Real Clear World Wednesday

What if Assad Wins? - J.L. Granatstein, Ottawa Citizen
Why John Kerry Wants to Attack Syria - Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg
Germany Won't Be America's Geopolitical BFF - Jan Techau, Carnegie
50 Years After JFK, Obama Not 'ein Berliner' - David Francis, Fisc Times
Turkey's Opposition Grows Up - Mike Giglio, Newsweek
Syria Endgame: Prospects Dim, Options Narrow - Michael Totten, WAJ
Bloodbath Exposes West's Power Failings - Greg Sheridan, The Australian
Rouhani Is a Tool of the Supreme Leader - Reuel Marc Gerecht, Hoover Inst.
Brazilians Want to Be Treated as Citizens - Conor Foley, The Guardian
Why Israel Can't Stop 'Price Tag' Attacks - Mitch Ginsburg, Times of Israel
Europe's Dirty Little Secret? Belarus - Cristina Odone, Foreign Policy
How Springsteen Helped Tear Down the Wall - David Crossland, Der Spiegel
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RCW Morning Edition

In Iran, Hints of Hope and Change - Hooman Majd, New York Times
Iran's Actions Speak Louder than Elections - Michael Singh, Wash Post
Obama's Chance to Rekindle Europe's Love - Quentin Peel, Financial Times
A Europe-U.S. Free Trade Deal Would Be Huge - Matthew Yglesias, Slate
How the U.S. Military Is Wrecking Africa - Nick Turse, TomDispatch
Hapless Hollande's French Farce Flops - Jeremy Jennings, Standpoint
Leaving Afghanistan, Heads Held High - Jonathan Kay, National Post
Erdogan Driving Turkey Off a Cliff - Orhan Cengiz, Radikal/Worldcrunch
Hezbollah's Necessary War of Choice in Syria - Aram Nerguizian, CSIS
Miss Him? Kim Jong-un Is Keeping Busy - Candace Sutton, Herald Sun
Europe's Dirty Little Secret - Cristina Odone, Foreign Policy
Is Anyone Counting the Guns in Syria? - Marc Herman, Pacific Standard
Pipelines Fuel China's Growing Naval Power - K. Yhome, East Asia Forum
How Often Are Children Dying from Hunger? - Ruth Alexander, BBC News
Why Costa Rica's Drug Addicts Kill Turtles - Jack Barry, Vice
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Editorials

America Needs to Open Up About Spying - China Post
Taliban Talks Are a Long Shot - New York Times
The G8 Gabfest May Yet Prove Its Worth - Daily Telegraph
A Palestinian State Is in Israel's Economic Interest - Haaretz

Research & Analysis

Philippines vs. China Moves to the UN - The Strategist
German Savings, Not Thrift, Hurt Europe - Carnegie Endowment
The India vs. China Border Standoff: Lessons Learned - ISDA
Why The U.S. and China Won't Go to War - East Asia Forum

Real Clear World Tuesday

Morning Update
Europe Must Protect Itself from America - Jakob Augstein, Der Spiegel
Two Great Powers, No Real Leadership - Josef Joffe, Wall Street Journal
Did Sanctions Shape the Iranian Election? - Mehdi Khalaji, Wash Post
Why Rouhani Won -- and Why Khamenei Let Him - Suzanne Maloney, FA
Don't Let China Buy Up the Business of Ideas - Peter Foster, Daily Telegraph
The Blind Lawyer vs. NYU - Evan Osnos, The New Yorker
The Syria Mess and the Absence of Policy - Conrad Black, National Review
G8 Exposes Rift Among Leaders on Syria - Julie Pace, Associated Press
Rage in Brazil - Mac Margolis, The Daily Beast
A More Secular Europe, Divided by the Cross - Andrew Higgins, NY Times
Westeros & Washington: IR Theory in Game of Thrones - RealClearWorld
Return of the Clergy in Iran? - Zachary Keck, The Diplomat
Behind Canada's Latest Mayor Scandal - Cousineau, Ha & Giovannetti, G&M
Autobahn Speed Limit? Are You Crazy!? - Alex Berezow, RealClearWorld
Bono Can't Help Africa by Stealing Its Voice - George Monbiot, Guardian

Afternoon Update
Syria Part of Aggressive Iranian Strategy - Robert Rabil, National Interest
Those $%@#&! Russians Aren't Always Wrong - Julia Ioffe, New Republic
Syria Is Not Iraq - Hussein Ibish, NOW Lebanon
Is Snowden China's Useful Idiot? - Matt Schiavenza, The Atlantic
Turkey's 'Standing Man' - Richard Seymour, The Guardian
Don't Expect Much from Taliban Talks - Max Boot, Commentary
Dividing the Nile - Vincent Defait, Le Temps/Worldcrunch
Ahmadinejad's African Safari - Joseph Hammond, The Diplomat
Iran's New Prez: Consummate Insider - E. Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, IranWire
Mau Maus Win 50-Year-Long Battle - Gwynne Dyer, Winnipeg Free Press
Abenomics Races Against the Clock - William Pesek, Bloomberg
A User's Guide to Democratic Transitions - Coleman & Lawson-Remer, FP

Real Clear World Monday

Morning Update
Iran Regime Change Obama Can Believe In - Vali Nasr, Foreign Policy
The Supreme Leader's 'Moderate' - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Don't Underestimate Iran's Election Upset - Shashank Joshi, Bloomberg
The Rise and Fall of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Christophe Ayad, Monde/WC
Obama Faces a Frustrated European Continent - Scott Wilson, Wash Post
It's Too Late to Save Syria - Boris Johnson, Daily Telegraph
Water Cannons on Taksim Square - Jenna Krajeski, The New Republic
There Is No Deficit of Democracy in Turkey - Ahmet Davutoglu, Guardian
Turkey's False Nostalgia - Edhem Eldem, New York Times
Beware Japan's 'Herbivore' Effect - Joel Kotkin, Orange County Register
Why Russia Won't Deal on NATO Missile Defense - Yousaf Butt, Reuters
Quebec's Telling Turban Panic - Jonathan Kay, National Post
Nawaz Sharif 3.0 - Arif Rafiq, The Diplomat
NYU Knuckles Under to China - Steven Mosher, New York Post
Why Do Some Irish Drink So Much? - Discover Magazine

Afternoon Update
Bleak Thoughts About Arming Syria's Rebels - J. Goldberg, Bloomberg
The Third Russian Revolution - Harlan Ullman, New Atlanticist
Don't Get Too Excited About Iran's President - Mark Dubowitz, Atlantic
Syria a Taste of the Post-U.S. World - Douglas Carswell, Telegraph
U.S. Hands China a Cyber Propaganda Win - David Pilling, Fin. Times
How Syria Is Becoming a Holy War - Toby Matthiesen, NYR Blog
Syria and Egypt Can't Be Fixed - David Goldman, Asia Times
U.S. Superpower Reborn Through Energy - Tom Donilon, Foreign Affairs
Muslim Migration Making Europe More Secular - Ronan McCrea, Aeon
U.S.-China Race for Africa Is On - Howard French, AfricaPlus
Will the West Prolong Syria's Suffering? - Koelbl, Pelda & Reuter, Spiegel
Why Britain Will Be Recycling Graves - Mark Greaves, The Spectator

Real Clear World Sunday

Morning Update
Egypt's Perilous Drift - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
What Rouhani's Victory Means for Iran - Shaul Bakhash, Iran Primer
Supreme Leader Rebuffed, but Still Rules Roost - Walter Russell Mead, TAI
Will Iran's Reformists Have Their Day? - Arash Karami, Al Monitor
France Prefers Subsidy to Egalite - Anne-Elisabeth Moutet, Daily Telegraph
China's Unlikely whistleblower Ally - Ananth Krishnan, The Hindu
Obama's Risky Syria Move - Fareed Zakaria, Global Public Square
Tyranny of the Majority in Turkey - Mathew Markman, Jerusalem Post
Obama, Syria and the Aspin Doctrine - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
U.S. Turning Canadian? Not Quite, but Close - Doug Saunders, Globe & Mail
Turkey and Iran: Drifting in Different Directions? - Barbara Slavin, FP
Living with Ghosts in the Himalayas - Jane Dyson, BBC Magazine
For Belfast, Keeping Peace Means a City of Walls - Shawn Pogatchnik, AP
Washington's Weak Response to Putin - Hannah Thoburn, Washington Post
Wagner and the Jews - Daniel Barenboim, New York Review of Books

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