.S.—And Snowden—Could Go From Here -- Olga Khazan, The Atlantic

The NSA leaker is in a transit zone in a Moscow airport, and Putin refuses to extradite him. Now what?

Russian president Vladimir Putin has said Russia won't extradite Edward Snowden, saying the NSA leaker hasn't committed a crime on Russian soil and calling U.S. criticism of the country's actions "ravings and rubbish." Meanwhile, Snowden is hanging out in the legal limbo that is the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, which Putin said doesn't count as Russia.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Snowden and Putin: U.S. Whistleblower’s Fate Is in Russian President’s Hands -- Simon Shuster, Time

Fight to the death in Syria -- James Harkin, Special to National Post

If Iran Is the Problem, Why Focus on Syria? -- Michael Rubin, Commentary

Democratic Senator: Obama Has ‘No Articulated Strategy' on Syria -- John Hudson, The Cable/Foreign Policy

The Fall of Hezbollah’s Leader -- Ronen Bergman, Bloomberg

Taliban risks squandering any kudos -- Michael Semple, The Independent

Korea, like all wars, a war to remember -- Baltimore Sun editorial

Is China on the Decline? -- Mark DeWeaver, Real Clear World/Global Post

How much of the world's workforce will come from Africa? -- Ruth Alexander, BBC News

Analysis : Bruised Greek government to limp along, toughen stance with lenders. -- Reuters

Russia May Miss Out on the Golden Era of Gas -- Peter Kiernan, The Moscow Times

Latin America is ready to defy the US over Snowden and other issues -- Stephen Kinzer, The Guardian

In Brazil, It's the Corruption, Stupid -- Carlos Alberto Montaner, Real Clear World

As whistleblower Snowden remains out of sight, Ecuador mulls consequences of asylum plea -- Jim Wyss, Miami Herald

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