What Mideast Peace Won't Fix
James Kirchick, World Affairs Journal

The Palestinian's Nakba Obsession
Sol Stern, City Journal

A high-stakes Mideast game
Jamil K. Mroue, Daily Star

Syria Looks to Regain Lebanon Hegemony
Michael Young, Daily Star

A Government for Baghdad
Kenneth Pollack, National Interest

Somaliland & the March of Freedom
Richard Williamson, The American

A clash of interests in Asia
Frank Ching, Japan Times

Clinton Changes U.S. China Policy
Gordon Chang, Forbes

Russia has 'reset' its relations elsewhere, why not with Japan?
Yuriko Koike, Daily Star

The Treaty Is MAD
Jim DeMint, National Review

Improving unity among EU states key to maximising our political weight
Catherine Ashton, Irish Times

The Wrong Reform for Britain
David Miliband, The Guardian

Scuffling for Arctic boundaries
Andrei Fedyashin, RIA Novosti
A.Q. Khan's Nuke Network Back in Demand
Eli Lake, Washington Times

Decks clearing for Iran nuclear talks
Atul Aneja, The Hindu

EU: Turkey, Brazil may join Iranian nuclear talks
Today’s Zaman

King Abdullah, Assad declare united support for Lebanon's stability
Daily Star

Turkey introduces ’regional ownership’ to Afghan agenda
Today’s Zaman

Military told to keep close eye on situation
Ai Yang and Li Xiaokun, China Daily

Grenade explodes near shopping centre
Bangkok Post

China rejects Western standards on human rights
China Daily

U.S. administration prioritizes new START treaty ratification
RIA Novosti

Russia to introduce 'draconian' Minority Report-style law
The Guardian

Berlusconi fulmina a Fini del partido y le reclama que deje el Congreso
DW

Media freedom threatened in most European countries, says OSCE
Honor Mahony, EUObserver

Water is a human right, UN says
DW
AF-PAK
Keeping Our Promise to the Afghans
Peter Bergen, The New Republic

America's Pakistan Problem
Joe Klein, Time

Pakistan Must Cure Its Aid Addiction
Shahid Javed Burki, Japan Times

Karzai urges action against terrorists in Pakistan
Daily Times

A CRISE
What Germany & Japan Can Teach Us
Steven Hill, Los Angeles Times

Greek wage cuts teach grim lesson
Hong Liang, China Daily

Europe's economic confidence on two-year high
Matej Hruska, EUObserver

Greek truckers off the job for a fifth day
DW