Wednesday, June 10, 2015

  

Turkish election results; Greece negotiates its debts; China's provacative moves; Saudi-Israeli relations; Congo; plus, Cuba, Venezuela, and Mexico. 

  

 

Turkish Elections - Dawn of a New Era?

"Election Result Heralds a New Turkey, But Not the One Erdoğan Wanted," Constanze Letsch and Ian Traynor - The Guardian, June 8, 2015

 

"Erdoğan Loses his Midas Touch," Ross Wilson - Atlantic Council, June 8, 2015

 

"Erdoğan's Victory," Michael J. Koplow - Foreign Affairs, June 7, 2015

 

Greece - Has Time Run Finally Run Out for the Beleaguered Country?

"Who Will Put Greece Out of its Misery? It's Time They Left the Euro," Ian Birrell - The Telegraph, June 5, 2015

 

"Subplots Cloud Greek Drama," Mohamed A. El-Erian - BloombergView, June 8, 2015

 

"Will a Grexit be the Lehman-Like Trigger of the Next Global Financial Crisis?" Joseph E. Stiglitz - The World Post, June 8, 2015

 

Responding to Chinese Aggression on Earth...

"It's Time for America to Consider Accommodation with China," Hugh White, Mary Kay Magistad, and Zha Daojiong - Foreign Policy, June 8, 2015

 

"China's Territorial Strategy is Gradualist, Asymmetric, and Effective. How Should the United States Respond?" Robert A. Newson and Lauren Dickey - Council on Foreign Relations, June 4, 2015

 

...And in Cyber Space (well, maybe)

"Dusting for Beijing's Digital Fingerprints," Elias Groll - Foreign Policy, June 5, 2015

 

"The Cyber Pearl Harbor and the Inescapable Gravity of Geopolitics," Noah Rothman - Commentary, June 5, 2015

 

Saudi Arabia and Israel: The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend

"How Important is Saudi-Israeli Track-Two Diplomacy?" Tamara Cofman Wittes - Brookings, June 6, 2015

 

"Israel-Saudi Cooperation Debunks Obama's Foreign Policy Vision," Jonathan S. Tobin - Commentary, June 5, 2015

 

U.S. Policy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

"Absent in Central Africa," Stephen R. Weissman, John Prendergast, Anthony W. Gambino, and Sasha Lezhnev - Foreign Affairs, June 8, 2015

 

Latin America Round-Up

"Obama's Cuba Legacy May Run Through Venezuela," Mark Weisbrot - Al Jazeera America, June 4, 2015

 

"Can Pope Francis Perform a Miracle for Venezuela?" Sergio Muñoz Bata - The World Post, June 4, 2015

 

"The Missing Forty-Three: The Government's Case Collapses," Francisco Goldman - The New Yorker, June 8, 2015

 

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