Weekly International
Press Brief
January 
04 – 08 : I : 2016

 
What to Watch in 2016

> 2016 Year Ahead

> 7 Events of Geopolitical Consequence to Anticipate in Asia in Early 2016

> Preventive Priorities Survey: 2016

> 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2016

> Foresight Africa: Top Priorities for the Continent in 2016

> Thirteen trends for 2016

2015 in review

> ¿Qué ha pasado en el mundo en 2015? Una visión desde CIDOB

Nukes

> Why is North Korea pursuing hydrogen power?

> Asia's Worst Nightmare (or World War III): What If North Korea Fell?

> What should the world do about North Korea’s latest nuclear weapons test?

> North Korea’s “Thermonuclear” Test: The Paradox of Small, developing Nuclear Forces

> North Korea’s Nuclear Theatricality: What Matters Little and What Matters A Lot

Arch of Crisis

> What’s the Saudi-Iran Feud Really About?

> Iranian-Saudi Relations before the Abyss

> Burying Heads in Geneva Sands

> Siria después de Westfalia

> What the liberation of Ramadi means for Iraq, Iran, and the U.S.

> How Deep are the Cracks in the Russian-Iranian Coalition in Syria?

> How to Defeat ISIS: The Case for U.S. Ground Forces

Terrorism

> What is the future of al-Qaida and the Islamic State?

> The War Against ISIS After Ramadi

> Can ISIS Gain a Foothold in Balochistan?

Great Powers

> The New China-Russia-U.S. Triangle

> The New East-West Discord: Russian Objectives, Western Interests

USA

> La política exterior y de seguridad de Barack Obama: ¿Hacia un nuevo paradigma geopolítico estadounidense?

> Pivotal Moment

> Friends, Foes, and Future Directions: U.S. Partnerships in a Turbulent World

> The GOP Plan to Bring Back a Unipolar World

China

> China’s Vision for a New Asian Economic and Political Order

> Beijing’s Asia Pivot in 2016

> Chinese worldviews and China’s foreign policy

Russia

> L’Eurasie dans la politique étrangère russe: intérêts, opportunités, contraintes

> What’s in Store for the Russian Economy in 2016?

> Russia’s Sovereign Globalization: Rise, Fall and Future

European Union

> Strategic Options for Europe, the Occasional Power

> Why Poland Matters

> What Are the Big Challenges Facing Europe?

> Baltic Nations and the Continuing EU Refugee Crisis

Middle East

> Shia-Centric State Building and Sunni Rejection in Post-2003 Iraq

> The Die Is Cast: The Kurds Cross the Euphrates

> The Failures of the International Community in the Middle East since the Sykes-Picot Agreement, 1916-2016

> Turkey and Israel: Time to kiss and make up?

Latin America

> The End of Hegemony: What Next for Venezuela?

> Why Latin America’s 2016 elections might produce big changes

> Argentina Finds Its Voice on Human Rights

Asia

> ‘Modi Will Continue the Engagement with Pakistan’

> Taiwan's Elections: What to Watch For

> A Rock and a Hard Place: The Neglect and Abuse of Pakistan's Tribal Areas

Africa

> Burkina Faso: transition acte II

> Burundi a big step forward for the AU

Oceans

> Global Governance Monitor: Oceans

Democracy

> Penser le populisme

> Does Surveillance Mean the Death of Democracy?

Diplomacy

> Henry Kissinger: Diplomacy Has its Limits

Political Culture

> Violent Radicalization Revisited: A Practice-Oriented Model

> Does Political Islam Have a Future?

 Books & Reviews

> How China helped Pakistan build the bomb [excerto]

> Emotional Diplomacy: Official Emotion on the International Stage

> The art of the possible: rediscovering the meaning of realpolitik

> Challenging the Oligarchy

> A un cheveu de la guerre nucléaire

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