Wednesday, July 6, 2016

ISIS Escalation; Brexit; Tensions in the Middle East; NATO; EU-Canada Trade Deal; Australian Election; Venezuela's Crisis; Politics in Asia. 
   
ISIS Escalation
" Tuesday Changed Everything" Soner Cagaptay -- The Cipher Brief, June 30, 2016

" ISIS Is Pushing Turkey in the Wrong Direction" Daniel L. Byman -- BROOKINGS, July 1, 2016

" Suicide Bombers Attack Sites in Saudi Arabia Including Mosque in Medina" Kareem Shaheen -- The Guardian, July 5, 2016

" Iranian Foreign Minister Accused of Hypocrisy after Call for Sunni and Shia Muslims to 'Unite as One' after Attacks" Lizzie Dearden -- The Independent, July 5, 2016

Brexit
" Why Brexit will Be Angela Merkel's Greatest Test" Judy Dempsey -- Carnegie Europe, July 1, 2016

" Will EU Exit NATO after Brexit?" Jed Babbin -- The Washington Times, July 3, 2016

" How will Brexit Shake Out?" James Surowiecki -- The New Yorker, July 5, 2016

Tensions in the Middle East 
"Turkish Leader Erdogan Making New Enemies and Frustrating Old Friends" Sabrina Tavernise -- The New York Times, July 4, 2016

"How New Alliance among Iraq's Kurds Might Actually Deepen Divisions" Mohammed A. Salih -- Al Monitor, July 5, 2016

"How the Disunity among UN Agencies Is Failing Syria" Roger Hearn -- Al Jazeera, July 5, 2016
NATO  
" The Warsaw Summit: NATO Examines Itself, Again" Stephen Sestanovich -- Council on Foreign Relations, June 30, 2016

" Is NATO Necessary?" Stephen Kinzer -- Boston Globe, July 5, 2016

EU-Canada Trade Deal
"EU Performs U-turn over Canada Trade Deal" Hans Von der Berchard -- POLITICO Europe, July 5, 2016

"Canada Gets Clarity on How Europe will Ratify Trade Deal" Janyce McGregor -- CBC News, July 5, 2016

Australian Election 
" A Hung Parliament Looms in Australia" The Economist, July 3, 2016

" Australia's Election Cliffhanger" Anthony Fensom -- The Diplomat, July 3, 2016

Venezuela's Crisis   
"What's at Stake in Venezuela's Economic Crisis" Gillian B. White and Bourree Lam -- The Atlantic, July 5, 2016

Politics in Asia   
"Asia Doesn't Want to Be Part of the West's World Order" Lee Il Woo -- The National Interest, July 4, 2016


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