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Ebola in the U.S.
"U.S. Public Response to Ebola Could Echo Early Days of AIDS Epidemic," Lucy Westcott - Newsweek, October 5, 2014
"As Ebola Spreads to U.S., Pentagon Deploys More Troops to Africa to Fight Outbreak," Kate Brannen and Justine Drennan - Foreign Policy, October 3, 2014
Hong Kong Update
"Why Hong Kong's Economy Can Take on Protesters," Elizabeth Economy - Fortune, October 2, 2014
"China's Explanation for the Hong Kong Protests? Blame America," Anne Applebaum - The Washington Post, October 3, 2014
"In Hong Kong, the Democrats Will Go Down Swinging," Patrick Smith - The Fiscal Times, October 6, 2014
"The Way Ahead in Hong Kong," Chris Patten - Project Syndicate, October 3, 2014
Latin American Update
"Why Dilma Rousseff Could Win Brazil's Presidential Election," Mark Weisbrot - The Guardian, October 2, 2014
"Brazil's Highs and Lows," David Biller - Bloomberg, October 5, 2014
"Venezuela's Perilous Closeup," Diego Arria - New York Daily News, October 6, 2014
"The Real Reason It's Nearly Impossible to End the Cuba Embargo," Peter Kornbluh & William M. Leogrande - The Atlantic, October 5, 2014
Putin's Russia
"Putin's View of Power was Formed Watching East Germany Collapse," Mary Elise Sarotte - The Guardian, October 1, 2014
"What Russia is Learning From Frank Sinatra," Steve Rosenberg - BBC, October 5, 2014
"Putin is Winning: EU Backs Away From Ukraine Trade Pact; U.S. on the Sidelines," Paul Roderick Gregory - Forbes, October 2, 2014
Avoiding a New Cold War
"How to Avoid a New Cold War," Samuel Charap and Jeremy Shapiro - Brookings, October 2014
Negotiating with Iran
"Iran Nuclear Talks: Why Tehran Must Be Brought in From the Cold," Christopher de Bellaigue - The Guardian, October 2, 2014
Aiding and Abetting Terrorism
"Qatar is a U.S. Ally. They Also Knowingly Abet Terrorism. What's Going On?" Lori Plotkin Boghardt - New Republic, October 6, 2014
"Qatar's Moneymen Behind the Kidnappers," Robert Mendick - The Telegraph, October 5, 2014
Ongoing ISIS Threat
"Coalition Risks Loss of Support Unless it Clarifies Its Aims," Hassan Hassan - The National, October 1, 2014
"Defeating the Islamic State Militarily is Only Half the Battle," Ross Harrison - Middle East Institute, October 3, 2014
The Middle East
"Two Speeches and a Tragedy," George Packer - The New Yorker, October 1, 2014
"The Middle East's Three Timelines," Volker Perthes - Project Syndicate, August 22, 2014
Reflecting on the Past
"Who's to Blame for a World in Flames?" Walter Russell Mead - The American Interest, October 6, 2014
"How to Make and Keep Peace," David P. Goldman - The Federalist, October 2, 2014
"The Merkel Effect: What Today's Germany Owes to Its Once-Communist East," Dirk Kurbjuweit - Spiegel Online International, October 2, 2014
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