Wednesday, June 4, 2014

  

News and opinion concerning China, the Middle East, and Ukraine. Plus, views on Obama's foreign policy.

  

Remembering Tiananmen Square

"Tiananmen: Could it Happen Again?" Gordon G. Chang - The National Interest, June 2, 2014

 
"The Hard-Line China of Tiananmen Square, on a Global Scale," Joe Renouard - Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2014

 

Next Steps in Syria?

"Syria: Keeping it Simple," Frederic C. Hof - Atlantic Council, June 2, 2014   

 

Over and Over Again in Afghanistan

"Afghanistan: War Without End?" Matt Waldman - Chatham House, May 30, 2014
 
"Out of Afghanistan," Najmuddin A. Shaikh - The Express Tribune, June 1, 2014
 
The Middle East's High-Flying Democratic Flags
"Democracy," Ira Sharkansky - The Jerusalem Post, June 1, 2014

 

Too Big to Govern

"Coup d'etat in Donetsk," Michael Emerson - The Centre for European Policy Studies, June 1, 2014
 
"Ukraine: Power to the Regions," Bruno Coppieters - Eurasia Outlook, May 30, 2014

 

Putin's Propaganda Machine

"The Growing Power of Putin's Propaganda Machine," David Francis - The Fiscal Times, June 1, 2014
 
"How Russia is Winning the Propaganda War," Spiegel Staff - Spiegel Online International, May 30, 2014

 

The Obama Doctrine

"The Obama Defense," Michael O'Hanlon - Foreign Affairs, May 28, 2014
 
"No Clear-Cut Obama Doctrine: Instead, a Roadmap," Peter Harris - The National Interest, June 2, 2014
 
"What Did Obama Really Say at West Point?" Robert E. Hunter - LobeLog, May 28, 2014
 
"The Obama Doctrine," Janine Davidson - Council on Foreign Relations, May 29, 2014

 

"Does Obama Have a Foreign Policy Doctrine? (Let's Hope Not)," Paul Waldman - The American Prospect, June 2, 2014

 

"Obama's Values-Free Foreign Policy," Fred Hiatt - The Washington Post, June 1, 2014

 

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