Weekly International
Press Brief
August
29 : VII - 02 : VIII : 2019
The end of the INF treaty
> What the INF Treaty’s Collapse Means for Nuclear Proliferation
> What’s in it for China? A Beijing Insider’s Surprising Insight on Nuclear Arms Control
Hong Kong’s Protests
> The real reason Hong Kong’s violence is a problem for the government
> Hong Kong’s Protests Aren’t Just About the Extradition Bill Anymore
Persian Gulf Tensions
> Mission Possible in the Strait of Hormuz
> China should be wary of US proposals to protect the Hormuz Strait
> Steps back from the brink at the Strait of Hormuz
Brexit & the Future of UK
> Why Leaving the EU Could Mean Britain Loses Scotland
> Support for a United Ireland Is Surging
Sudan in Transition
> Cash and Contradictions: On the Limits of Middle Eastern Influence in Sudan
> Can the AU and UN find common ground on Sudan?
North Korea
> How North Korea Perceives—and Responds—to U.S.-South Korea Joint Military Exercises
Afghan Presidential Elections
> Taliban Talks and Violence Loom Over Afghan Presidential Elections
Arch of Crisis
> Time for Ukraine—and America—to Make a Deal With Russia
Terrorism
> The death of Hamza bin Laden and the weakness of al-Qaida
Great Powers
> Competition Without Catastrophe: How America Can Both Challenge and Coexist With China
> Why Russia and China Are Joining Forces
USA
> American Exceptionalism Requires a Foreign Policy of Realism and Restraint
> America Doesn’t Need a Grand Strategy
> Playing with Fire on Election Security
> Unleashing the Power of Space: The Case for a Separate U.S. Space Force
China
> How the one-party state may shape our future
> China’s intelligence gathering ships change the equation
> How influential is China in the World Trade Organization?
Russia
> Has a Color Revolution Come to Russia? Probably Not.
> Moscow Protests Are Good News for Opposition–and Siloviki
> Inside Sevastopol: The maverick city fights back
> Russian Revisionism or Restoring Justice?
European Union
> Can Citizen Participation Really Revive European Democracy?
> Independence play: Europe’s pursuit of strategic autonomy
> Democratic European parties for a democratic EU
> Europe’s Ancien Régime Returns
North America
> USMCA Endgame 2019
Middle East
> Libya: A Violent Theater of Regional Rivals
> Averting the Middle East's 1914 Moment
> The South of Algeria has something to say
> Turkey’s Kurdish problem—predicting Ankara’s next steps
> Bahrain’s Perception Problem
Latin America
> The Newcomers Shaking Up Uruguay's Election
> Hatred and Fear: Bolsonaro and the Return of Irrational Politics
> Three Reasons Argentina’s Primary Matters
Asia
> Should Asia have a regional currency?
> A South Korea-Japan Fight Helps No One
> Unión en la Partición: la cultura entre India y Pakistán
Africa
> West Africa must confront its foreign terrorist fighters
> State fragility and conflict nexus: Contemporary security issues in the Horn of Africa
> Zimbabwe’s New Land Reforms Don’t Go Far Enough
NATO
> NATO: Still Relevant in a Dangerous World
Transatlantic Relationship
> The Rise of China and the Future of the Transatlantic Relationship
> Transatlantic Trade—the Emergence of an EU Geoeconomic Strategy?
Essay
> Hayek, Popper and Schumpeter formulated a response to tyranny
Books & Reviews
> International Order: A Political History [introduction]
> Web of deceit: disinformation could prove the most powerful weapon of all
> The strands of Arabia: how a people and religion were built on language
> The English Job by Jack Straw review – portrait of Iran’s fixation with Britain
