Wednesday, January 11 , 2017

Syria's Road to Peace; Potential for Nuclear Destruction; The New Age of Populism; Containing Russia; 'One China' Policy; Soft or Hard Brexit; Issues in Latin America. 
Syria's Road to Peace
(Andrew Parasiliti, one of the co-authors of the first article was moderator of WACA's 2016 Conference panel on Countering Violent Extremism. The link to that video is here.)
"Preventing State Collapse in Syria: U.S. Options for Dealing with Assad, Islamic State, and Al-Qaeda" Andrew Parasiliti , Kathleen Reedy, and Becca Wasser -- RAND Corporation, January 2017

"How Ceasefires in Syria Became Another Tool of Warfare" Lina Khatib -- Chatham House, January 5, 2017

"Syria's Tangled Trilateral Road to Peace" Fritz Lodge -- The Cipher Brief, January 6, 2017

"After ISIS: How to Win the Peace in Iraq and Libya" Hayder al-Khoei, Ellie Geranmayeh, and Mattia Toaldo -- European Council on Foreign Relations, January 4, 2017
Potential for Nuclear  Destruction
"Bill Perry Is Terrified. Why Aren't You?" John F. Harris and Bryan Bender -- POLITICO Magazine, January 6, 2017
The New Age of Populism 
" Can the EU Survive in an Age of Populism? " Daniel Gros -- CEPS, January 9, 2017
 
" Beware Clashes of Big-power Nationalisms in 2017 - with Europe Stuck in the middle " John Bruton -- Europe's World, January 9, 2017
 
" How Putin Is Using Populist Movements against the West " Ronald Brownstein -- Defense One, January 6, 2017
Containing Russia 
" How We Fool Ourselves on Russia " William J. Burns -- The New York Times, January 7, 2017
 
" Efforts to Contain Russia Are Failing " Lilia Shevtsova -- Chatham House, January 4, 2017
'One China' Policy 
" Taiwan's President and Pro-China Opposition Leader both Plan U.S. Visits " Mark C. Eades -- Foreign Policy Association, January 6, 2017
 
" Trump and a Tricky Relationship " Daniel Fazio -- Policy Forum, January 9, 2017

"Reinvigorating U.S. Economic Strategy in the Asia Pacific" Matthew P. Goodman, Schott Miller, and Amy Searight -- CSIS, January 5, 2017
Soft or Hard Brexit 
" Why a "Soft Brexit" Is in the Interest of Both London and Brussels " Simeon Djankov -- Peterson Institute for International Economics, January 4, 2017
"Sturgeon Reiterates Hard Brexit Threat of Scottish Independence Vote" Severin Carrell -- The Guardian, January 8, 2017
Issues in Latin America 
" China's Investment in Latin America " David Dollar -- BROOKINGS Institution, January 2017

" Brazil Worries the "China of South America" Is Eating Its Lunch " Bruce Douglas and Matthew Malinowski -- Bloomberg Markets, January 9, 2017

"Venezuela Crisis: Minimum Wage Increased 50 Percent As Inflation Continues To Soar" Jason Le Miere -- International Business Times, January 9, 2017
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