Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- June 27, 2012

Graphic: Forecasts of the economic consequences of a breakup of the euro.

Euro Crisis Threatens European Way Of Life -- Konstantin von Hammerstein, Ralf Neukirch and Christoph Schult, Spiegel Online

European leaders have been muddling through instead of properly tackling the debt crisis. Now it threatens the very foundations of the European Union and could destroy a lifestyle that millions of Europeans take for granted. But the high expectations for this week's summit in Brussels can only be disappointed.

It's unclear what Meles Zenawi used to think about Europe. The prime minister of Ethiopia heads an authoritarian regime that controls one of the poorest countries on Earth, located in East Africa, a region where ethnic conflicts are usually waged with Kalashnikovs. To a man like Zenawi, rich, peaceful Europe must seem like an island of the blessed -- or rather, must have seemed.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Israel's worst nightmare
-- Noga Tarnopolsky, Global Post

Can we trust Egypt's new president?
-- Frida Ghitis, Special to CNN

Cut aid to Egypt's generals
-- Sarah Chayes, L.A. Times

The Muslim Brotherhood Won an Election, But Is It Really Democratic? -- Eric Trager, The New Republic

Top Pakistani and US generals meet as analysts question the value of military talks -- Mahvish Ahmad, Christian Science Monitor

Rift between U.S., Pakistan only widens -- Andrew J. Bacevich, Boston Herald

What It Will Take to Secure Afghanistan -- Max Boot, Council On Foreign Relations

Does China Want to Dominate Afghanistan? If only. -- Steve Levine, Foreign Policy

Sudan Needs a Revolution
-- Amir Ahmad Nasr, Foreign Policy

Sri Lanka’s Muslims Under Siege?
-- Joseph Hammond, The Diplomat

Making sense of six Chinas
-- Will Inboden, Shadow Government/Foreign Policy

Will we see a 'Mexican Spring'? -- Guillermo Trejo, L.A. Times

Cargo, the Terrorists’ Trojan Horse
-- Jerrod Nadler, Edward Markey, and Bennie Thompson, New York Times

Hundreds of officials summoned for Justice Department national security leak -- Josh Rogin, The Cable/Foreign Policy

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