Thursday, July 26, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- July 26, 2012



The ‘Day After’ In Syria -- David Ignatius, Washington Post

It is time for Washington to emphasize what the United States can do, rather than what it can’t, in Syria. U.S. policy is caught between two imperatives: President Bashar al-Assad must go, and the killing must stop. But while Assad’s government will probably fall, it is also a near-certainty that the killing will continue — with the United States and its allies trying to limit the collateral damage. The Obama administration should try to prevent the humanitarian crisis from spreading to other countries, even as it helps plan the reconstruction of Syria.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Pentagon prepares for collapse of Syrian regime -- Sara A. Carter, Washington Examiner

A Syrian Stalemate? -- Frank Jacobs, New York Times

Imagine you command a tank in Syria’s army -- Francis Matthew, Gulf News

It's Time to Engage Iran, Russia on Syria -- Andrew Parasiliti, Al Monitor

Syria has no future with Assad
-- the Independent editorial

Arab World: A battle for two cities
-- Jonathan Spyer, Jerusalem Post

Israel itching for war -- Stuart Reigeluth, Special to Gulf News

Good Mideast Dictators -- Robert D. Kaplan, Stratfor

Why China is founding a new city on a coral reef -- Ralph Jennings, Christian Science Monitor

China's Elite Wrangle Over New Leadership
-- Wieland Wagner in Beijing, Spiegel Online

Senators call on ASEAN and China to maintain peace in the South China Sea -- Josh Rogin, The Cable/Foreign Policy

Rising Islamism in Africa: Wahhabist groups impose sharia in Mali and attack Christians in Nigeria. -- Clifford D. May, NRO

Requiem for a Cuban Dissident: Why Oswaldo Payá Spooked Castro
-- Tim Padgett, Time

Europe must face up to ongoing euro crisis -- Anne Applebaum, Washington Post

Economists Warn EU on 'Threshold of Catastrophe' -- Spiegel Online

Obama’s feats of weakness: Administration’s effort to boost global image has flopped -- Washington Times

Requiem for a Cuban patriot -- José R. Cárdenas, Foreign Policy

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