Weekly World News Update, August 3, 2016

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

"Brazil's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year" Dom Phillips -- The Washington Post, July 29, 2016

" Going Hungry in Venezuela" BBC News, July 29, 2016

" Colombia Close to Ending 52-Year War, But a Bigger, Tougher Fight Looms " Christopher Woody -- Business Insider, July 27, 2016

Turkey after the Failed Coup

" A Friend in Need? Russia and Turkey after the Coup " Jeffrey Mankoff -- CSIS, July 29, 2016

"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

"Is Erdogan Really Stronger after Failed Coup?" Kadri Gursel -- Al Monitor, August 1, 2016

Syria's Catastrophe

" The Battle for Aleppo: Stop It Now " Editorial -- The Guardian, July 29, 2016

" The Iranian Foreign Ministry's New Maneuvers on Syria " Camelia Entekhabi-Fard -- Al Arabiya English, August 1, 2016

"Fictionalizing Syria" Ammar Almamoun -- The Cipher Brief, July 29, 2016

Al-Qaeda and Al-Nusra

"The Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World: Profiling Jabhat Al-Nusra" Charles Lister -- Brookings, July 2016

" 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

"ISIS Is Hurt But Its End Is Not in Sight" John McLaughlin -- The Cipher Brief, July 28, 2016

Future of the Eurozone

"Jean-Claude Juncker's Next Big Thing" Harry Cooper -- POLITICO Europe, August 1, 2016

" The forgotten Part of the Brexit Debate: The Eurozone " Editorial -- The Independent, July 30, 2016

South China Sea Disputes

" The End of World's Rules-Based Order? " Gordon G. Chang -- The World Affairs Journal, July 29, 2016

"U.S. South China Sea Policy after the Verdict: Between Clarity and Ambiguity" Prashanth Parameswaran -- The Diplomat, August 2, 2016

" A New Phase for Japan-China Ties after the South China Sea Ruling " Nozomu Hayashi -- CSIS, August 1, 2016

South Sudan Conflict

" How Foreign Intervention Can Save South Sudan from Itself" Amir Idris -- Newsweek, July 30, 2016

"Fighting Continues in South Sudan" Daniel Pelz -- Deutsche Welle, August 1, 2016

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