Wednesday, May 20, 2015

  

2016 election; Kim Jong-un shows off; Kerry meets Putin; Iran, the U.S., and the GCC; plus, China; Hong Kong; European politics; and Latin America. 

  


Foreign Policy and the 2016 Presidential Election

"Who's Winning the Foreign Policy Primary?" Jonathan S. Tobin - Commentary, May 15, 2015

 

"The Emptiness of the Rubio Doctrine," Peter Beinart - The Atlantic, May 15, 2015

 

North Korea Ups the Ante with a Missile Test and a Gruesome Execution

"North Korea's Submarine Missile Firing Raises the Nuclear Stakes," James Dwyer - The Conversation, May 18, 2015

 

"Why is North Korea Executing High-Level Officials with Anti-Aircraft Guns?" Max Fisher - Vox, May 14, 2015

 

"Why China Needs to Act on North Korea," Kerry Brown - The Diplomat, May 18, 2015

 

Kerry's Sojourn in Sochi

"Reconnaissance Through Peace: Why Kerry Visited Russia," Alexander Baunov - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 17, 2015

 

"The U.S. Must Keep Talking to Russia," Mark Adomanis - The Moscow Times, May 17, 2015

 

Caught in the Middle - Iran, the U.S., and the GCC

"This Angry Arab Moment," Roger Cohen - The New York Times, May 14, 2015

 

"Rejuvenated Royals," Hussain Abdul-Hussain - The Weekly Standard, May 25, 2015

 

U.S.-Sino Relations - Taming the Dragon

"Balancing China and the Realist Road to War," Jie Dalei and Jared McKinney - The Diplomat, May 18, 2015

 

"Is America About to Make a Fatal Mistake in the South China Sea?" Ted Galen Carpenter - The National Interest, May 18, 2015 
 

Hong Kong - Cutting the Ties that Bind

"Meet the Man Who Wants to Make Hong Kong a City-State," Suzanne Sataline - Foreign Policy, May 18, 2015

 

Presidential Politics Continental Style

"He's Back: Sarkozy Eyes a Return to French Presidency," Julia Amalia Heyer - Spiegel Online International, May 15, 2015

 

"Turks Are Wondering If Their President is Insane," Thomas Seibert - The Daily Beast, May 14, 2015

 

Lost in Latin America

"Venezuela's Lost Generation," Karla Zabludovsky - BuzzFeed, May 15, 2015

 

"Deported to Mexico: A Lost Generation," Nina Lakhani - The Guardian, May 17, 2015

 

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