After Iran Gets the Bomb | Foreign Affairs

What to do to contain a nuclear Iran
After Iran Gets the Bomb | Foreign Affairs

Complexity and Collapse | Foreign Affairs

Complexity and Collapse | Foreign Affairs
A very fascinating article by Niall Ferguson on that most classical of themes, the rise and fall of great powers (incidentally, I'm reading Kennedy's book these days)

Greece's bailout

"If economic failure goes unpunished, then behavior doesn’t change"
‘PIGS’ in Rescue Lipstick Are Uglier Than Default: Mark Gilbert - Bloomberg.com

Pentagon QDR

A good short summary of the QDR issued by the Pentagon a few days ago, on the Japan Times

China

Two interesting articles on China:
the first one, on Foreign Affairs, is about China's economy and its problems. It claims that "there is no alternative to greater democratization if the CCP wishes to encourage economic growth and maintain social stability"

The other article is on the Economist: it's an analysis of US-China relations, in light of the recent events that have troubled them

Kissinger on Iraq

Henry Kissinger reminds us of the importance of Iraq in the geostrategic balance of the Middle East and beyond

Is Obama failing?

I suggest you follow and take part in a Oxford-style debate going on on the Economist's webiste.
Is Obama failing? David Boaz and Elaine Kamarck try to answer that question
http://www.economist.com/debate/days/view/457