Friday, October 11, 2013

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- October 11, 2013



OPCW: Will Nobel Peace Prize Help Wipe Out Chemical Weapons? -- Nicholas Blanford, Christian Science Monitor

The announcement that the OPCW had won the Nobel Peace Prize gave many hope that the world will move closer toward that goal.

In the 16 years since its creation, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has been quietly going about its work, cataloging and destroying chemical weapons arsenals around the world.

The Netherlands-based weapons watchdog shot to prominence last month when it was tasked with removing Syria’s stockpile by July 2014. With Friday’s announcement that the agency had won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize, many hope the award will help bring closer the goal of unanimous global participation in the Chemical Weapons Convention, and the worldwide eradication of poison gas stockpiles.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

A Nobel piece of my mind -- T. J. McCormack, FOX News

A Nobel Prize for Irrelevance -- Paul J. Saunders, National Interest

Column: Iran Nuclear Talks Return to Geneva with Better Prospects -- Barbara Slavin, VOA

Is Iran ready for a nuclear deal? -- Ariel Zirulnick, Christian Science Monitor

General Sisi and his followers are condemning Egypt to greater turmoil -- Jonathan Steele, The Guardian

Obama's mixed messages on Egypt -- Washington Post editorial

Poor Libya Has Fallen to Militia Madness -- Shashank Joshi, Daily Telegraph

The Inevitable Rise Of Al-Qaeda in Libya -- John Rosenthal, Al-Monitor

Pakistanis Can’t Decide: Is Malala Yousafzai a Heroine or Western Stooge? -- Salman Massood and Declan Walsh, New York Times

Why Many Pakistanis Have Turned on Malala -- Naheed Mustafa, Globe and Mail

Visa program fails those who aided U.S. -- Trudy Rubin, Miami Herald

In Africa, Seeking a License to Kill -- Desmond Tutu, New York Times

No Hollywood ending to piracy off Somalia -- J. Peter Pham, L.A. Times

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