Wednesday, April 6, 2016

EU-Turkey Agreement Implementation; Panama Papers; Syria Now; Future of Europe; U.S.-China Relations; Boko Haram; Tensions with Iran; Political Crisis in Brazil.
  

EU-Turkey Agreement Implementation  
"Implementing the EU-Turkey Agreement - Questions and Answers" European Commission, Press Release Database, April 4, 2016

"Europe's Migrants, Turkey's Problem" Roy Gutman -- POLITICO, April 4, 2016

 
Panama Papers
"What Are the Panama Papers? A Guide to History's Biggest Data Leak" Luke Harding -- The Guardian, April 5, 2016 

"Leaked Documents Reveal Offshore Accounts of the Wealthy and Powerful, Report Says" Associated Press -- Los Angeles Times, April 3, 2016

"Panama Papers: Putin Associates Linked to 'Money Laundering'" David Thompson -- BBC, April 3, 2016

Syria Now
"The End of the Beginning in Syria" Dominic Tierney -- The Atlantic, March 30, 2016
"Why Russia Is Accountable If the Syrian Ceasefire Fails" Garrett I. Campbell -- BROOKINGS, March 30, 2016

"After Palmyra, Syrian Troops Take Another ISIS-Controlled Town" Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue -- TIME, April 3, 2016

Future of Europe    
"How to Save Europe From Itself" Thomas Piketty, Jeremy Adelman, and Anne-Laure Delatte -- Foreign Policy, April 4, 2016

"The Centre Left Is in Sharp Decline Across Europe" The Economist, April 2, 2016

U.S.-China Relations 
"U.S. Warns China against an Exclusion Zone" Gary Sands -- Foreign Policy Association, March 31, 2016
"Spotlight: China-U.S. Nuclear Security Cooperation Energizes New Type of Major-Country Ties" Chang Yuan, Xiong Maoling, and Sun Ruijun -- Xinhua Net, April 1, 2016

Boko Haram 
"They Were Freed From Boko Haram's Rape Camps. But Their Nightmare Isn't over" Kevin Sieff -- The Washington Post, April 3, 2016
"Living in the Shadow of Boko Haram" David Pratt -- Herald Scotland, April 3, 2016

Tensions with Iran
"Iran the Eternal Enemy" Michael Brenner -- The World Post, April 4, 2016

"The Terms of the Iran Nuclear Deal Keep Changing" Eli Lake -- Japan Times, April 4, 2016

Political Crisis in Brazil
" The Coup d'Etat in Brazil" Carlos Henrique Santana -- Times of India, April 4, 2016

"Brazil's Middle-Class Revolt" Mary Anastasia O'Grady -- The Wall Street Journal, April 3, 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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