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What's Next on Russia's Agenda?
"It's Time for the West to Re-Evaluate Its Whole Approach to Russia," Matthew Sussex - The Interpreter, December 8, 2014
"The West's Containment Folly," Peter Harris - The National Interest, December 8, 2014
"Moldova is Next Battleground for Russia and EU," Judy Dempsey - The Moscow Times, December 4, 2014
Ukraine
"The Greatest Challenge to U.S.-European Security Cooperation Today: The Ukraine Crisis," Ian Bond, Denis Corboy, William Courtney, Michael Haltzel, and Kenneth Yalowitz - The National Interest, December 8, 2014
"What Will Happen With Eastern Ukraine?" Kadri Liik and Andrew Wilson - European Council on Foreign Relations, December 2014
Iran: Ally and Antagonist
"U.S. Accuses Iran of Secretly Breaching U.N. Nuclear Sanctions," Colum Lynch - Foreign Policy, December 8, 2014
"A Nuclear Deal With Iran Will Require the West to Reevaluate its Presumptions," Eric Edelman, Dennis Ross, and Ray Takeyh - The Washington Post, December 4, 2014
"Iran: A Not So Unlikely Ally," Ibrahim Al-Marashi - Al Jazeera, December 8, 2014
Syria
"In Syria, a Last Gasp Warning for U.S. Influence," Charles Lister - Brookings, December 5, 2014
ISIS Update
"The Vortex," Robin Wright - The New Yorker, December 8, 2014
Israel/Palestine: A Conflict Without a Resolution?
"The Power and Weakness of Inciting Violence," Shibley Telhami - The Washington Post, December 5, 2014
"Thinking Outside the Oslo Box," Mark LeVine and Mathias Mossberg - Al Jazeera America, December 6, 2014
"Five Reasons to Recognize a Palestinian State," Hugh Lovatt and Mattia Toaldo - European Council on Foreign Relations, December 8, 2014
The New Europe?
"Let the Next Generation Speak Up for Europe," Timothy Garton Ash - The Guardian, December 7, 2014
Global Energy Market
"South Stream, Russia and Turkey: What Does The Deal Mean?" Stephen Blank - The Turkey Analyst, December 3, 2014
"EU, U.S. Promote Alternative Projects, Following South Stream Failure," James Crisp - EurActiv, December 4, 2014
"The Promise and Peril of Falling Oil Prices," Mark Kennedy - Foreign Policy, December 5, 2014
Global Health
"The Most Dangerous Emerging Disease is Drug Resistance," Katrin Elger, and Veronika Hackenbroch - Spiegel Online International, December 8, 2014
Views on U.S. Foreign Policy
"Debunking Retreat Argument Against Obama's Foreign Policy," Michael A. Cohen - The Boston Globe, December 4, 2014
"Why the Pacific Matters to the Rebalance," Gregory B. Poling and James Hurndell - Center for Strategic and International Studies, December 4, 2014
"The Obama Administration: From Ending Two Wars to Engagement in Five With the Risk of a Sixth," Anthony H. Cordesman - Center for Strategic and International Studies, December 3, 2014
National Security
"Ash Carter vs. Barack Obama's Yogi Berra Foreign Policy," David Rothkopf - Foreign Policy, December 4, 2014
"Can Ash Carter Save the Pentagon?" Michael Auslin - National Review Online, December 8, 2014
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