Wednesday, April 16, 2014

  

News and analysis on: Provocative Putin; energy dependence in Europe; Afghan defiance; heartbreak in Haiti; and more.

  

Ukraine and Putin

"What Does Vladimir Putin Want in Ukraine?" David Blair - The Telegraph, April 15, 2014  

 

"Ukraine: Weekend Rendezvous with History," Dmitri Trenin - Eurasia Outlook, April 14, 2014

 

"Putin's Lehman Moment," Robert Kahn - Foreign Affairs, April 10, 2014

 

"The Putin Doctrine: Myth, Provocation, Blackmail, or the Real Deal?" Lilia Shevtsova - The American Interest, April 14, 2014  

 

Europe's Energy Dependence

"Waiting for the Great Gas Cutoff," John Roberts - Atlantic Council, April 13, 2014  

 

"Reality Check: Central Europe's Vulnerabilities Toward Russia," Jana Kobzov� - Carnegie Europe, April 11, 2014 

 
Whither Germany?

"The German Leadership Question," Otmar Issing - Project Syndicate, April 14, 2014

 

"A Sober Look: It's Time to Stop Romanticizing Russia," Christian Neef - Spiegel Online International, April 10, 2014

 

Asia's Road Ahead

"How China and America See Each Other," Minxin Pei - Foreign Affairs, March/April 2014

 

"The West Can't Have it Both Ways on China," William Pesek - Bloomberg View, April 14, 2014

 

"Evolving Tale of Two Chinas," Kevin Rafferty - The Japan Times, April 11, 2014

 

"Japan and the EU in the Global Economy," Zsolt Darvas, Joachim Fels, Takuji Kinkyo, Tomomi Miyazaki, Kiyohiko G. Nishimura, Michael G. Plummer, Andr� Sapir, Wataru Takahashi, Guntram B. Wolff and Masahiko Yoshii - Bruegel, April 1, 2014

 

"Obama's Quiet Priority in Japan: The East China Sea," James L. Schoff - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, April 10, 2014

 

"Will a Nuclear Japan be Obama's Legacy?" Michael Rubin - Commentary, April 15, 2014

 

Afghanistan

"Afghans are Defying Expectations," Michael Keating - Chatham House, April 9, 2014

 

"Afghanistan Votes Against the Taliban," Sanjay Kumar - The Diplomat, April 9, 2014

 

Developments in CAR

"Chad Abandons its Neighbor," Stephen Rakowski - The National Interest, April 14, 2014

 

After the Earthquake

"Four Years Later: The Heartbreaking Failure of Haiti's Recovery," Ben Fountain - New Republic, April 13, 2014

 

India's Elections

"Gurus and Governors in India," Shashi Tharoor - The Korea Herald, April 14, 2014

 
Climate Change  

"Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change," Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, April 2014

 

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