Benn Steil's latest Forbes op-ed, co-authored with Dinah Walker, shows why Greece may turn out to be a deciding factor in the German elections. While it is widely believed that a fresh mandate for Chancellor Merkel means more robust German involvement to end the eurozone crisis, they show why the loss of her FDP coalition partner could mean the opposite.

According to Ray Takeyh, the crisis in Syria and the impact of international response "will be felt more in Israel than in Iran."

In a section of this week's "Saturday Essay" in the Wall Street Journal, Steven Cook says that Turkey will continue its current course of action relating to Syria: "supporting factions within the Syrian opposition, providing refugee relief and advocating for international intervention to bring the conflict to an end."

In a section of this week's "Saturday Essay" in the Wall Street Journal, Elizabeth Economy says that China has been critical of the United States' Syria policy, hoping to highlight U.S. weakness and signal the onset of a power transition in the international system. However, she argues, China's observations about U.S. indecisiveness and Russian leadership only serve to emphasize China's inability to find its own diplomatic legs.

Writing on Syria, Leslie H. Gelb advises that "the only viable strategy at this point is to help prevent things from getting worse."

According to Steven Cook, "it seems that last week's assassination attempt and yesterday's bombings may represent the opening shot in another low-level insurgency."

Richard N. Haass examines Russia's recent diplomatic success with an eye on the bigger picture.

Micah Zenko says the United States should punish those who violate chemical weapons international norms, but also critiques the manner in which President Obama proceeds in this effort in Syria.

Julia Sweig urges Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff to look past the offense of NSA spying revelations and go forward with her planned October state visit to Washington.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon compares cases for invading Syria today and Iraq in 2003.

Fred Kaplan contemplates what happens next after President Putin's offer to open negotiations with Syria.

Jonathan Tepperman examines six of the last major U.S. military operations—the Gulf War, Haiti, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, and "highlights a few basic principles that should give the Obama administration confidence to forge ahead on Syria today."

Elliott Abrams writes about Israel's apparent calm in the Middle East, and its coming confrontation with Iran.

"American diplomatic muscle should be brought to bear on our allies to work with Russia and Iran," writes Ed Husain about U.S. strategy in Syria.

Leslie H. Gelb reviews Unthinkable, a new book by Kenneth M. Pollack.

The United States must make Syria's leader believe that any punitive strikes are part of a larger strategy to compel him to stop killing his own people, writes CFR's Robert Danin.

"U.S. diplomats should include discussions of human rights in all of their encounters with Iranian officials," writes Ray Takeyh.

Micah Zenko provides a translation of U.S. foreign policy "gibberish" by deciphering the true meaning of ambiguous statements frequently used by White House, Department of State, and Department of Defense officials.

Peter Orszag writes that surprising growth of the nonprofit sector should prompt a closer examination of its tax exemption's budgetary impact.

Gayle Tzemach-Lemmon discusses Salim Idris' potential trip to Washington.