November 26, 2014

Defense Secretary Hagel Steps Down 

“The Fall Guy,” David Rothkopf – Foreign Policy, November 24, 2014

Iran Talks to Continue 

“The Silver Lining of an Extension of the P5+1 Nuclear Talks with Iran,” Gregory D. Koblentz – The National Interest, November 24, 2014

“Iran Nuclear Talks Extension Raises Risk of Cataclysmic Failure,” Simon Tisdall – The Guardian, November 24, 2014

“Will it Play in Persepolis?” Nancy Gallagher – Foreign Policy, November 21, 2014

ISIS/Radical Islam Well-Organized and Expanding

“The Banality of Islamic State,” Cam Simpson – BloombergBusinessweek, November 20, 2014

“Islamic State and a South Asian Caliphate,” SK Chatterji – The Diplomat, November 23, 2014

“The Iran-Cuba-Venezuela Nexus,” Mary Anastasia O’Grady – The Wall Street Journal, November 23, 2014

Israel/Palestine Tensions Growing

“Conspiracy Theories and Palestinian Terror,” Jonathan S. Tobin – Commentary, November 21, 2014

“Hate Thy Neighbor,” William Saletan – Slate, November 21, 2014

“The Age of the Lone Wolf Intifada,” Gregg Carlstrom – Politico Magazine, November 20, 2014

Pakistan

“The Unblinking Stare – The Drone War in Pakistan,” Steve Coll – The New Yorker, November 24, 2014

China Rising

“The New Nuance in Chinese Diplomacy,” Peter Drysdale – East Asia Forum, November 24, 2014


“China Scores,” Matthew Goodman and Ely Ratner – Foreign Affairs, November 23, 2014

“Massive Rail Deal Gives China’s Push Into Africa a Major Win,” Simon Engler – Foreign Policy, November 21, 2014

Europe Regrouping

“The New European Disorder,” Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard – European Council on Foreign Relations, November 2014

Mexico Protests Continue

“White House Silence on Mexico Protests Speaks Volumes,” Christy Thornton – Al Jazeera America, November 20, 2014

“We’re Mad as Hell, and We’re Not Going to Take it Anymore,” Homero Aridjis – The Huffington Post, November 22, 2014

“Don’t Expect an Aztec Spring with Mexico Protests, Analysts Warn,” Karla Zabludovsky – Al Jazeera America, November 22, 2014



Extra! Extra!

U.S. Foreign Policy

“How the United States Can Counter the Ambitions of Russia and China,” Ely Ratner and Thomas Wright – The Washington Post, November 21, 2014

“Top Five Washington Assumptions on Mideast That Are Not True,” Andrew J. Bacevich – Informed Comment, November 24, 2014

“The Case for More Congress in American Foreign Policy,” Walter Russell Mead – The American Interest, November 23, 2014

The Global Energy Market

“New Era of Cheap Oil Tilts Geopolitical Power Toward U.S.,” Rich Miller – Bloomberg, November 19, 2014

“Winners and Losers of Oil War,” Shabbir H. Kazmi – Eurasia Review, November 23, 2014

“Israel Pitches 'Massive' Natural Gas Pipeline Plan to Europe,” Staff Writers – The Times of Israel, November 20, 2014