Wednesday, May 13, 2015

  

The 2016 election; GCC Summit; Israel at a cross-road; Russia and China; UK election surprise; plus, Latin America; U.S. foreign policy; and Bin Laden. 

  

Foreign Policy and the 2016 Presidential Election

"GOP Hopefuls Talk Tough on National Security," Janet Hook - The Wall Street Journal, May 10, 2015

 

"Foreign Policy of GOP Hopefuls Echoes Obama's," John Batchelor - Al Jazeera America, May 7, 2015

 

Arab State Leaders Converge on Camp David

"The Kings and O," Michael Crowley - Politico, May 11, 2015

 

"The Gulf and US Need a Reset - and Each Other," Hussein Ibish - The National, May 10, 2015

 

"Clouds Over Camp David Summit," Ray Takeyh - Council on Foreign Relations, May 7, 2015

 

Israel - Are Things About to Get Better... or Worse?

"Now is the Time to Isolate Israel," Sharif Nashashibi - Al Jazeera, May 11, 2015

 

"Will Israel Miss Its Moment?" Fareed Zakaria - The Washington Post, May 7, 2015

 

"Bibi's Coalition and Obama's Temptation," Jonathan S. Tobin - Commentary, May 7, 2015

 

China and Russia - Comrades in Arms?

"China and Russia Grow Even Closer," Matt Schiavenza - The Atlantic, May 10, 2015

 

"China, Russia Lead Non-West Initiatives," Dmitri Trenin - Carnegie Moscow Center, May 8, 2015

 

"Russia's Stumbling Pivot to Asia," Keith Johnson - Foreign Policy, May 8, 2015

 

UK Election Surprise - What the Tories' Win Means for Britain and Europe

"David Cameron's Europe," Carl Bildt - Project Syndicate, May 9, 2015

 

"David Cameron May Have Won the Election, But it's for Wrecking the Union that He'll Be Remembered," Matthew Norman - The Independent, May 8, 2015

 

Latin America Round-Up

"Brazil's Only Hope is Mr. Market," Mac Margolis - BloombergView, May 10, 2015

 

"Sending Them Packing...the Chilean Way," Carl Meacham - Center for Strategic & International Studies, May 8, 2015

 

America's Lost That Loving Feeling

"The Amazing Decline of America's Special Relationships," David Rothkopf - Foreign Policy, May 8, 2015

 

Conspiracy Theories - Revisiting the Killing of Osama Bin Laden

"The Killing of Osama bin Laden," Seymour M. Hersh - London Review of Books, May 21, 2015

 

"The Many Problems with Seymour Hersh's Osama bin Laden Conspiracy Theory," Max Fisher - Vox, May 11, 2015

 

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