Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Brexit; Fight against ISIS; Syria Crisis; Evolving Nuclear Order; Make Russia Great Again; Brazil in Turmoil; Peru Elections.
   
Brexit
" Pound Plummets against Dollar as Polls Suggest Brexit and Cameron Warns of Economic 'Bomb' " Oliver Wright and  Hazel Sheffield -- The Independent, June 6, 2016
" Exit Britain? " Douglas Murray -- National Review, June 6, 2016

Fight against ISIS
" The Face of Evil: Surveying the ISIS Killing Fields in Northern Iraq" Noaln Peterson -- The Daily Signal, June 2, 2016

" The Falluja Offensive Risks Handing a Propaganda Victory to ISIS" Janine di Giovanni -- The Guardian, June 3, 2016

" Russia Pounds the Achilles' Heel of America's ISIS War" Nancy A. Youssef -- The Daily Beast, June 3, 2016

" Belgium: Journeys to jihad" Jim Brunsden -- Financial Times, June 3, 2016

Syria Crisis
"Refugee Crisis 2016: Amid Syrian War, Displaced Population Reaches 60M" Jess McHugh -- International Business Times, June 5, 2016

"Can the World Provide Syrians with Aid from above?" James Denselow -- Al Jazeera, June 4, 2016

Evolving Nuclear Order

" Perspectives on the Evolving Nuclear Order" Toby Dalton, Togzhan Kassenova, and Lauryn Williams -- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, June 6, 2016

Make Russia Great Again
"Putin's Dangerous Plan to 'Make Russia Great Again'" Maxim Trudolyubov -- Newsweek, June 3, 2016

Brazil in Turmoil   
"Brazil's Gold Medal for Corruption" The Editorial Board -- The New York Times, June 6, 2016

"Nowhere to Go but Up" The Economist -- Print Edition, June 4, 2016

"Was That Really a Coup in Brazil?" Alvaro Vargas Llosa -- The National Interest, June 5, 2016

Peru Elections 
" Peru Could Elect a Jailed Strongman's Daughter as President" Giles Gibson -- TIME, June 3, 2016

" Kuczynski ahead in Peru Election, but Will He Be Able to Govern?" Dan Collyns -- The Guardian, June 7, 2016

The World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh remains on an extended break from compiling the News Update. WACA will assume responsibility for delivering our weekly selection of analysis and opinion. 
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