Wednesday, May 27, 2015

  

ISIS takes Ramadi; Obama talks Iran; Modi anniversary; repression in Myanmar; Egyptian and Thai regimes; global economies; plus, South Africa and Nigeria. 

  


Defeat in Ramadi - Where Do We Go From Here?

"Iraq After the Fall of Ramadi: How to Avoid Another Unraveling of Iraq," Kenneth M. Pollack - Brookings, May 22, 2015

 

"The Glaring (Ir)Relevance of Ramadi," A. Trevor Thrall, Erik Goepner, and Maxwell Pappas - The National Interest, May 22, 2015

 

"The Defeat in Ramadi: A Time for Transparency, Integrity, and Change," Anthony H. Cordesman - Center for Strategic & International Studies, May 21, 2015

 

Obama on Iran

"'Look... It's My Name on This': Obama Defends the Iran Nuclear Deal," Jeffrey Goldberg - The Atlantic, May 21, 2015

 

"Obama, Anti-Semitism and Iran," Walter Russell Mead - The American Interest, May 25, 2015

 

India - One Year Scorecard for Modi

"A New Manual for Diplomats," C. Raja Mohan - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 21, 2015

 

"Modinomics at One," Derek Scissors - Foreign Affairs, May 24, 2015

 

Myanmar - The Next Genocide?

"Why Rohingyas Are Willing to Risk Everything to Flee Myanmar," Eline Gordts - The World Post, May 22, 2015

 

"Aung San Suu Kyi's Inexcusable Silence," Mehdi Hasan - Al Jazeera, May 24, 2015

 

Dictators on the Rise

"Egypt's Sisi is Getting Pretty Good... At Being a Dictator," Thanassis Cambanis - Foreign Policy, May 22, 2015

 

"The Strongman of Siam," Sebastian Strangio - Foreign Policy, May 21, 2015

 

Global Economies - A Tour of the Hot Spots

"Why the U.S. Needs to Listen to China," Henry M. Paulson, Jr. and Robert E. Rubin - The Atlantic, June 2015 Issue

 

"Will Eurozone Ever Regain Its Spring?" Claire Jones - Financial Times, May 24, 2015

 

"Saudi Arabia and the Shifting Geoeconomics of Oil," Dag Harald Claes, Andreas Goldthau, and David Livingston - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 21, 2015

 

Africa Round-Up

"The Conflicting Messages of Jacob Zuma," Cheryl Strauss Einhorn - Council on Foreign Relations, May 22, 2015

 

"How Nigeria Turned a Corner Against Boko Haram," Max Siollun - The Guardian, May 21, 2015 

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