Wednesday, August 20, 2014

  

Opinion and analysis from around the world: The ISIS challenge, developments in Asia, the race for Africa, and Russia. Plus, articles on the global energy market and on global health.

  

ISIS: Looking Back and Looking Forward

"ISIS: A Short History," Bobby Ghosh - The Atlantic, August 14, 2014

"In Failing to Stop the Islamic State, U.S. Ignores the Lessons of Auschwitz," Marc Thiessen - The Washington Post, August 18, 2014

"Next Steps in Iraq," Kenneth M. Pollack - Brookings, August 18, 2014

"If We Have to Work with Iran to Defeat the Islamic State, So Be It," Malcolm Rifkind - The Telegraph, August 17, 2014

"The Common Enemy," George Packer - The New Yorker, August 25, 2014

 

Asia's Internal Politics: Possibilities for Change

"Taiwan's Identity Crisis," Jonathan Sullivan - The National Interest, August 18, 2014


"Asia's Reform Trinity?" Kishore Mahbubani - Project Syndicate, August 13, 2014

"India's East Asian Dream," Sanjeev Sanyal - Project Syndicate, August 18, 2014

 

The Race for Africa

"Five Reasons the United States Can't Beat China in Africa," Zachary Keck - The National Interest, August 17, 2014

 

Russia East and West

"Putin's New Clothes," Michael Weiss - Foreign Policy, August 15, 2014

 

"Putin is Prepared to Alienate the West to Suit His Agenda," Stephen Blackwell - The National, August 17, 2014

"Sanctions Blowback," Marcel Fratzscher - Project Syndicate, August 14, 2014

"Will Sanctions Stymie Russia's Resurgence in Central Asia?" Ryskeldi Satke - The Diplomat, August 14, 2014

"Meet the Russia Bulls," Jamila Trindle - Foreign Policy, August 18, 2014

 

The Global Energy Market

"A Second Mexican Revolution?" Pamela K. Starr and Michael C. Camu�ez - Foreign Affairs, August 17, 2014

"India's Quest for Energy in Central Asia," Richard Wallace - The Diplomat, August 18, 2014

 

Global Health and Ebola

"Six Big Lessons from the Ebola Outbreak," Alex Berezow - Real Clear Science, August 18, 2014

"Health in a Time of Ebola," Prabhjot Singh - Project Syndicate, August 18, 2014


 

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