Frank Ching says America's need for Chinese cash will trump human rights.

The Financial Times backs Mexico's drug war, but says the U.S. must help.

Global Times criticizes ignorance in Guns and Roses' Chinese Democracy.

Redmond O'Neill says the elections challenged Chávez, but he's still in charge.

Itamar Rabinovich thinks Israel-Syria talks are worthwhile if done right.

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Bret Stephens says to forget the rule of law, let's hang the Somali pirates.

Robert Barnett accuses Britain of trading Tibetan freedom for Chinese cash.

The Australian thinks the financial crisis is a chance to advance trade talks.

The Christian Science Monitor says a U.S. pullout signals Iraqi political maturity.

Calculated Risk argues that Obama's stimulus won't offset construction decline.

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Jonathan Stevenson says Obama should follow the Ireland model in Somalia.

Paul Ingrassia says the Big Three are already bankrupt.

Philip Stephens tells Obama to heed the NIC's warning of U.S. decline.

The Economist charts growing worries over deflation.

Tom Engelhardt it will take the U.S. military years to leave Iraq.

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Garry Kasparov tells Obama to look into Russia's interests, not Putin's soul.

Lionel Beehner & Vikram J. Singh say foreign policy ain't personal.

Anne Applebaum says it's time to realize Georgia's Saakashvili is no saint.

Peter Boone & Simon Johnson think TARP needs to be rethought.

Ginny Hill warns that Somali pirates are destabilizing neighboring Yemen, too.

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Martin Wolf says a depreciating U.K. sterling beats a stagnated euro.

Willem Buiter disagrees. Sterling is in crisis and should peg to the euro.

The Wall Street Journal wants a tough, new pirate policy to prevent more thuggery.

Simon Jenkins warns against moving a failed Iraq strategy to failing Afghanistan.

Margaret Wertheim says we're lucky to have sanitary toilets. Many don't.

(Today is World Toilet Day.)

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Hank Paulson explains just what the heck he is doing with all that money.

Joshua Kurlantzick thinks the financial crisis means political trouble for Beijing.

Jeffrey Sachs argues that a U.S. auto-industry bailout is essential.

Robert Shiller says "animal spirits" can be harnessed for economic good and ill.

Martin Fletcher calls Somalia "the forgotten debacle of the Bush years."

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Taro Aso says Japan's experience can serve as a how-to-guide for fixing finance.

David Satter advises Obama to take a firm stand on untrustable Russia.

Ha-Joon Chang makes the rare economist's case for protectionism.

Patrick Bond says Obama-advisor Paul Volcker is bad for Africa. 

Keith Johnson thinks OPEC supply cuts might actually send prices lower.

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Qiao Yu says the Democrats need China to fund their spending priorities.

Business Day wants to see more monitors and peacekeepers in Congo, ASAP.

Sebastian Mallaby proposes the IMF run an insurance scheme for crises.

Israel Harel chides those using Yitzak Rabin's death to stoke political division.

Barack Obama opens up about his faith in a reposted interview from 2004.

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The Washington Post says new arrests in Burma crush any hope of freedom.

Masoud Barzani claims Kurd-granted oil contracts don't threaten Iraqi unity.

Gideon Rachman thinks the upcoming financial summit will bring little change.

Roger McDermott says naval disasters exemplify Russia's weakness.

Jonathan Freedland predicts Obama's foreign policy as hawkish but humble.

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Mark Hosenball and Michael Isikoff see a pre-Obama opening to Tehran.

David Milne wonders how Obama's professorial advisors will handle government.

Johan Rossouw fears South Africa could be headed for civil strife, if not civil war.

Will Marshall wants Obama to be the new JFK on foreign policy.

Barry Ritholtz says to read economic data for trends, not headlines.

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Fred Kaplan suggests foreign-policy priorities for the president-elect.

Claus Christian Malzahn says the dovish Obama faces an unpeaceful term.

Meenakshi Ganguly thinks Indian elections stereotype and squash minorities.

Michael Costa explains why U.S. debt hurts Australia and the world. 

John Kocjan wants to see more private-sector involvement in the bailout.

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Jonathan Zimmerman says the election outpaced world trends in race relations.

World leaders send congrats and olive branches to President-elect Obama.

Fred Kaplan sees more fallout than gain from a U.S. strike in Syria.

Bridget Johnson warns of the scary world awaiting the next U.S. president.

The Wall St Journal says warming China-Taiwan ties will cool regional tension.

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The Financial Times: democracy wins if South Africa's biggest party fractures.

Michael Fullilove says the U.S. needs more than elections to reassure allies.

Shaukat Qadir thinks U.S. talks with the Taliban will complicate war for both.

Stephen Schwarzman lays out rules for reorganizing financial regulation.

Gregory Rodriguez: Korea's future, like its food, is now made in China.

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Robert Sidelsky says Putin's grand geopolitics create a grand economic mess.

Russell Roberts makes the case for doing nothing about the economy.

Peter Brookes says a Russia-Venezuela alliance is bad news for the U.S.

Akram Salhab wants Palestinians to rethink boycotting Israeli elections.

China Daily forecasts spooky things for the world economy on Halloween.

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Alan Doss, who heads the U.N. mission in Congo, wants more troops now.

The LA Times decries the Cuba embargo as the Castros' excuse for failure.

Daniel Bradlow says the reordering of global finance is Africa's big chance.

Der Spiegel points out that France and Germany disagree on a financial fix.

John Kay compares the credit crunch to Napoleon's invasion of Russia.

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The Wall St. Journal scolds the IMF for outdated advice to flailing Pakistan.

Ayeda Naqvi says al Qaeda needs McCain's security policy... and vice versa.

Roula Khalaf on a conflicted Iraq: get out U.S., but save us from what follows.

The Christian Science Monitor to Hu Jintao: land reform doesn't go far enough.

Guns N' Roses serenades Chinese "democracy."

The Wall Street Journal marvels as the commodities-'n-currency bubbles pop.

The Economist warns that Eastern Europe is the next Iceland.

Michael Cognato, former FP researcher, applauds China's loans to Latin America.

The Globe and Mail congratulates Hu Jia and says China is no democracy.

John Pilger accuses Australia of grabbing Aboriginal lands under false pretexts.

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Dominique Moisi thinks culture is why Europe votes blue but Asia votes red.

The L.A. Times tells Ehud Olmert to act on promises to rethink settlements.

Tim Roemer warns that the U.S. needs a solid Pakistan strategy... or else.

The Economist says that credit is recovering, but banks still need life support.

Business Day: power-sharing in Zimbabwe is not just dead; it was never alive.

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Paddy Ashdown & Richard Holbrooke warn of a Bosnian collapse. 

Heizo Takenaka on Japan's recession lessons: Timing is king; don't overreact.

Dean Karlan likes voter turnout and uses peer pressure and money to get it.

Der Spiegel says Germany fears losing in Afghanistan but will stay the course.

The Australian depicts what happened when leaders blew up the economy.

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Aaron Friedberg and Gabriel Shoenfeld warn of peril if America declines.

Lionel Beehner says the U.S. terrorist watch list is a useless farce.

Ralph Cossa: the U.S.-North Korea deal sucks, but it's better than nothing.

Barry Ritholtz explains how changes in lending practices led to boom and bust.

Brian Barling imagines OPEC's roll down price-decline hill.