Does America Still Have a Special Relationship with Israel and Saudi Arabia? -- Aaron David Miller, Foreign Policy
And, if so, is it even worth keeping?
A week or so ago, I found myself sitting on a panel about Iran with Saudi Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud and Israel analyst and former Mossad officer, Yossi Alpher.
If F. Scott Fitzgerald was right that the mark of the sophisticated mind is the ability to reconcile the yes and the no, he should have been there to see this. The Israeli-Saudi exchanges were fascinating, cordial, edgy, and quite instructive. There was some real push and pull on the Israeli-Palestinian issue, but clearly a common view on the danger and challenge posed by Iran.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
The Saudis Are Mad? Tough! -- Fareed Zakaria, Time
Need for Syrian aid grows more urgent as winter approaches -- António Guterres and David Miliband, Washington Post
Sanctions Relief Key to Iran Nuclear Talks -- Andre de Nesnera, Voice of America
The squeeze on Iran -- Chicago Tribune editorial
Is Turkey Abetting Iran? -- Jonathan Schanzer, National Interest
Iraq’s Violence: What Can Be Done? -- Max Boot, Commentary
The U.S. needs to hold Nouri al-Maliki accountable -- Washington Post editorial
A dangerous stalemate between Japan and South Korea -- Daniel Sneider, Washington Post
Easing Tensions on the India-China Border -- New York Times editorial
China Government: A Deadly Fireball in Tiananmen is No Big Deal -- Emily Rauhala, Time
Egypt’s Newest Jihadists: The Jamal Network -- Jamie Dettmer, The Daily Beast
Snowden may aid Germany on US spying details. Is Berlin visit in the cards? -- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor
Germany Seethes at US Economic Criticism -- Christopher Alessi, Spiegel Online
The Putin Olympics: What has $47 billion bought in Sochi? -- Anne Jolis, Wall Street Journal
Even ‘60 Minutes’ can’t blink at Benghazi betrayals -- Washington Times editorial
Why Scandinavian women make the rest of the world jealous -- Lynn Parramore, Reuters
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