Weekly International
Press Brief
May
23 - 27 : V : 2016
World Humanitarian Summit
> World Humanitarian Summit: One Small Step in a Long Journey
G7 Meeting
Arch of Crisis
> New Gaza War Inevitable without International Action
> Libya since 2011: Political Transformation and Violence
> The Liberation of Fallujah, the Fall of Baghdad
> Is the Iran deal unraveling? Think again.
> Yemen: Stemming the Rise of a Chaos State
> From Low-Intensity Conflict to Hybrid Warfare: MANPADS at the Hands of PKK
> Not Just Russia: The Iranian Surge in Syria
Terrorism
> Don’t hold back on fighting the Taliban
> ‘The Shrapnel Finds Us Wherever We Hide’
> Killing the Taliban leader could make things worse
> In the Event of the Islamic State's Untimely Demise...
Brexit
> Brexit and the Law of Unintended Consequences
> Better In or Out? The Historical Background
> Brexit and the UK’s public finances
USA
> US forces – between Europe and Asia
> The Myth of American Disengagement
> Obama’s Historic Hiroshima Visit
> The Final Normalization of U.S.-Vietnam Relations
China
> China’s Evolving Middle East Role
> How Much Debt Is Too Much in China?
Russia
> Putin’s Russia: Concocting an Ideology to Justify an Estrangement
> The “Return of Stalin”: Understanding the Surge of Historical Politics in Russia
> Putin Commits to Countering New Strategic ‘Threat’ to Russia
> Russian State Mobilization: Moving the Country on to a War Footing
Nukes
> India’s Nuclear Options and Escalation Dominance
> U.S. Purchase of Iran’s Heavy Water: Encouraging a Dangerous Nuclear Supplier
> Russia's Nuclear Ambitions in the Middle East: Getting Power by Providing Power
European Union
> Joining Forces: Necessary Steps for Developing the Comprehensive Approach
> Lessons for the euro from early US monetary and financial history
> Les Balkans occidentaux, pierre de touche de la politique étrangère allemande et européenne
> One Belt, One Road: el Sueño Chino y su impacto sobre Europa
Middle East
> The Nakba, Sykes-Picot and Today’s Arab World
> The Kurds: A Divided Future?
> Erdogan's Nationalist Path to a Full Presidential System
> How Israel Lost Its Latest Chance For A Peace Process
Latin America
> ¿Podrá Chile darse una nueva Constitución?
> Venezuela cada vez más cerca del abismo
Asia
> Tsai’s inauguration in Taiwan: It could have been worse
> Kashmir’s Reemerging Militancy
> South China Sea Arbitration: An Analysis
> China’s One Belt One Road – Viability and Implications
Africa
> Centrafrique: pourquoi faut-il encore parler de la Seleka?
> Somali Perspectives: Security, Elections, and the Federalisation Process
> Assessing Effectiveness of Governance Aid in Africa
> Kenya’s Dangerous, Vague Alchemy—Refugees and Terror
> South Sudan’s South: Conflict in the Equatorias
Artic
> U.S. Falls Behind in Arctic Great Game
OSCE
> Energy Security and the OSCE: The Case for Energy Risk Mitigation and Connectivity
NATO
> Russia: A Test for Transatlantic Unity
> Russia and Turkey Escalate: Russia’s Threat to NATO Goes Beyond Eastern Europe
> Holding the West Together Over Russia
Past Politics
> Hiroshima and the Politics of Apologizing
Repression
Essay
> The Natural Selection of Ideas: Prerequisites and Implications for Politics, Philosophy and History
> Why Political Prisoners Matter
Books & Reviews
> The Future of Natural Gas. Markets and Geopolitics [Preview]
> Do We Need a New Constitutional Convention? Reading The Federalist in the twenty-first century
> A War For the Empire, a Battle Against the Raj