Wednesday, June 1, 2016

France's Labor Strikes; Brexit; U.S.- Japan Relations; ISIS in Fallujah; Europe's Slavery Problem; Uganda Cuts Military Ties with North Korea.   
  
France's Labor Strikes 
Brexit
"A British Vote to Leave the EU Could Shatter the United Kingdom" Griff Witte -- The Washington Post, May 30, 2016

"Brexit Is No Longer about the EU - It's a British Civil War" Giles Merritt -- Europe's World, May 31 2016

U.S.- Japan Relations
"A New Era in the U.S.-Japan Security Partnership" Fritz Lodge -- The Cipher Brief, May 31, 2016

"How the Japanese View Obama's Hiroshima Visit" Julian Ryall -- Deutsche Welle, May 27, 2016 

"Whose Side Are You On? Alliance Credibility in the Middle East and Japan" Natan Sachs -- BROOKINGS, May 31, 2016

ISIS in Fallujah
"Fallujah and Iraq's Deepening Displacement Crisis" Tim Eaton -- Chatham House, May 31, 2016

"'Human Catastrophe' Unfolding in City as Civilians Used as Human Shields for Iraqi Assault" Lizzie Dearden -- The Independent, May 31, 2016

"Elite U.S. Soldiers and Kurdish Troops Moving on ISIS Near Mosul" Florian Neuhof -- The Daily Beast, May 31, 2016

Migrant Crisis
"Migration Crisis Adds to Europe's Slavery Problem" Kaley Johnson -- POLITICO Europe, May 31, 2016

"Looking for a Home" The Economist -- Print Edition, May 26, 2016

Global Security  
"The Changing Security Structure in the Middle East" Anthony H. Cordesman -- CSIS, May 26, 2016

"SCO Heralds Winds of Change in South Asian Security" M.K. Bhadrakumar -- Asia Times, May 27, 2016

Uganda Cuts Military Ties with North Korea 
" Uganda Halts Military Cooperation with North Korea" Choe Sang-Hun -- The New York Times, May 30, 2016

" Victory for South Korea After North Loses Uganda as a Military Ally" Alastair Gale and Nicholas Bariyo -- The Wall Street Journal, May 30, 2016

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