Monday, July 22, 2013

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- July 22, 2013



Royal Baby: What Does The Future Hold For The Cambridge Prince? -- Nicholas Witchell, BBC

t is an event which in recent times has only occurred once every 30 years or so, the birth of a child in direct line to the British throne.

There was Prince Charles in 1948; William in 1982, and now a so-far unnamed prince in 2013.

The birth of any baby is a moment which invites those around it to reflect, on their own lives and on the prospects for the life which has just begun.

In one sense, the future for baby Cambridge is already infinitely more mapped out than that of just about any other newborn child.

Barring revolution in Britain, the shape and trajectory of his life is, in every real sense, inescapable.

This is a child whose destiny is to inherit one of the oldest hereditary thrones in the world.

It will be a life which will be shielded from many of the pressures and frustrations that are everyday occurrences for the rest of us.

But the position brings its own, at times intense, challenges.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Obama Quiet on Kerry Deal Shows Fragility of Mideast Peace Talks -- Margaret Talev, Bloomberg

Seven Reasons There's Hope for Israeli-Palestinian Peace -- Ben Birnbaum, New Republic

Hamas Having Horrible Year -- Ben Lynfield, National Interest

Watching for signs of reform in Iran. Rouhani’s election isn’t all about nuclear weapons -- Sarah Margon and Faraz Sanei, Washington Times

Minister: Halting Egypt's Wheat Imports was Morsi's Biggest Mistake -- VOA/Reuters

Darfur in 2013 Sounds Awfully Familiar -- Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times

Election Win by Ruling Party Signals Change in Japan -- Martin Fackler, New York Times

The Wild Card: Is popular Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe trying to rewrite history with a radical nationalist new constitution? -- Kirk Spitzer, Foreign Policy

The ’India Story’ Is a Fantasy Written in New Jersey -- Pankaj Mishra, Bloomberg

Cuba After Communism -- Julia E. Sweig and Michael J. Bustamante, Foreign Affairs

Brazil has stalled but not crashed -- Jorge Heine, Toronto Star

Detroit bankruptcy: Is it a warning sign for America? -- Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor

The oil boom’s foreign policy dividend -- John Hannah and Nouriel Roubini, Reuters

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