Real Clear World Friday
How to Make Progress on North Korea - Henry Kissinger, Washington PostIsrael: A Frustrating But Worthy Ally - Con Coughlin, Daily Telegraph
Bearing Witness to Chinese Persecution - Dick Thornburgh, RealClearWorld
A New Balance of Global Power - Philip Stephens, Financial Times
Obama's Not-So-New World Order - Kevin Sullivan, NY Daily News
Iran's Greens Want Regime Change - H. Tabarzadi, Wall Street Journal
Obama Added $2 Trillion to Brand America - Simon Anholt, Foreign Policy
Militants Can Snoop on Most U.S. Planes - Noah Shactman, Wired
Copenhagen: No Way to Run the Planet - William Watson, National Post
NATO Fights for its Life - David Abshire, Christian Science Monitor
Russia's Last, Great Reformer Dies - Yevgeny Kiselyov, Moscow Times
Turkey's Innovative Foreign Policy - M K Bhadrakumar, The Hindu
How India Can Fight Pakistani Terror - G D Bakshi, Times of India
Building Pakistan's Tribal Areas - Jamsheed Choksy, Global Affairs
Prime Minister Harper's Good Year - Jeffrey Simpson, Globe and Mail
New Global Prosperity Index: How Religious Is Each Nation?
Editorials
Why Is Obama Opposing Iran Sanctions Bill? - Wall Street JournalPakistan's Zardari Is Suddenly Weaker - The Hindu
How Should China Deal with Democracy? - The Economist
Russia Buys a Tiny Ally Against Georgia - Los Angeles Times
Research & Analysis
How the U.S. Lost the Naval War of 2015 (pdf) - FPRIInside Greece's Financial Crisis - Peterson Institute
Sanctioning Iran Isn't Simple - Brookings Institution
No Tipping Point at Copenhagen - Center for American Progress
Statements & Speeches
Why U.S. Must Fight Just Wars - President Barack ObamaThe Future of United Russia - President Dmitry Medvedev
The U.S.-Indian Partnership in the 21st Century - Sec. William Burns
Canada and India Building Strong Ties - Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Real Clear World Thursday
Morning UpdateSaving Pakistan with a Big Idea - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Iran Is Not as Isolated as You Might Think - Claudia Rosett, Forbes
Netanyahu the Peacenik? - Douglas Bloomfield, Jerusalem Post
When Will Palestinians Get a State? - Mustafa Barghouthi, New York Times
Quiet Diplomacy Will Boost EU - Catherine Ashton, The Times
No Georgian Troops in Afghanistan - Paul Saunders, Washington Times
A Looming Explosion in Iran - Gary Sick, The Daily Beast
The Problem of Evil in Foreign Policy - John Judis, The New Republic
Hezbollah Devours Lebanon - Emile Hokayem, The National
China Runs Rings Around Gazprom - Pavel Baev, Moscow Times
Hamas Still Seeks Israel's Destruction - Ari Shavit, Haaretz
Japan and China Growing Closer - David Pilling, Financial Times
Kurds Could Push Iraq into Civil War - Joost Hiltermann, National Interest
An Empire of Radicalism Looms for India - Francesco Sisci, Asia Times
Civilian Surge Needed in Afghanistan - Lloyd Axworthy, Globe and Mail
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Afternoon Update
Can Obama Build a Foreign Policy That Works? - Joseph Nye, Daily Star
Iran's Right to Nuclear Energy - Meir Javedanfar, Tehran Bureau
Will Iran Challenge the U.S. Navy? - Michael Auslin, Weekly Standard
Hugo Chavez and the New Southern Axis - Nick Miroff, Global Post
Tzipi Livni Fiasco Proves Britain Is Soft - George Walden, The Times
Human Rights in the Age of Obama and Clinton - Frida Ghitis, WPR
The Settlement Freeze That Isn't - Gershom Gorenberg, American Prospect
Burj Dubai Tower: Symbol of Failure or Vision? - Follath & Zand, Spiegel
India and Russia Must Nurture Ties - Kanwal Sibal, Times of India
Be Angry with Uganda, Not the BBC - Lance Price, The Guardian
The Compass: Lessons from the Drone Hack? | Dictators and Democrats
Real Clear World Wednesday
Morning UpdateObama Held Back from Saving Planet - Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian
Failure Looms in Copenhagen - M. Becker & C. Seidler, Der Spiegel
Surge Won't Win in 'Virtual Afghanistan' - Thomas Friedman, NY Times
Early Election Would Be Nuts for Brown - Daniel Finkelstein, The Times
U.S. Races Against Time over Iran - Eli Clifton, Asia Times
Iran, U.S. Reach Stalemate - Gareth Porter, Le Monde Diplomatique
Taliban Bide Their Time to Outlast Surge - Sam Kiley, Global Post
Al-Qaeda's American Mole - Bruce Riedel, The Daily Beast
Defusing Russia's Energy Weapon - Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Moscow Times
Federalism Helps India's Cohesion - Sumit Ganguly, Wall Street Journal
What Japan Wants from Washington - Masahiro Matsumura, Japan Times
Where Does Hong Kong Stand Now? - Frank Ching, China Post
Will Ireland Survive Huge Spending Cuts? - Sarah Carey, Daily Telegraph
Obama in Oslo: No More Messiahs - Benjamin Kerstein, The New Ledger
Computers Model Future Wars - Mannes & Subrahmanian, Foreign Policy
The Compass: Another Iran Negotiator Resigns | Obama's Timetable
Afternoon Update
Can't Delay Tough Choices in Copenhagen - Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, CSM
Who's to Blame for Dubai's Collapse? - Anne Kingston, Maclean's
Farewell to Nuclear Nonproliferation - Bennett Ramberg, Global Post
Throwing Iran Hardliners a Lifeline - Matt Duss, Ctr. for American Progress
Palestine Needs a New National Identity - Marcus & Crook, Jerusalem Post
NATO Tried to Cover German Airstrike - Gebauer, Goetz & Medick, Spiegel
Enough of Blaming the Goldstone Report! - Rami Khouri, Daily Star
When Will Militant Islam Accept Europe? - George Jonas, National Post
The Missile-Defense Betrayal - Kejda Gjermani, Commentary Magazine
Papandreou's Route to Greek Recovery - Matina Stevis, The Guardian
The Compass: Does Democratic Iran = Nuclear Free Iran? | More
Real Clear World Tuesday
Morning UpdateA Battle to Redefine Humanity - George Monbiot, The Guardian
A Smarter Approach to Global Warming - Bjorn Lomborg, Wall St. Journal
Human Rights Agenda for the 21st Century - Sec. Hillary Clinton
Obama Needs to 'Reset' His Foreign Policy - Anna Borshchevskaya, Forbes
Why Nuclear Iran Can't Be Contained - Danielle Pletka, Washington Post
Symbolic Gestures Won't Deter Iran - Amir Taheri, The Times
How the Soviets Invaded Afghanistan - Oleg Kalugin, Foreign Policy
Afghan Surge Ignores Facts on the Ground - Shaukat Qadir, The National
China Injects 'Humanity' into Death Penalty - Cristian Segura, Asia Times
Rich Japan Stuck in Perpetual Ennui - Roger Cohen, New York Times
North Korea Caught Smuggling Weapons - Joshua Stanton, The New Ledger
Russia's Blogger-in-Chief - Alexei Pankin, Moscow Times
Tony Blair Can't Reinvent Himself - George Pitcher, Daily Telegraph
Europe's New Road to a New Jerusalem - Chris Patten, Financial Times
Business Challenge for EU after Lisbon - Glyn Ford, Japan Times
The Compass: Why Are We in Afghanistan? | China Moves in on Russia
Afternoon Update
Obama's Foreign Policy After Year One - George Friedman, Stratfor
Are Israel's Neighbors Ready for Peace? - Nadav Tamir, CS Monitor
The Iran-Venezuela Nuclear Axis - Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
Is Petraeus the Next Eisenhower? - Arnaud de Borchgrave, New Atlanticist
Blair's Critics Asking Wrong Questions - David Aaronovitch, The Times
Getting Germans to Fight Again - H. D. S. Greenway, Int'l Herald Tribune
Italy Wrestles with Berlusconi Attack - Anna Masera, The Guardian
Belgium Waffles on Nationhood - Christopher Caldwell, Weekly Standard
How Sweden Covers L'Affaire Tiger - Katarina Andersson, The Daily Beast
Suddenly the World Hates Canada - Jonathon Gatehouse, Maclean's
The Compass: Blast Heard Around Kabul | Polling Obama | More
