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World Order, Under Siege? -- Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow), Defining Ideas
As the president has learned the hard way, history makes realists of us all.
What seems sometimes incomprehensible in the contemporary world makes perfect sense—if we pause and study a little history.
In November 1918, had anyone in a starving Berlin predicted that, in twenty-two years, an ascendant Germany would control most of Europe, from the Atlantic to the Soviet border, he would have been considered unhinged. And if, in 1945, amid the ashes of the Ruhr, anyone had guessed that in sixty-five years, Germany would once more determine the future of Europe from the Atlantic to the Russian frontier, he would again have been written off as delusional. Yet today, cash-flush German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds the fate of the European Union in her palm—but in a far more secure fashion than an Adolf Hitler ever did.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Is Turkey at war with Syria? -- Mehmet Guzel and Suzan Fraser, Christian Science Monitor/AP
Assad’s Barbaric Endgame: Syria is burning, and there are no easy options. But that doesn’t mean we can’t do anything. -- Anne Applebaum, Slate
Let’s follow Turkey’s lead on Syria -- Let’s follow Turkey’s lead, NOW Lebanon editorial
Don’t Underestimate Iranian Tyrants -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary
ENDGAME: How Iran's Hyperinflationary Currency Collapse Could Lead To Revolution -- Matthew Boesler, Business Insider
Protests in Tehran: Will Pain of Sanctions Change Iran’s Nuclear Calculus? -- Tony Karon, Time
Analysis: For Kuwait's next ruler, family peace most urgent priority -- Sylvia Westall, Reuters
A Nuclear South Korea? -- Lee Byong-chul, Project Syndicate
Japan’s Coming Political Earthquake -- Masahiro Matsumura, Project Syndicate
The 'Dividends' of U.S.-Mexican 'Cooperation' on the Drug War -- Armin Rosen, the Atlantic
Just days ahead of Venezuelan election, how are the Capriles and Chávez campaigns looking? -- Steven Bodzin, Christian Science Monitor
Could Venezuela be singing Hugo Chávez's swan song? -- Gwynne Dyer, Winnipeg Free Press
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