Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Expert analysis on Turkey, Asia, and U.S. Energy. Plus, news on the Franco-American relationship, cyber security, and Ukraine. Extra articles on the Sochi Winter Olympics.

Turkey's Leadership

"Erdogan Loses It," Halil Karaveli - Foreign Affairs, February 9, 2014

Revisiting the "Asia Pivot"

"Pivot on the Rocks," Michael Auslin - Commentary, February 11, 2014

"A Good Time for that 'Pacific Pivot,'" Max Boot - Commentary, February 10, 2014

Developments in China

"Getting at the Heart of China's Resource Quest," Elizabeth C. Economy - Council on Foreign Relations, February 10, 2014

"What Would Chinese Hegemony Look Like?" Robert E. Kelly - The Diplomat, February 10, 2014

Solving Iran's Nuclear Puzzle

"Six Steps to a Done Deal on Nuclear Iran," Joe Cirincione - Asia Times Online, February 11, 2014

What's next for Iraq?

"The Iraq War Never Ended," Jacopo Ottaviani, Foreign Policy, February 10, 2014

Perspectives on Ukraine

"Keep Ukraine in One Piece, and at Peace with Itself," Dmitri Trenin - Eurasia Outlook, February 10, 2014

"America's Power Play in Ukraine," George Friedman - Real Clear World, February 11, 2014

A New "Special Relationship?"

"Is France's Hollande Taking over Britain's Role as America's Best Friend?" Pierre Haski - The Guardian, February 11, 2014

"The French Connection," James Stavridis and Leo Michel - Foreign Policy, February 10, 2014

The Fifth Domain

"NATO Must Get More Serious on Cyber Security," Julianne Smith - Chatham House, February 6, 2014

U.S. Energy Power Play

"Why the World Should Brace for a Future U.S. Oil Embargo," Daniel J. Graeber - OilPrice, February 9, 2014

"Energy Rush: Shale Production and U.S. National Security," Elizabeth Rosenberg - Center for a New American Security, February 6, 2014

"Implications of the U.S. Shale Revolution for Countries of the EU Neighborhood," Sijbren de Jong and Willem Auping - European Global Strategy, January 31, 2014

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Extra! Extra!
All about the 2014 Winter Olympics!

"Sochi and Schadenfreude," Andrew Cohen - Ottawa Citizen, February 10, 2014

"Letter from Sochi: The Olympic Debut of New Russia," Benjamin Bidder, Lukas Eberle, and Maik Grossekath�fer - Spiegel Online International, February 11, 2014

"Sochi Olympics: Big Air Points," Joel Achenbach - The Washington Post, February 11, 2014

"Putin Playing His Own Long Game at Sochi," Dmitri Trenin - Carnegie Moscow Center, February 10, 2014

"The Geopolitics of the Sochi Olympics," Michael Reynolds - Real Clear World, February 5, 2014

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