Weekly International
Press Brief
February
22 – 26 : II : 2016

Boutros Boutros-Ghali [1922-2016]

> Does anyone know what good peacebuilding looks like?

Iran Election

> Iranian Election Truths and Myths

> Iran at the polls: Why today’s vote is (and isn’t) important

> Understanding Iran's Assembly of Experts Vote

G20 Summit

> How to strengthen the G20: Spain’s multilateral perspective

Arch of Crisis

> The Thugs of War in Syria

> The Crisis in Russian–Turkish Relations, 2008–2015

> The Challenging Road Ahead in Afghanistan

> A year since Minsk-2: Does the agreement have a future?

> Two Potential Safe Zones in Northern Syria

Brexit

> Cameron’s Incomplete Negotiation Complicates EU Vote

> Brexit Is Step One of a Likely EU Implosion

> Brexit and EU regulation: A bonfire of the vanities?

Terrorism

> The Military Doctrine of the Islamic State and the Limits of Ba’athist Influence

Nukes

> Sanctions against North Korea: a hammer with no nails

USA

> What the 2016 U.S. presidential election means for the Middle East

> Obama’s Dangerous Legacy

> U.S.-Saudi Relations

China

> The recent high turnover in the PLA leadership—Part II: Expansion and escalation

> Can China and Taiwan Find a Formula to Co-Exist?

> China’s political football

Russia

> Russia: The End of the Illusion?

> Russia in the Middle East: Motives, Consequences, Prospects

> Russia's Nuclear Threat and What It Means for NATO

European Union

> Poland in the grip of nationalism

> A Common Energy Market in the Eurasian Economic Union

> The EU-Turkey Action Plan is Imperfect, But Also Pragmatic, And Maybe Even Strategic

> Syria's Returning Fighters: The Threat to Europe

Middle East

> The Long Shadow of the Gulf War

> Iranian EFPs in the Gulf: An Emerging Strategic Risk

> Polls Show Most Muslims Reject Both Extremism and Islamic Reform

> Who Exactly Are 'the Kurds'? 

> Will the GCC be able to adjust to lower oil prices?

Latin America

> Political Crisis in Venezuela: Contingency Planning Memorandum Update

> Plan Belgrano: Prometedora iniciativa estratégica y geopolítica para la República Argentina

> Five Steps to Grow the Cuban Economy: What the US and Cuba Can Do in Obama’s Final Year

Asia

> Japan’s vision for the East Asian security order

> ASEAN’s Regional Role and Relations with Japan: The Challenges of Deeper Integration

> India-Japan Cooperation towards a Rule-Based Order in the Asia- Pacific: Mapping Indian and Japanese Strategic Thinking

> Maritime Asia: Responding to the China Challenge

> India’s Global Foreign Policy Engagements – A New Paradigm?

Oceania

> Australia’s submarine decision: a matter of grand strategy

> DWP 2016: the future RAAF

Africa

> The AU’s Less Coercive Diplomacy in Burundi

> Uganda’s 2016 Elections: Another Setback for Democracy in Africa

Artic

> With Russia overextended elsewhere, Arctic cooperation gets a new chance

International Security

> L’endiguement renforcé - Les politiques de sécurité de la France et des États-Unis en Afrique

> Enhanced Defense Cooperation

NATO

> Alliance at Risk

> NATO’S Aegean odyssey

Essay

> France: Is There a Way Out?

> The Age of Secular Stagnation

Books & Reviews

> Five Rising Democracies and the Fate of the International Liberal Order [Chapter 1]

> The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War [Chapter 1]

> Mill’s Rules: A Guide for When America Should Intervene

> How the Armenian Genocide Shaped the Holocaust

> Recruit to Revolution: Adventure and Politics during the Indonesian Struggle for Independence

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