Wednesday, November 19, 2014

  

The future of the G20, a U.S.-China climate deal, the Ukraine crisis, and the ISIS threat. Plus, views on immigration and U.S. foreign policy.

  

G20

"The Twenty-First Century Needs a Better G20 and a New G7+," Jim O'Neill and Alessio Terzi - Bruegel, November 2014

 

"Global Cooperation on Lifting Growth and Other G20 Outcomes," Peter Drysdale - East Asia Forum, November 16, 2014 


The U.S.-China Deal on Climate Change
"The Importance of the U.S.-China Climate Accord," Steven Cohen - The Huffington Post, November 17, 2014

"How Big a Deal is the U.S.-China Climate Announcement?" Sarah O. Ladislaw, Kevin Book and Ethan Zindler - Center for Strategic & International Studies, November 14, 2014

"Obama's Big China Win at APEC: Not What You Think," Elizabeth C. Economy - Council on Foreign Relations, November 13, 2014

"U.S. and China Launch a New Era of Climate Diplomacy," Felix Preston and Shane Tomlinson - Chatham House, November 14, 2014

 

Russia, Ukraine, and the United States

"Ukraine Needs U.S. Arms to Play Defense," Steven Pifer and Bernard Gwertzman - Council on Foreign Relations, November 14, 2014
 

"As Putin Keeps Advancing, the U.S. Keeps Rationalizing," Fred Hiatt - The Washington Post, November 16, 2014
 

"Russia, Ukraine, and the Visegrad: Time to Get Real," Bal�zs Jar�bik - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, November 14, 2014

 

ISIS

"Confronting the Islamic State," Ross Harrison - The Strategic Studies Institute, 2014

 

"Obama's ISIS War Is Surprisingly Popular in the Arab World," Zack Beauchamp - Vox, November 14, 2014

 

"No Blacklist Yet For Islamic State Banks," Jamila Trindle - Foreign Policy, November 12, 2014
 

"Air-Sand Battle," Kate Brannen - Foreign Policy, November 14, 2014 


Putting the ISIS Threat in Perspective

"Is Inequality a Bigger Threat Than the Islamic State?" David Rothkopf - Foreign Policy, November 13, 2014

 

European Politics

"Across Europe Disillusioned Voters Turn to Outsiders for Solutions," Kim Willsher, Tom Kington, Helena Smith, Philip Oltermann, Richard Orange, Henry McDonald and Ashifa Kassam - The Guardian, November 15, 2014 


Canada

"Stephen Harper's Moral Clarity," Max Boot - Commentary, November 17, 2014

 

Immigration

"Obama's Proposed Executive Action Doesn't Touch the Roots of Immigration Dysfunction," Fawn Johnson - National Journal, November 17, 2014
 

"A War or a Skirmish?" Josh Voorhees - Slate, November 14, 2014 


The State of the World and the Role of the U.S. in that World

"The Risk of Nation-State Conflict," Walter Russell Mead - The American Interest, November 16, 2014
 

"Getting Past the Way of the Gun," Christopher Holshek - Foreign Policy, November 14, 2014
 

"America Doesn't Need to Lead the Free World," Scott Beauchamp - The Atlantic, November 14, 2014
 

"Yes, America Should Be the World's Policeman," Bret Stephens - The Wall Street Journal, November 15, 2014
 

"The Unraveling," Richard N. Haass - Foreign Affairs, November/December 2014

 

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