Monday, November 25, 2013

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

(L-R) Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, British Foreign Secretary William Hague, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gather at the United Nations Palais in Geneva November 24, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Carolyn Kaster/Pool

Special Report: 'Great Satan' Meets 'Axis of Evil' And Strikes A Deal -- Louis Charbonneau, Parisa Hafezi and Arshad Mohammed, Reuters

(Reuters) - Saturday night had turned into Sunday morning and four days of talks over Iran's nuclear program had already gone so far over schedule that the Geneva Intercontinental Hotel had been given over to another event.

A black tie charity ball was finishing up and singers with an after party band at a bar above the lobby were crooning out the words to a Johnny Cash song - "I fell into a burning ring of fire" - while weary diplomats in nearby conference rooms were trying to polish off the last touches of an accord. Negotiators emerged complaining that the hotel lobby smelled like beer.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Iran nuclear deal shows US is now prepared to act independently of allies -- Ian Black, The Guardian

Analysis: Iran nuclear deal gap may allow off-site reactor work -- Fredrik Dahl, Reuters

Nuclear deal with Iran: trust needs time -- Guardian Editorial

Deal in hand, will Iran follow path of North Korea? -- FOX News

U.S. Allies Need Reassurance on Iran -- Steven Spiegel, New York Times

The Rise of Greater Kurdistan -- Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest

China at a crossroads -- Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post

Why Hollande’s France is the sick man of Europe -- Konrad Yakabuski, The Globe and Mail

The Return of Russian Hard Power? -- Michael Weiss, Daily Beast

Could Putin-Pope Francis visit mark beginning of end of centuries-old rift? -- Claudio Lavanga, NBC

Russia: Where has all the money gone? -- William E. Pomeranz, Reuters

Georgia’s westward course -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post

Forget Rob Ford, Canada is chock full of scandal -- Diane Francis, New York Post

Canada is dying -- Jim Russell, Pacific Standard

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