David Gordon and Stephen Krasner on Syria: How to bring Assad to the table. (Politico)

Are Romney and Obama competing for the austerity prize? (TPM)

Heritage’s Michael Franc: Is the Constitution a Republican plot? (National Review)

Room for Debate asks: What role will the Hispanic vote have in this presidential election? What are Obama and Romney’s strengths and weaknesses among Latino voters, and how can they secure that vote? (New York Times)

Desai’s 22 year career at Asia Society began as museum director in 1990. She subsequently became senior vice president and then president and CEO.

“Wednesday’s meeting on Iran’s nuclear program will be a competition of fears. Who is sufficiently terrified of an atom bomb in Iranian hands to credibly threaten military action? Who fears the immediate economic consequences of Persian petroleum coming off the market more than the longer-term menace of a nuclear-armed state that supports terrorism? Who dreads above all else an Israeli preemptive strike?” write Reuel Marc Gerecht and Mark Dubowitz. (Washington Post)

Politicos Arena asks: Should Democrats stop the Bain Capital attacks? Cato’s Roger Pilon answers. So does Center for Economic and Policy Research’s Dean Baker.

Posen, an expert in international macroeconomic policy, monetary policy and economic forecasting, was selected unanimously out of an initial pool of 38 candidates in a Peterson Institute board meeting Friday.

Fontaine, who has served as a CNAS senior adviser and senior fellow, will take up the new post immediately.