SOME COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS

COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS

The War for Afghan Hearts & Minds -- Greg Mills, Mail and Guardian
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-07-20-a-battle-for-hearts-and-minds

The British Sour on Afghanistan -- Michael Glackin, Daily Star
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=104373

Time to Leave Afghanistan? Not Yet -- Thomas Friedman, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/opinion/19friedman.html?_r=1

Obama Escalates Afghanistan Quagmire -- Patrick Krey, New American
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/foreign-policy/1450

10 Commandments of U.S. Foreign Policy -- Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy
http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/07/17/the_ten_commandments_for_ambitious_policy_wonks

Clinton's Blueprint for the World -- Thomas P. M. Barnett, WPR
http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/Article.aspx?id=4091

Indonesia Is a Model Muslim Democracy -- Paul Wolfowitz, Wall Street Journal opinion
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124779665773055715.html

How to Achieve a Lasting Peace -- Ehud Olmert, Washington Post opinion
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/16/AR2009071603584.html

Arabs Need to Talk to the Israelis -- Shaikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa, Washington Post opinion
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/16/AR2009071602737.html

The Rise of Radicalism in Central Asia - M.K. Bhadrakumar, The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/20/stories/2009072055470800.htm

Kevin Rudd's China Challenge - Michael Danby, Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124802973178862981.html

Like It or Not, China Isn't Going Away -- Tom Plate, Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20090719tp.html

Why China Foils U.S. Efforts on North Korea -- Cynthia Lee, Asia Times
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KG22Ad01.html

Taking Aim at Pyongyang's Palace Economy -- Sung-Yoon Lee, FEER
http://www.feer.com/international-relations/20098/july53/Target-Pyongyangs-Palace-Economy

A Charade in Chechnya -- Los Angeles Times editorial
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-chechnya17-2009jul17,0,3160839.story

The Billionaire Who Wants to Change Russia -- Peter Savodnik, Time
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1910604,00.html