Thursday, August 8, 2013

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 8, 2013



President Obama's Russia Reset Unravels -- Politico

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden extended his 15 minutes of fame Wednesday, as headlines tied his saga to President Barack Obama’s decision to cancel a planned summit meeting in Moscow next month with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

But analysts said the talk of Snowden’s role in the cancellation obscured a more basic reality: The U.S.-Russia relationship is now so frosty that it didn’t appear the two presidents would actually accomplish enough to merit such a high-profile meeting.

After four years, the much-vaunted reset in U.S.-Russian relations has devolved into a chilly standoff over issues like the Kremlin’s support for Syria and an intensifying crackdown on dissent in Russia. Instead, the White House’s blunt public announcement Wednesday of the summit’s cancellation evoked Cold War-era showdowns.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

How Obama’s Putin Snub Is Playing Out in Russia -- Simon Shuster, Time

Russian media predict big freeze in US ties -- BBC

Friends…or enemies? For US and Russia it’s business as usual -- Aliyah Frumin, MSNBC

Another Cold Spell for U.S.-Russia Relations -- Council On Foreign Relations

Bashar Al Assad: An ‘iron-fist’ too far -- Joseph A. Kechichian, Gulf News

How Moderate Are Iran’s Missiles? -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary

Iran's Mounting Malaise -- Jamsheed Choksy, Real Clear World

Is Arab Chaos America's Problem? -- Robert Kaplan, Real Clear World

Mugabe Steals Another Election -- Judy Bachrach, Word Crunch

Mining the Gobi: The Battle for Mongolia's Resources -- Bernhard Zand, Spiegel Online

Why Asia Should Welcome a US-China Cold War -- Zachary Keck, The Diplomat

Talking to Colombian Guerrillas Doesn't Make You Popular -- Raul Gallegos, Bloomberg

The Fort Hood attack was terrorism. The Army should call it that. -- Shawn Manning, Washington Post

‘Core al-Qaeda’ is not defeated -- Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post

The Jihad Farm System -- Abe Greenwald, Commentary

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