Real Clear World Wednesday

No More Illusions in Egypt - Yossi Klein Halevi, Globe and Mail
Time to End the Turkey-Israel Cold War - Koplow & Sasley, CS Monitor
China Doesn't Want Afghanistan (Too Bad) - Steve LeVine, Foreign Policy
The Arab Spring's Fear Factor - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Sinn Fein Turnaround or PR Stunt? - Austin Stack, Irish Independent
Dysfunctional Decade in Afghanistan - Andrew Exum, World Politics Review
Why Russia Distrusts America - Ognyan Minchev, German Marshall Fund
The European Horror Show - Krzystof Rybinski, openDemocracy
Distorted U.S. Views of Arabs Persist - Rami Khouri, Daily Star
Air Quality Leaves Chinese Officials Wheezing - Frank Ching, China Post
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Best of Blogs

How the British Empire Could Rise Again - Aaron Ellis, Egremont
Korea's Many Wars Shape It to This Day - Leonid Petrov, Korea Vision
Spain's Banksters Pose As Saviors - Jonathan Blitzer, Latitude
India Chooses Poverty - Derek Scissors, The Foundry

RCW Morning Edition

To Save the Euro, Germany Must Leave - Griffin & Kashyap, NY Times
Don't Fear Eurozone Defaults - Jonathan Compton, Daily Telegraph
Is the Brotherhood Really Democratic? - Eric Trager, The New Republic
France Not Ready for Reality Check - Howard Davies, Financial Times
Will Canada's Oil Boom Go Bust? - Peter Foster, Financial Post
What Pakistan Teaches the U.S. About Egypt - Vali Nasr, Bloomberg
Resource Wars Are Only Beginning - Daniel McGroarty, RealClearWorld
To the Brink and Back with Iran - Gareth Evans, Project Syndicate
Taiwan Needs to Prove Its Worth to the U.S. - Parris Chang, The Diplomat
To Secure Egypt's Revolution, It Must Spread - Seumas Milne, Guardian
So Much for China Keeping a Low Profile - Willy Lam, Asia Times
China's Blame-the-Woman Syndrome - Paul French, Foreign Policy
How Iran Killed Its Future - Shahrzad Elghanayan, Los Angeles Times
Russia in the Islamic World - Sergey Markedonov, The National Interest
The 'Baby Box' Returns to Europe - Stephen Evans, BBC News
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Editorials

An Omen of How Syria's War Could Spread - The Independent
Putin Must Get Tougher with Assad - Haaretz
Even Pakistan's Allies Are Spurning Them for India - Hindustan Times
South Korea Braces for Iran's Economic Pinch - Korea Times

Research & Analysis

What It Will Take to Win in Afghanistan - Council on Foreign Relations
In Defense of a Unipolar World - Canadian International Council
Military Confrontation Looms in the Gulf - CSIS
Lessons from the Cuban Missile Crisis - Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Real Clear World Tuesday

Morning Update
Pakistan Is a Bigger Problem Than Iran - Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
The Civil War in the Syrian Opposition - Tyler Golson, The New Republic
How Will Turkey's Insulted Sultan Respond? - Can Kasapoglu, J'lem Post
Turkish Border Key Link in Syria Revolt - Neil MacFarquhar, NY Times
Fishing War Looms in South China Sea - Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, FP
Egypt: No Constitution, Parliament or Control - Robert Fisk, Independent
Putin's Visit and Israeli-Russian Relations - George Friedman, Stratfor
After an Israeli Strike on Iran - Daniel Pipes, National Review
How Obama Lost Canada - Derek Burney & Fen Hampson, Foreign Affairs
The Return of Mexico's Nemesis - Jorge Castenada, Project Syndicate
Demographic Threat Shadows Russia - Cesar Chelala, Japan Times
Send Europeans to Asia to Learn How to Work - Fabrice Taylor, WFP
Julia Gillard Is No Thatcher - Niki Savva, The Australian
Sri Lanka's Muslims Under Siege? - Joseph Hammond, The Diplomat
India Hurting Its Image on the High Seas - Saran & Chatterjee, The Hindu

Afternoon Update
Obama's Retreat on Iran - J. Fly, L. Smith & W. Kristol, Weekly Standard
What's Israel's Endgame in Iran? - Brian Downing, Asia Times
Germany Still Better Off Bailing Out Euro - Milton Ezrati, National Interest
German Lesson for a Strong Economy - Knut Panknin, American Progress
Putin's Return Might Lead to His Fall - Lilia Shevtsova, Project Syndicate
Assange's Asylum Legal Calculus - Elias Groll, Foreign Policy
The Real War on Women in Afghanistan - Emily Dyer, Daily Telegraph
U.S. Needs Strategy to Get Right Immigrants - Joel Kotkin, Forbes
What Mighty China Can Learn from Burma - Joseph Bosco, RealClearWorld
A Requiem for Beijing's Bicycles - Matthew Stevenson, New Geography

Real Clear World Monday

Morning Update
Waking from the Democratic Dream - Robert Merry, The National Interest
Is Obama to Blame for Arab Spring's Failures? - Jackson Diehl, Wash Post
Egypt's Military Adopts Turkish Model - Steven A. Cook, Al Monitor
Elites Have Been Consistently Wrong on Egypt - Barry Rubin, PJ Media
The Battle for Guadalajara - William Finnegan, The New Yorker
How Successful Is America's Asia Rebalance? - Richard Weitz, The Diplomat
Putin's Middle East Gambit - Jonathan Marcus, BBC News
How Israel Could Change the World - Niall Ferguson, Newsweek
Stuxnet Will Come Back to Haunt U.S. - Misha Glenny, New York Times
U.S. Banks Are Unprepared for Euro Crisis - Simon Johnson, Bloomberg
How Europe Can Rescue Europe - George Soros, Project Syndicate
The Euro Should Be Put to the Sword - Jeff Randall, Daily Telegraph
More of the Same from Romney on North Korea - Tong Kim, Korea Times
The Court Rules in Pakistan - Paula Newberg, Yale Global
Russia's Witch Hunt Against Pussy Riot - Victor Davidoff, Moscow Times

Afternoon Update
The End of the 'German Miracle' Is Coming - Daniel Altman, Foreign Policy
Egypt's Powerless New President - Ulrike Putz, Der Spiegel
America's Shameful Human Rights Record - Jimmy Carter, NY Times
French Fear They're Next in Crisis Wave - Leigh Thomas, Irish Independent
Why Canada Built a Bridge for Michigan - Neil Reynolds, Globe and Mail
Berlin's Dangerous Sense of Invulnerability - Simon Tilford, CER
China Steps Out of Russia's Shadow - Vasily Kashin, Russia in Global Affairs
Syria Puts Double Whammy on Turkey - M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times
Sending Arms to Syria a Bad Idea - Peter Luskin, Small Wars Journal
Energy a Clue to China's Economic Health - Gordon Chang, Forbes

Real Clear World Sunday

Morning Update
The Crippling Rise of Popularism - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
The Struggle Defining the Middle East - Rami Khouri, The Daily Star
Merkel's Choice: Europe or Austerity - Ben Fox, New Statesman
Drones Blow Up Obama's Arab Outreach - Elise Jordan, The Daily Beast
All Roads Lead to Berlin - Doug Saunders, Globe and Mail
The Obama Team's Vietnam Hangover - James Mann, Washington Post
Authoritarianism Rises in Mexico - Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald
The Great Caspian Arms Race - Joshua Kucera, Foreign Policy
Who's Killing Jobs? European Judges - Bruce Anderson, Daily Telegraph
Will India Choose China or America? - Sandy Gordon, East Asia Forum
Can a Tax Hike Fix Japan's Woeful Finances? - The Economist
The Upside of Military Dictatorship - George Jonas, National Post
For Obama, Tactics Trump Strategy - Judah Grunstein, WPR
Falkland Road Show Comes to the UN - John Metzler, China Post
America's Habit of Military Overreach - John Quiggin, National Interest