1) Iraq’s security forces must be depoliticized, and the Sons of Iraq must be better integrated into the national defense, writes former Mayor of Tel Afar Najim Abed Al-Jabouri.
2) Russia’s abstinence-based strategy on HIV is failing miserably.
3) Cutting down rows of olive trees won’t help the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
4) If we’re so worried about an al-Qaeda safe haven in Af-Pak, shouldn’t we be worried about one in Somalia?