On Ukraine
"Ukraine Narratives Spawn Dangerous Presumptions," Ramesh Thakur - The Japan Times, April 28, 2014
"Ukraine May Facilitate a Eurasian Union - Under the Auspices of China," Akio Kawato - Eurasia Outlook, April 28, 2014
"Will the U.S. and the EU Be Able to Stop the War in Europe?" Renat Kuzmin - EurActiv, April 28, 2014
Asia's Temperature Rising
"Reducing Tensions in East Asia," Tsuneo Akaha - The Diplomat, April 28, 2014
Indian Politics
"The Rise of India's Common Man?" James Traub - Foreign Policy, April 28, 2014
"What Has Become of Gandhi's India?" Ramachandra Guha - The Globe and Mail, April 29, 2014
Iraq's Election
"Iraqi Election Fear: No One is Safe Anymore," Dieter Bednarz and Klaus Brinkb�umer with Ayad Allawi - Spiegel Online International, April 28, 2014
Middle East
"A New (and Plausible) Plan for Peace," Ari Shavit - New Republic, April 28, 2014
Tactics or Strategy in Palestine?
"Will the Fatah/Hamas Deal Pay Off for Abbas?" Sir Tom Phillips - Chatham House, April 28, 2014
Venezuela's Tenuous Future
"Venezuela's Economic Fractures," Brianna Lee - Council on Foreign Relations, April 24, 2014
The Euro-Elections
"There's a Simple Solution to this Euro-Elections Sham," Boris Johnson - The Telegraph, April 27, 2014
Canada and the EU
"The Other Transatlantic Partnership," Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and Ulf Gartzke - Project Syndicate, April 24, 2014
U.S. Foreign Policy
"Washington's Weak-State Agenda," James A. Schear and Michael J. Mazarr - Foreign Affairs, May/June 2014
"Obama's Receding Foreign-Policy Dreams," Albert R. Hunt - Bloomberg View, April 27, 2014
"The Case for American Nationalism," Michael Lind - The National Interest, April 28, 2014
"Why Obama Is Betting on Asia," Evan Osnos - The New Yorker, April 28, 2014
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