Weekly International
Press Brief
October
17 - 21 : X : 2016
 

Battle for Mosul

> What Would Victory in Mosul Look Like?

> One Battle, But 'Six Campaigns'

> Unseating the Caliphate: Contrasting the Challenges of Liberating Fallujah and Mosul

Suez

> NATO, the EU, and the Curse of Suez

Duterte in Asia 

> Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Meets Xi Jinping: First Takeaways

> Why the Philippines’ Pivot From U.S. to China Is Unusual

> Duterte doubles down on his China pivot

BRICS Smmit

> Cumbre de Goa y discrepancias entre los BRICS

> BRICS Summit: Putin, Xi, Modi

> A look ahead at the BRICS summit in Goa

Myanmar's Peace Process

> Myanmar's Road Ahead: Growth, Peace, and U.S. Sanctions

> Asian Support for Democracy in Myanmar

> Myanmar’s Peace Process: Getting to a Political Dialogue

Arch of Crises 

> Are Turkey and Iraq Headed for War in Mosul?

> Conflict Between India and Pakistan

> How Iran's Involvement in Yemen Could Draw America into the War

> “Telling The Story”. Sources of Tension in Afghanistan & Pakistan: A Regional Perspective (2011-2016)

Terrorism

> Survey Findings - Global Perceptions of Violent Extremism

> Europe’s new counter-terror wars

Nukes 

> Dealing with a nuclear-armed North Korea

USA

> The Second-Most Important Vote On Nov. 8

> Election 2016 and America's Future

> Slow US growth might have a much simpler explanation than you thought

> Leveraging U.S. Power in the Middle East: A Blueprint for Strengthening Regional Partnerships

> El papel del voto latino en las elecciones estadounidenses de 2016

China

> China’s Great Stagnation

> Can China Reshape Asia’s Security Architecture?

> The Separation Between Mosque and State

Russia 

> Putin's Dangerous Baltic Games

> Sanctions Can Expose Putin’s Foreign Policy Contradictions

European Union

> European Defence: This time, could they really mean it?

> The EU-India Partnership: The Case for Greater Security Convergence

> Beyond hard, soft and no Brexit

> European Union can deal itself back into relevance

Middle East

> Civil-military relations in the MENA: between fragility and resilience

> History´s Lessons for Resolving Today’s Middle East Conflicts

> Turkey After July 15 - Dawn or Disaster?

North America 

> America's Very Own Mexican Standoff

> Trudeau Government, Canadian Foreign Policy, and Public Opinion: A One-Year Assessment

> México: Los zapatistas y la participación electoral

Latin America 

> Dos escenarios para Venezuela

Africa

> Conflict Resurgence and the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan: A Hurried and Imposed Peace Pact?

> West Africa Is Being Swallowed by the Sea

Asia

> China May Be Rising, But America Is Not in Retreat

> A New Approach to Thailand’s Insurgency

> Countering Militancy and Terrorism in Pakistan: The Civil-Military Nexus

> Why Indonesia's Stability Is Stagnation

International Trade

> Capital Flight from Africa and Development Inequality: Domestic and Global Dimensions

> The case for the Trans-Pacific Partnership

> Maple syrup on Belgian waffles: EU-Canada trade

Populist Surge 

> Europe’s Populist Surge: A Long Time in the Making

International Justice

> Timeline: Leaders Facing Justice

> If Burundi Leaves the Int’l Criminal Court, Can the Court Still Investigate Past Crimes There?

> Justice pénale internationale : (im)pressions africaines

Essay

> Rousseau on Economic Liberty and Human Flourishing

Books & Reviews

> Europe’s Ugly Future: Muddling Through Austerity

> Can Vladimir Putin Make the Twenty-First Century a Russian Century?

> Powerplay: The Origins of the American Alliance System in Asia by Victor D. Cha

> China: The Virtues of the Awful Convulsion

> Review – The Right in Latin America

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