Losing Ukraine -- Max Boot, Commentary
The battle for Ukraine has resumed, more violently than ever. Riot police, assisted by “young men in jeans wearing medical masks and carrying pipes and baseball bats,” have broken through barricades in Kiev’s Independence Square. Demonstrators armed with rocks and Molotov cocktails are fighting back and preliminary reports are that at least nine people (seven demonstrators, two police officers) have been killed. Clouds of black smoke are said to be rising over the parliament building, the result of tires set alight by anti-government protesters.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Syria’s refugees despair while the world is indifferent -- Michael Gerson, Washington Post
Extremist threat from Syria - real or exaggerated? -- Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian
Iran bait-and-switch -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
North Korea's Horrors, as Shown by One Defector's Drawings -- Matt Ford, The Atlantic
Can China Teach North Korea to Play Nice? -- Bloomberg editorial
Q&A about the Afghanistan prisoner release -- Ernesto Londoño, Washington Post
Japan’s provocative moves -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Central African Republic: As Genocide Looms -- New York Times editorial
On the Brink of an Abyss: Fabio Bucciarelli in South Sudan -- Fabio Bucciarelli, Time
For Venezuelan Regime, the Party’s Over -- Roger F. Noriega, The American
Will Venezuela abandon Chavismo? -- David Frum, CNN Contributor
What's going on in Venezuela? -- Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor
Americans Aren't Interested in the World's Problems -- George Friedman, Real Clear World/Stratfor
China Sold Second-Largest Amount Ever Of US Treasury In December: And Guess Who Comes To The Rescue -- Zero Hedge
Is Al Qaeda Aiding Bashar Al-Assad? -- Jamie Dettmer, Daily Beast
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