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Tuesday, May 21
Japan's New Optimism Has a Name: Abenomics - Martin Fackler, NY Times
Japan Inc. Should Take a Look in the Mirror - William Pesek, Bloomberg
Why the European Ideal Is Under Threat - Mark Mazower, New Statesman
Spain's Angry and Unemployed Young Men - George Friedman, Stratfor
Why Russia Won't Allow Syria Intervention - Julia Ioffe, The New Republic
Putin Versus None-of-the-Above - Paul Roderick Gregory, Hoover Inst.
Syria's Great Chance for Change - Jonathan Steele, The Guardian
The Bashar al-Assad Interview - Marcelo Cantelmi, Clarin/Worldcrunch
China and India's Smoldering Problem - Jonathan Levine, CNN
U.S. Braces for More Afghan 'Insider' Attacks - Bill Gertz, DC Free Beacon
Egypt: From Tehran with Love - Steven A. Cook, Council on Foreign Relations
Britain's Right Has Split Irrevocably - Iain Martin, Daily Telegraph
Is Shadow Banking China's Subprime Mortgages? - Eve Cary, The Diplomat
Beyond Mayor Scandal Is a Broken Toronto - Richard Florida, Globe & Mail
Did Someone Die for Your Sneakers? - Mary Sanchez, Kansas City Star
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Monday, May 20
Obama's Withdrawal from the World - Fred Hiatt, Washington Post
China's Riches Won't Bring It Freedom - Pankaj Mishra, Bloomberg
Why Syria's Rebels Aren't Winning - Rania Abouzeid, Time
Sunnis or Shias: Which Should Israel Fear More? - Barry Rubin, J'lem Post
Drought Drives Syria's Revolution - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Syrian Intervention Would Be a Minefield - Michael Sexton, The Australian
Philippines-Taiwan Spat a Big Headache for U.S. - Jake Watts, Quartz
What Did Moscow Know About the Tsarnaevs? - David Satter, NRO
Do White South Africans Have a Future? - John Simpson, BBC Magazine
The Russians Are Happy with John Kerry - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
How the World Looks from India - Mattoo & Medcalf, The Hindu
Erdogan's Own Turn Against Him - Ben Barthe, Worldcrunch/Le Monde
As Goes Toronto, So Goes Canada - Wendell Cox, New Geography
Cause for Hope -- and Fear -- in Pakistan - Peter Tomsen, Los Angeles Times
Mayor, Torontonians Deserve an Explanation - Christie Blatchford, Sun
Sunday, May 19
Elections Won't Change Iran - Ray Takeyh, Financial Times
I Want to Slap David Cameron - Janet Daley, Daily Telegraph
Why Putin Wants U.S. Bases in Afghanistan - Michael Bohm, Moscow Times
Scotland, Britain, Europe: Worlds Apart - Gerry Hassan, The Scotsman
Let's Stop Pretending Russia Will Help U.S. - David Kramer, Wash Post
This Way to Chindia - Hu Shisheng, Outlook India
How Ireland Is Robbing Its Young - Eamonn Moran, Irish Times
Israel's 'Shock and Shush' Raids Work - Riccardo Dugulin, Ynet News
Why Does Pakistan Accept Violence? - Beenish Ahmed, American Prospect
Whose Israel Is It? - Douglas Bloomfield, Jerusalem Post
Israel Caught Between U.S. and Russia - Amos Harel, Haaretz
Britain's Health System Fails the Elderly - Jane Kelly, The Spectator
What Should Americans Die For? - Patrick Buchanan, Creators Syndicate
Europe's New Fault Lines - Stefano Casertano, The European
Cities Changing Human Life on Our Planet - Gaia Vince, BBC
The Next War: Six Global Hotspots to Keep an Eye On
Saturday, May 18
Rise of the Militias in Syria - Michael Weiss, NOW Lebanon
The Radical Force of 'Abenomics' - Anatole Kaletsky, Reuters
Iranian Threat Isn't Nuclear - It's Political - Doug Saunders, Globe & Mail
Europe Will Haunt David Cameron's Legacy - Charles Moore, The Telegraph
The Most American Politician in Canada - Thomas Rogers, New Republic
The Rob Ford Zone - Ivor Tossell, Maclean's
Palestine Splits Arab Street and State - Rami Khouri, The Daily Star
Russia Draws Line in the Arctic Ice - Elena Chernenko, WC-Kommersant
Japan Should Ignore China on Okinawa - Taylor Washburn, The Diplomat
Behind Saudi Arabia's Latest Crackdown - Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy
Abortion Bill Will Make or Break Enda Kenny - Stephen Collins, Irish Times
Infantilizing North Korea - John Feffer, Huffington Post
Should U.S. Accept Those Who Hate America? - Ayaan Hirsi Ali, WSJ
Iran's Unlikely Comeback Kid - Thomas Erdbrink, New York Times
Why an Italian Mafia Boss Turned Himself In - Elena Cosentino, BBC News
Friday, May 17
Syria Has Been Broken into Three Pieces - Ben Hubbard, New York Times
Could the U.S. Really Go to War with China? Maybe - Noah Feldman, FP
How the Afghan Conflict Will Be Decided - Michael Hirsh, National Journal
Cameron Must Not Cave to UKIP Threat - Peter Mandelson, Daily Telegraph
How Merkel Paralyzed German Politics - Dirk Kurbjuweit, Der Spiegel
Amid Crisis, Europe Resists Extremism - Frida Ghitis, Miami Herald
Is This the Father of N. Korea's Nuclear Program? - Bill Streifer, NK News
Toronto Mayor in Crack Cocaine Video Scandal - Doolittle & Donovan, Star
Canada Must Rule Its Arctic Waves - Victor Suthren, Ottawa Citizen
Japan Is Back - Shinzo Abe, Foreign Affairs
CIA Bears Most of the Blame for Benghazi - Christopher Dickey, Daily Beast
Benghazi Emails Contradict Admin - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard
Will the U.S. Surrender Asia's Seas? - Yoshihara & Holmes, The Diplomat
Sisa: Drug of Choice in Poverty-Stricken Athens - Alex Miller, Vice
Why Can't Palestinians Play Football with Israelis? - Gatestone Inst.
Thursday, May 16
The U.S. Obsession with 'Shaping' World Events - Dan Larison, The Week
A Strong Iran Is Good for U.S. - Robert Kaplan & Kamran Bokhari, Stratfor
U.S. Syria Action Could Sway Iran on Nukes - M. O'Sullivan, Bloomberg
The Next War: Six Global Hotspots to Watch - RealClearWorld
Why Are We Throwing a Party for Putin? - Kate Heartfield, Ottawa Citizen
Turkey: Worst Place in the World to Be a Journalist - Deloire & Simon, FP
Obama's Troubling Friendship with Erdogan - Michael Rubin, NRO
How to End the Forever War - Harold Hongju Koh, Yale Global
The Imminent Hezbollah-Nusra War - Hanin Ghaddar, NOW Lebanon
Mandela Fades Amid Battles over His Legacy - Lydia Polgreen, NY Times
Sharif Must Curb Pakistan's Military - Amin Saikal, The Australian
Can Asia Urbanize Without Starving? - Anthony Fensom, The Diplomat
Benghazi: History of Pueblo Repeats Itself - Todd Crowell, RealClearHistory
World's Most and Least Racially Tolerant Countries - Max Fisher, WaPo
Back to the Future in Iran - Namazikhah & Marashi, The National Interest
Wednesday, May 15
The Curious Case of the Goofy U.S. Spy - Julia Ioffe, The New Republic
London Should Leave Europe and the UK - Simon Jenkins, LE Standard
Unthinkable? Britain May Really Leave Europe - Clive Crook, Bloomberg
How Iran Will Crush Green Movement 2.0 - Mohsen Milani, Foreign Affairs
Israel Debates Which Side to Back in Syria - Jonathan Spyer, Tablet Mag
Why Americans Are Snookered About War - Andrew Bacevich, WAJ
Nationalists Setting UK's Europe Agenda - Seumas Milne, The Guardian
Only the U.S. Can Save Israel. Will It? - Larry Diamond, The Atlantic
China Stoking Japanese Separatism - Frank Ching, China Post
Rafsanjani Is No Iranian Reformer - Michael Miner, RealClearWorld
Why Asia Is Israel's New Frontier - Adelman & Romirowsky, Forbes
Obama, It's Time to Act on Syria - Rebeccah Heinrichs, RealClearWorld
A Destructive Quest for Hangover Cures - Gwynn Guilford, Quartz
Putin Plays from Cold War Handbook - James Kitfield, National Journal
Gay Paris Not All It's Cracked Up to Be - Paul Ames, Global Post
Tuesday, May 14
Obama's Biggest Mistakes in Syria - Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg
First Conflict of the Post-Superpower Era - John Kampfner, Guardian
Syria Could Be Iran's Vietnam - Thanassis Cambanis, Foreign Policy
UK Up to Its Neck in Debt, and We Don't Care - Jeremy Warner, Telegraph
German Exceptionalism Is Becoming a Problem - Bruce Stokes, Der Spiegel
The Deeper Blame for Benghazi - Ethan Chorin, New York Times
Obama's One-Sided 'Reset' with Russia - Mark Salter, RealClearPolitics
Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's Comeback Kid - Bruce Riedel, The Daily Beast
How Is Latin America? Could Be Better - Carlos A. Montaner, Miami H'ld
Why Is Assad Killing Along the Coast? - Joshua Landis, Syria Comment
China's Urban Dream Denied - Youqin Huang, The Diplomat
The Islamist Purge Splurge - Hussein Ibish, NOW Lebanon
Escape from Bahrain: One Dissident's Story - Thor Halvorssen, The Atlantic
Why India Should Ban Porn - Amrit Dhillon, Globe and Mail
Uncertain Future for China's Catholics - H. Thibault, Worldcrunch/Monde
Monday, May 13
UK Must Be Ready to Leave the EU - Boris Johnson, Daily Telegraph
Downsides of U.S. Energy Independence - Konrad Yakabuski, Globe & Mail
It's Time for Turkey to Intervene in Syria - Henri Barkey, The National
The Israel Card Has Been Overplayed - Barry Rubin, Jerusalem Post
China's Intriguing Palestine Proposal - Rami Khouri, The Daily Star
Netanyahu's Secret Palestinian Talks - Avi Issacharoff, Times of Israel
The Benghazi 'Scandal' Is a Distraction - Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Obama and Clinton's Benghazi Baloney - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Shinzo Abe's Bold Recovery Plan Is Working - Matthew Yglesias, Slate
Has Obama Blown His Credibility & Syria? - Jonathan Mercer, Foreign Aff.
China Quietly Builds an Auto Niche in Detroit - Bill Vlasic, NY Times
A British-U.S. Tax and Trade Agenda - David Cameron, Wall St. Journal
Pakistan's Surprisingly Hopeful Election - Isaac Chotiner, New Republic
Why You Shouldn't Learn Japanese - Ken Seeroi, Japan Today
Why Was $1B in Gold Sent from JFK to S. Africa? - David Yanofsky, Quartz
Sunday, May 12
How Putin Rolled John Kerry on Syria - Michael Weiss, Foreign Policy
Assad Winning with a Little Help from His Friends - Liz Sly, Wash Post
A Dangerous Rift Between China and Japan - Ian Buruma, Wall St. Journal
Can a New Government Heal Pakistan? - Ishtiaq Ahmed, Daily Times
Is Sharif's Win Really Good News for India? - Praveen Swami, Firstpost
Pakistan Army Helps Advance Democracy - Haroon Siddiqui, Toronto Star
Israel: Tiny Country in a Bad Neighborhood - Margaret Wente, Globe & Mail
Countries Lobby for More in Race for U.S. Visas - Eric Lipton, NY Times
The Egypt-Israel Peace Test - Rabinovich & Wittes, Project Syndicate
Britain Is Addicted to Happy Pills - Peter Hitchens, Daily Mail
Asia's New Prize: 'Fire Ice' Gas - Elliot Brennan, The Diplomat
Soccer Emerges as Outlet for Saudi Dissent - James Dorsey, Mideast Soccer
Iran and Its Western Apologists - Reuel Marc Gerecht, Weekly Standard
Iceland Chooses Independence - Daniel Hannan, Daily Telegraph
RCW Top 10: The Ten Best Countries to Be a Mother
2 Last-Minute Candidates Stir Up Iran Election - Ramin Mostaghim, LAT
Saturday, May 11
The Day After a Strike on Iran - Marwan Muasher, The National Interest
World War I Shadows Europe to This Day - Tony Barber, Financial Times
China Wants U.S. Out of Japan - Robyn Meredith, New York Times
Why Are Europeans Waging Jihad in Syria? - Teri Schultz, Global Post
The Rabid Rage of Israel's Enemies - Robert Fulford, National Post
Why on Earth Should the U.S. Fight in Syria? - Barry Rubin, PJ Media
The Roots of Japan's Remorselessness - Lee Hyon-Soo, Korea Times
The Mideast's Christian Catastrophe - Andrew Doran, Am. Conservative
A Revolt Against Britain's Oligarchy - Kenneth Minogue, Standpoint
Let's Air the War on Terror's Dirty Secrets - James Traub, Foreign Policy
Japan Grows Old Before Our Eyes - Shin Kak-soo, JoongAng Daily
China Moves into America's Backyard - Fernando Menendez, Commentator
End German Citizenship? Yes! - Alexander Gorlach, The European
The Revolt Against Cameron Is On - Simon Heffer, Daily Mail
Why Kerry Succeeded in Russia - Nikolas Gvosdev, World Politics Review