Weekly International
Press Brief
November
09 - 13 : XI : 2020
US Polarization
> Postelection Forecast: More Polarization Ahead
> America is exceptional in the nature of its political divide
Transatlantic Relations
> European Offers America Can't Refuse
> Transatlantic Economic Cooperation After Trump
> Europe and Biden’s America: Making European Autonomy and a Revamped Transatlantic Bond Two Sides of the Same Coin
Peace at Nagorno-Karabakh
> Haut-Karabakh – premières leçons d’une paix russo-turque
> Getting from Ceasefire to Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh
> A Precarious Peace for Karabakh
Cabo Delgado
> Cabo Delgado and the Rise of Militant Islam: Another Niger Delta in the Making?
> Did Frelimo create “Al Shabaab”? An analysis of the 15 October 2019 elections from Cabo Delgado
> The “Central African” Jihad: Islamism and Nation-Building in Mozambique and Uganda
Ethiopia’s Conflict
> Tigray: How Ethiopia reached this crisis point and how it could get out
> Ethiopia’s Dangerous Slide Toward Civil War
> Threats to Ethiopia’s Fragile Democratic Transition
> Ethiopia: Escalating Strife with Tigray May Lead to War
Sahel
> France’s War in the Sahel and the Evolution of Counter-Insurgency Doctrine
> Strategic Missteps: Learning From a Failed EU Sahel Strategy
Myanmar’s Election
> Another Landslide Victory for Aung San Suu Kyi’s Party in Myanmar – But at What Cost?
> Élections en Birmanie: et maintenant?
Terrorism
> How Jihadi Terrorism Has Changed in France Since the 2015 Attacks
> Terrorism In France: New And Old Trends In Jihadism
Great Powers
> For the US and China, There’s No Going Back
> A Crisis of Diverging Perspectives: U.S.-Russian Relations and the Security Dilemma
USA
> America’s Democracy Demotion
> Biden and the World: Global Perspectives on the U.S. Presidential Election
> Exit poll compilation
China
> Xi steers China towards economic and technological self-reliance
> Chine: le succès, et l’ivresse
> A Strong but Frustrated China Poses a Special Kind of Danger
> Leading by example: Two different responses to China’s rise
Russia
> The Geopoliticization of Russian Politics
> Russia’s New and Old Political Opposition
> El método Putin de Bielorrusia a Venezuela
> Moscow’s New Rules
European Union
> Europe after the Coronavirus: A "Return of the State"?
> From Brussels with love: How the European Union can win the battle of narratives
> The EU’s Strategic Compass And Its Four Baskets
> El euro como herramienta de la soberanía económica europea
Middle East
> Guns And Governance: How Europe Should Talk With Non-State Armed Groups In The Middle East
> A Pyramid of Multilateral Confidence-Building Measures in the Middle East
> The Hariri Brothers and the Future of Lebanese Politics
> Turning the Tide: How Turkey Won the War for Tripoli
> Assessing control and power dynamics in Syria: De facto authorities and state institutions
Latin America
> What Just Happened in Peru? Understanding Vizcarra’s Sudden Impeachment
> Peru’s Multidimensional Challenge – Part 1: The Political Crisis
> A Peaceful Democratic Transition in Venezuela
> ¿Cuatro cogobiernos de Sudamérica?
Asia
> The significance of a growing India-Philippines strategic partnership
> Faltering prospects for peace in Pakistan’s newly merged Pashtun ‘tribal’ districts
> The Mystery of Taiwan
Europe
> Emmanuel Macron’s “New Way”: Setting the Course for Re-election in 2022
> Misrule of law: Ukraine’s constitutional crisis
Africa
> Lessons from Mali as Burkina and Niger head for the polls
> Humanitarian Impacts of Sudan’s Removal from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List
> Dialogue is no easy answer for Côte d’Ivoire
Religion & Politics
> Riesgos del supremacismo católico: Polonia y EEUU
> Religion vs. Secularism in Contemporary World Politics
NATO
> An Agenda for NATO’s Next Generation
> NATO’s response to covid-19: lessons for resilience and readiness
Essay
> Out of View, Autocrats Are Busy
Books & Reviews
> Peace, Love, and Conflict [excerpt]
> One Country, Two Systems, No Future: The End of Hong Kong as We Know It
> Russia’s ‘Neo-Imperialism’ Is a Product of Complex Factors
> “Adrift: How Our World Lost Its Way” by Amin Maalouf
> Mythes et réalités de la transition démocratique en Espagne
Weekly International
Press Brief
October
19 - 23 : X : 2020
US Election
> The Election That Could Break America
> Trump or Biden Can Still Fix Foreign Policy
> Too Much to Lose: Steering the U.S. Away from Election-Related Violence
> Large Shares of Voters Plan To Vote a Straight Party Ticket for President, Senate and House
Chile’s Referendum
> Chile y la Constitución: modelo neoliberal “contra las cuerdas”
> Chile, dificultades en el gobierno de los tiempos mejores
> Chile Can’t Wait Longer for a New Constitution
Brexit
> Breaching International Law Comes at a Price
> Brexit and the Dismal Reality of “Take Back Control”
> A Tale Of Batteries, Brexit and EU Strategic Autonomy
EU-China Relationship
> EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment
Transatlantic Relationship
> Europe Must Grow Up and Stop Moaning About Trump
> The Consequences of a Trump or Biden Win for Transatlantic Trade
> Trump ou Biden: Comment reconstruire la relation transatlantique ?
Eleições na Bolívia
>Bolivia's MAS Socialists Are Back. What's Next?
> Understanding Bolivia’s Election
Belarus
> The Women’s March of Belarus
> What Belarusians Think About Their Country’s Crisis
USA
> A Time to Heal, A Time to Build
> U.S. Foreign Policy Never Recovered From the War on Terror
> Sleepwalking Into World War III
> Pivoting to Asia Doesn’t Get You Out of the Middle East
China
> Taiwan Opinion Polling on Unification with China
> Xi’s world: Covid has accelerated China’s rise
> Prospects of a Hydrogen Economy with Chinese Characteristics
> China’s 17+1 initiative stalls amid security concerns and broken promises
Russia
> Emulation and Military Change in Russia
> Navalny poisoning sanctions: the fate of the six
> Russia's Lost War
European Union
> De Venus a Jano: la UE y el desorden internacional
> Defending Europe’s Economic Sovereignty: new ways to resist economic coercion
> L’arrêt de la Cour de Karlsruhe : un coup de tonnerre dans un ciel serein ?
North America
> Morena: lecturas de la disputa por su dirigencia
> This Isn’t the Path to Solving Mexico’s Inequality
Middle East
> Moving Past Libya’s Failures
> What Would Happen If Israel and Saudi Arabia Established Official Relations?
> Back into the Shadows? The Future of Kata'ib Hezbollah and Iran's Other Proxies in Iraq
> The Unintended Consequences of Turkey’s Quest for Oil
> The Syrian Mercenaries Fighting Foreign Wars for Russia and Turkey
Asia
> Majority Rules in Myanmar’s Second Democratic Election
> Domestic Politics in Southeast Asia and Local Backlash against the Belt and Road Initiative
> Thailand: Protests and political headwinds amidst a pandemic
> Measuring Shinzo Abe’s Impact on the Indo-Pacific
> India and the Quad: Future Directions and International Relations Theory
Africa
> Cabo Delgado and the Rise of Militant Islam: Another Niger Delta in the Making?
> The New Idea of Africa in the Context of COVID-19
> Six questions qui façonnent l’élection présidentielle en Côte d’Ivoire
> Cellou Dalein Diallo ou Alpha Condé : la Guinée dans une dangereuse incertitude
> Why can’t the AU seem to deter coups?
Climate Change
> Climate Change As An Unconventional Security Risk
> Climate policy, environmental justice, and local air pollution
Report
> 2020 Asia Power Index
Essay
> Year 30: Germany’s Second Chance
Books & Reviews
> Religious Identity in US Politics [introduction]
> Losing Ground: The crisis of the two-party system.
> Burke’s Defense of Natural Rights and the Limits of Political Power
Weekly International
Press Brief
October
12 - 16 : X : 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh
> The 2nd Nagorno-Karabakh War, 2 Weeks in
> Tipping Point in the Karabakh Crisis: What Next?
> The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Increasingly deadly and destabilising
Thailand Protests’
> Thai Protests Focus More Explicitly on the Monarchy
> As Thailand’s Protests Gather Momentum, What is the Endgame?
Bolivia’s Election
> Bolivia Has Changed Since 2003. Has Carlos Mesa?
> Will Bolivia’s Elections Usher in a New Wave of Socialism in Latin America?
Kyrgyzstan
> The Scramble for Power in Kyrgyzstan
> Kyrgyzstan’s turmoil and the competition for Central Asia
Nigeria Protests
> Police, Protest Power, and Nigeria's Young Democrats
> Why #EndSARS won’t quit
Conary Election
> Guinea Elections and the Third Presidential Term Syndrome
> In Conakry
Terrorism
> El Estado Islámico en África: radiografía de un grupo en expansiónv
> HTS Leader al-Julani’s New Strategy in Northwestern Syria
USA
> Deep Divisions in Views of the Election Process – and Whether It Will Be Clear Who Won
> US foreign policy priorities: What difference can an election make?
> America should stay in Afghanistan until an intra-Afghan deal is reached — not forever
China
> What Did the Chinese FM’s Tour of Southeast Asia Achieve?
> How Milk Tea Became an Anti-China Symbol
> Can 'Dual Circulation' Reverse China's Slowdown?
Russia
> New Russia Sanctions Are a Call to Action for Kremlin Doves
> In Search of a Solution to Russia’s Strategic Problem
> Germany to Complete Nord Stream 2 Despite US Pressure
European Union
> Washington Should Push For A Stronger E.U. Foreign Policy
> EU peace mediation in the 2020s: From intervention to investment
> Rule of law and the Next Generation EU recovery
Middle East
> Can Another Shaky Truce in Libya Actually Hold?
> L'éviction de l'Europe du Moyen-Orient
> Iraq One Year After its Seismic Protests Began
Latin America
> A Less Apocalyptic Case For Latin America
> How Lava Jato Died – And What Comes Next
> Mancuso: el fantasma de la Colombia pasada
Asia
> Beyond the Military Domain: A Potential Role for the Quad in South Asia
> Competition Among Ports in the Caspian Sea and the Significance of the Port of Baku
> Sino-Indian Competition in the Indian Ocean Region intensifies
> Short-term nuclear stability on the Korean Peninsula
Oceania
> Keeping West Papua on the agenda
> New Zealand’s corona-shaped election
> Australia's Security and the Rules–Based Order
Africa
> The Obstacles to Sudan’s Landmark Peace Deal
> The myth of South African nationality
> African agency and Chinese power: The case of Djibouti
Transatlantic Relations
> Together or Alone? Choices and Strategies for Transatlantic Relations for 2021 and Beyond
> What Should Europe Expect From American Trade Policy After The Election?
> Reviving transatlantic relations after Trump
NATO
> NATO 20/2020: Twenty bold ideas to reimagine the Alliance after the 2020 US election
> A renewed collective defense bargain? NATO in COVID’s shadow
Global Health
> Taking Pandemic Preparedness Seriously: Lessons from COVID-19
> Upholding the World Health Organization
> Planning For Pandemics: Learning From The 2004–05 Avian Influenza Outbreak In Vietnam
Global Economy
> 2021: The crucial year for social order-global order transformational changes
> China Is Now the World’s Largest Economy. We Shouldn’t Be Shocked.
Report
> Global Report on Internal Displacement 2020
Essay
> The Afterlife of Empire
Books & Reviews
> How Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Solidified his Power [adapted essay]
> Progressive politics in Thailand’s polarised polity
> Historia y futuro de la globalización
> Mémoires et archives de la Révolution française
Weekly International
Press Brief
September
28 : IX - 02 : X : 2020
US Presidential Election
> First US Presidential Debate – Five Key Questions Answered
> Large-scale political unrest is unlikely, but not impossible
> A Foreign Policy for the Day After Trump
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
> A hill here, a village there: Nagorno-Karabakh and the salami-slicing wars
> Is Peace Possible Between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
> Armenia-Azerbaijan War: Military Dimensions of the Conflict
Belarus Protests
> Planning for Belarus After Lukashenko
> How a Dictator Became Vulnerable
Brexit
> Finding Britain’s role in a changing world: Protecting the UK’s ability to defend its value
> Le drame du Brexit n’est pas encore terminé
> A Terrible Border Is Reborn? Ireland And A No-Deal Brexit
Sri Lanka
> Political Upheaval in Sri Lanka
> No Accountability for War Crimes in Sri Lanka
European Migration Pact
> Uncertain solidarity: Why Europe’s new migration pact could fall apart
> Perceiving Migration Crises: A View from the European Neighbourhood
> Malta, Italy, and Mediterranean Migration
> Deciphering the European Union’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum
Eastern Mediterranean Tensions
> How to Defuse Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean
> European Foreign Policy Is Drowning in the Mediterranean
30 years of german reunification
> Since reunification, Germany has had its best 30 years. The next 30 will be harder
> Germany's Reunification, Thirty Years Later
> Gorbachev Was Right About German Reunification
Terrorism
> Incompatible Bedfellows: UN Peace Operations and Counterterrorism
> Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Factions Reunited for ‘Holy War’ Against Islamabad
> Making The U.S. Military’s Counter-Terrorism Mission Sustainable
USA
> Nuclear War with North Korea Shouldn’t Be an Option
> The United States in Russia’s Public Opinion and Contemporary Political Thought
China
> The Unfinished Chinese Civil War
> People's Liberation Army Operational Concepts
> There Never Was a Cold War China
Russia
> Russia’s nuclear doctrine moves the focus from non-Western threats
> Moscow's Perspective: The West Is Responsible for Navalny’s Poisoning
European Union
> The EU must overhaul its farming policy to save the Green Deal
> A proposal for a public infrastructure leasing entity for Europe
> Une Union toujours plus géopolitique ?
Middle East
> How Palestinians agreed on elections
> A Pit(i)less Blame Game at the Beirut Port of Institutional Corruption
> Middle East and North Africa: Terrorism and Conflicts
> Qatar’s Looming Decisions on LNG Expansion
Latin America
> What Went Right (and Wrong) in Latin America’s Anti-Corruption Fight?
> Bolivia: ¿vuelve el MAS al poder?
> What Venezuela’s Henrique Capriles Really Wants
> Washington’s ‘Blind Eye’ Toward Human Rights Abuses in Latin America
Asia
> Southeast Asia is Rushing Headlong Toward an ‘Asian Fall’
> What a China+1 Policy Might Look Like for Japan?
> Reimagining India’s Engagement with BIMSTEC
> Winning Strategic Competition in the Indo-Pacific
> The lull before the storm: the worst may be yet to come in the Korean Peninsula
Oceania
> Australia must demand answers on Asian Development Bank funding in Papua New Guinea
> The Australia–India Strategic Partnership: Accelerating Security Cooperation In The Indo–Pacific
Africa
> Safeguarding Democracy in West Africa
> Covid-19 and Africa’s Recession: How Bad Can It Get?
> Three African Countries Brace for Potential Election Turmoil
> In the shadow of a liberation war
Arctic
> Arctic Matters: Sino-Russian Dynamics
> Phantom Peril in the Arctic
Essay
> Why Europe Wins
Books & Reviews
> A World Safe for Democracy: Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order [excerto]
> ‘Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times,’ by David S. Reynolds: An Excerpt
> Rethinking the Liberal World Order
> Our Most Vulnerable Election
