Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Brazil's Nasty Year;
Turkey after the Failed Coup;
Syria's Catastrophe;
Al-Qaeda and Al-Nusra; Future of the Eurozone; South China Sea Disputes; South Sudan Conflict.
Updates on Latin America
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Brazil's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year
" Dom Phillips -- The Washington Post, July 29, 2016
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Going Hungry in Venezuela
" BBC News, July 29, 2016
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Colombia Close to Ending 52-Year War, But a Bigger, Tougher Fight Loom
s
" Christopher Woody -- Business Insider, July 27, 2016
Turkey after the Failed Coup
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A Friend in Need? Russia and Turkey after the Coup
" Jeffrey Mankoff -- CSIS, July 29, 2016
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In an Effort to Maintain U.S. Ties, Turkey Softens Its Tone
" Michael S. Schmidt and Tim Arangoaug -- The New York Times, August 1, 2016
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Is Erdogan Really Stronger after Failed Coup?
" Kadri Gursel -- Al Monitor, August 1, 2016
Syria's Catastrophe
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The Battle for Aleppo: Stop It Now
" Editorial -- The Guardian, July 29, 2016
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The Iranian Foreign Ministry's New Maneuvers on Syria
" Camelia Entekhabi-Fard -- Al Arabiya English, August 1, 2016
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Fictionalizing Syria
" Ammar Almamoun -- The Cipher Brief, July 29, 2016
Al-Qaeda and Al-Nusra
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The Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World: Profiling Jabhat Al-Nusra
" Charles Lister -- Brookings, July 2016
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Don't Be Fooled by Reports that Al-Qaeda and Nusra Have Split for the Good of the Suffering Syrian People
" Robert Fisk -- The Independent, July 29, 2016
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ISIS Is Hurt But Its End Is Not in Sight
" John McLaughlin -- The Cipher Brief, July 28, 2016
Future of the Eurozone
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Jean-Claude Juncker's Next Big Thing
" Harry Cooper -- POLITICO Europe, August 1, 2016
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The forgotten Part of the Brexit Debate: The Eurozone
" Editorial -- The Independent, July 30, 2016
South China Sea Disputes
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The End of World's Rules-Based Order?
" Gordon G. Chang -- The World Affairs Journal, July 29, 2016
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U.S. South China Sea Policy after the Verdict: Between Clarity and Ambiguity
" Prashanth Parameswaran -- The Diplomat, August 2, 2016
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A New Phase for Japan-China Ties after the South China Sea Ruling
" Nozomu Hayashi -- CSIS, August 1, 2016
South Sudan Conflict
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How Foreign Intervention Can Save South Sudan from Itself
" Amir Idris -- Newsweek, July 30, 2016
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Fighting Continues in South Sudan
" Daniel Pelz -- Deutsche Welle, August 1, 2016
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