Saturday 31 October 2015

Myanmar Ceasefire Agreement: A Laudable Step (South Asia Monitor)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30102015-myanmar-ceasefire-agreement-a-laudable-step-analysis/

Barack Obama And His Strategy Toward Africa (JTW)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30102015-barack-obama-and-his-strategy-toward-africa-analysis/

Sharif’s US Visit Underscores Who Is Boss In Pakistan (South Asia Monitor)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30102015-sharifs-us-visit-underscores-who-is-boss-in-pakistan-analysis/

Why Africa Matters To India? The Energy And Agricultural Dimensions (South Asia Monitor)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30102015-why-africa-matters-to-india-the-energy-and-agricultural-dimensions-analysis/

India-Africa: Realigning Policies (Gateway House)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30102015-india-africa-realigning-policies-analysis/

Articulating The African Voice (Gateway House)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30102015-articulating-the-african-voice-analysis/

Turkish Soccer Offers Erdogan Headaches Instead Of Voters In Walk-Up To Election (Eurasia Review)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30102015-turkish-soccer-offers-erdogan-headaches-instead-of-voters-in-walk-up-to-election-analysis/

Marine Peace Park Plan Offers Promise For South China Sea (Geopolitical Monitor)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30102015-marine-peace-park-plan-offers-promise-for-south-china-sea-analysis/

Towards A Peaceful Islam (Eurasia Review)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30102015-towards-a-peaceful-islam-analysis/

Religion And Society: Of Hindu Extremists, Cows, And Muslims (RSIS)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30102015-religion-and-society-of-hindu-extremists-cows-and-muslims-analysis/

How Can US Respond To A Double Standard In War? (Foreign Policy Research Institute)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30102015-how-can-us-respond-to-a-double-standard-in-war-analysis/

India’s Heath Sector In Trouble (Observer Research Foundation)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30102015-indias-heath-sector-in-trouble-analysis/

Kerry Off to Central Asia Amid Pressure to Bring Up Human Rights (The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/kerry-off-to-central-asia-amid-pressure-to-bring-up-human-rights/

How South Korea's Growing Multiculturalism Could Complicate Unification (The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/how-south-koreas-growing-multiculturalism-could-complicate-unification/

Japan Launches New Warship (The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/japan-launches-new-warship/

China: Court Ruling on South China Sea Case 'Null and Void' (The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/china-court-ruling-on-south-china-sea-case-null-and-void/

Why US FON Operations in the South China Sea Make Sense (The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/why-us-fon-operations-in-the-south-china-sea-make-sense/

Friday 30 October 2015

Atlantic Currents 2015: An Annual Report on Wider Atlantic Perspectives and Patterns (GMFUS)

http://www.gmfus.org/publications/atlantic-currents-2015

Turkey Votes, Again (Carnegie Endowment)

http://carnegieeurope.eu/2015/10/27/turkey-votes-again/ikdo

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on the Future of U.S. Policy in the Middle East (Carnegie Endowment)

http://carnegieendowment.org/2015/10/26/u.s.-secretary-of-state-john-kerry-on-future-of-u.s.-policy-in-middle-east/ik9g

Netanyahu and the New Palestinian Generation (Palestine Chronicle)

http://www.palestinechronicle.com/netanyahu-and-the-new-palestinian-generation/

Somar Wijayadasa: US, Russia must solve crises worldwide through joint efforts (Penza News)

http://penzanews.ru/en/opinion/59816-2015

Experts: Probability of visa-free regime between EU and Turkey approaches zero (Penza News)

http://penzanews.ru/en/opinion/59817-2015

Russia’s Intervention In Syria: A View From The Past (Syria Comment)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30102015-russias-intervention-in-syria-a-view-from-the-past-analysis/

However Welcome, Overdue US Climate Plan Falls Short (Yale Global)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30102015-however-welcome-overdue-us-climate-plan-falls-short-analysis/

3rd India Africa Forum Summit: Rejuvenating Relations (IDSA)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30102015-3rd-india-africa-forum-summit-rejuvenating-relations-analysis/

The Future Of US Strategic Rebalancing Toward Asia (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30102015-the-future-of-us-strategic-rebalancing-toward-asia-analysis/

The most – and least – energy-intensive nations (Pew Research Center)

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/10/29/the-most-and-least-energy-intensive-nations/

Measuring the ‘good’ life around the world (Pew Research Center)

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/10/29/measuring-the-good-life-around-the-world/

Where Republicans are united, divided on the economy (Pew Research Center)

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/10/28/where-republicans-are-united-divided-on-the-economy/

Technology Device Ownership: 2015 (Pew Research Center)

http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/10/29/technology-device-ownership-2015/

Beware this Macedonian Crisis … It could grow into another Balkan Tragedy (International Crisis Group)

http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/europe/balkans/op-eds/thompson-yugoslavias-death-is-balkans-gain.aspx

Arab Citizens of Israel Early in the Twenty-First Century (INSS)

http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=8352

The Residency Status of East Jerusalem’s Palestinians (INSS)

http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10860

Sports and Politics: Palestinians, Arab States, and Normalization with Israel (INSS)

http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10863

One Year of the Islamic State in the Sinai Peninsula (INSS)

http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=10852

The End of the One-Child Policy (CSIS)

http://csis.org/publication/end-one-child-policy

Financing for Development: What's Next? (CSIS)

http://csis.org/event/financing-development-whats-next

Nigeria's Oil Sector: Improving Governance and Addressing Corruption (CSIS)

http://csis.org/event/nigerias-oil-sector-improving-governance-and-addressing-corruption

Preparing for the G20 Summit (CSIS)

http://csis.org/event/preparing-g20-summit

South African Candidate to Head World Soccer? (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/campbell/2015/10/29/south-african-candidate-to-head-world-soccer/

How the U.S. Government Condemns or Ignores Indiscriminate Bombing (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2015/10/29/how-the-u-s-government-condemns-or-ignores-indiscriminate-bombing/

Jews and Refugees in Europe (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/2015/10/29/jews-and-refugees-in-europe/

Renewing America Progress Report on U.S. Innovation (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/renewing-america/2015/10/29/renewing-america-progress-report-on-u-s-innovation/

Women Around the World: This Week (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/women-around-the-world/2015/10/29/women-around-the-world-this-week-9/

The World Next Week: October 29, 2015 (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://www.cfr.org/global/world-next-week-october-29-2015/p37198

U.S. Must Invest in Scientific Research to Keep Innovation Edge, According to New CFR Report (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://www.cfr.org/united-states/us-must-invest-scientific-research-keep-innovation-edge-according-new-cfr-report/p37197

Cyber Deterrence and the OPM Hack (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://www.cfr.org/cybersecurity/cyber-deterrence-opm-hack/p37191

The Future of U.S.-Japan Relations (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://www.cfr.org/asia-and-pacific/future-us-japan-relations/p37158

The United States, Japan, and the Rise of China (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://www.cfr.org/asia-and-pacific/united-states-japan-rise-china/p37156

Measuring the natural rate of interest redux (Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2015/10/30-natural-interest-rate-laubach-williams

The equilibrium real funds rate: Past, present, and future (Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2015/10/30-equilibrium-real-funds-rate-hamilton-harris-hatzius-west

Terrifying technology tops list of American fears (Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/techtank/posts/2015/10/30-americans-top-technology-fears

Financial inclusion in Latin America: Regulatory trends and market opportunities (Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/techtank/posts/2015/10/29-financial-inclusion-latin-america-lewis

What China can learn from Latin American drug policy (Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2015/10/29-drug-policy-china-trinkunas-felbabbrown

Morocco’s social contract and civil liberties (Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/future-development/posts/2015/10/29-morocco-social-contract-civil-liberties-prettitore

Canada's prime minister charming (Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/10/canada-prime-minister-charming-justin-trudeau-151029064904538.html

Turkey's new election: War or peace? (Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/10/turkey-election-war-peace-151028093829631.html

The Saudi king and the media (Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/30/The-Saudi-king-and-the-media.html

How Khamenei exploits Obama through the nuclear deal (Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/30/How-Khamenei-exploits-Obama-through-the-nuclear-deal.html

At 70, the United Nations is a necessary talking shop (Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/world/2015/10/30/At-70-the-United-Nations-is-a-necessary-talking-shop.html

No war, no peace: The Jordan-Israel peace deal is not a deal (Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/30/No-war-no-peace-The-Jordan-Israel-peace-deal-is-not-a-deal.html

Blair’s apology that wasn’t (Arab News)

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/827686

Beef-eating accusations will work till the cows come home (Arab News)

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/827731

Will the genuine parents of Geeta please stand up? (Arab News)

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/827676

Netanyahu’s lies know no bounds (Arab News)

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/827671

I sauditi e l’impossibile equazione mediorientale (AffarInternazionali)

http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3214

Ttip e Brexit: meglio pensarli insieme (AffarInternazionali)

http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3213

Putting Public Health on the Map (Project-Syndicate)

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/global-burden-of-disease-geospatial-mapping-by-christopher-j--murray-2015-10

The Case for the TPP (Project-Syndicate)

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/tpp-trade-growth-international-cooperation-by-michael-boskin-2015-10

The Climate’s Point of No Return (Project-Syndicate)

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/paris-climate-change-summit-national-commitments-by-javier-solana-2015-10

Resurrecting Glass-Steagall (Project-Syndicate)

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/unconvincing-arguments-against-glass-steagall-by-simon-johnson-2015-10

Europe’s Politics of Dystopia (Project-Syndicate)

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/europe-far-right-state-capitalism-by-nouriel-roubini-2015-10

Challenging China (Project-Syndicate)

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/uss-lassen-south-china-sea-by-bill-emmott-2015-10

The Tragedy of Ben Bernanke (Project-Syndicate)

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/bernanke-memoir-monetary-policy-lessons-by-j--bradford-delong-2015-10

Exercise Malabar: What Does It Mean For Japan? (Observer Research Foundation)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/29102015-exercise-malabar-what-does-it-mean-for-japan-analysis/

The Politics Behind The Ebola Crisis (International Crisis Group)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/29102015-the-politics-behind-the-ebola-crisis-analysis/

US Growth Falls Off Sharply In Third Quarter (Eurasia Review)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/29102015-us-growth-falls-off-sharply-in-third-quarter-analysis/

Kazakh President Urges One Percent of Arms Budget for Development Agenda (IDN)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/29102015-kazakh-president-urges-one-percent-of-arms-budget-for-development-agenda/

Identity In The Pre-Modern Middle East (Foreign Policy Research Institute)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/30102015-identity-in-the-pre-modern-middle-east-analysis/

Thursday 29 October 2015

Making Peronism Work: Prospects For Argentina’s Run-Off Election (COHA)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/29102015-making-peronism-work-prospects-for-argentinas-run-off-election-analysis/

Iran's Invitation to Syria Talks: Requirements and Necessities for Returning to Iran's Option (Iran Review)

http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/Iran-s-Invitation-to-Syria-Talks-Requirements-and-Necessities-for-Returning-to-Iran-s-Option.htm

Message of Kunduz Developments for Russia (Iran Review)

http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/Message-of-Kunduz-Developments-for-Russia.htm

Iran Participates in Syria Conference in Vienna, Austria (Iran Review)

http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/Iran-Participates-Syria-Conference-in-Vienna-Austria.htm

Sudan. GRUPPO ARMATO ETIOPE ATTACCA ALLEVATORI DI BESTIAME (Misna)

È di almeno 16 civili sudanesi uccisi il bilancio di scontri lungo la frontiera con l’Etiopia causati, secondo le ricostruzioni, da conflitti per il bestiame. Lo ha reso noto il ministro degli Interni Esmat Abdul Rahman, secondo cui altre 12 persone sono rimaste ferite nell’attacco, avvenuto nello stato di El Gadaref.
Il parlamento di Khartoum ha  ordinato il dispiegamento di un contingente delle forze armate per assicurare la protezione del territorio e dei mandriani lungo la frontiera.
Nell’attacco  messo a segno da un gruppo armato etiopico – sette persone sono state sequestrate e circa 300 capi di bestiame rubati.

Tanzania. MAGUFULI ELETTO PRESIDENTE, OPPOSIZIONE CONTESTA (Misna)

Il candidato del partito di governo John Magufuli è il nuovo presidente: lo ha annunciato oggi la Commissione elettorale della Tanzania, innescando subito la protesta dell’opposizione, che ha già convocato un corteo nella capitale economica Dar es Salaam.
Stando ai dati ufficiali, il rappresentante del Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Ccm) ha ottenuto oltre il 58% delle preferenze. Fermo al 40% l’ex primo ministro Edward Lowassa, candidato dell’alleanza Ukawa che già ieri aveva denunciato irregolarità e chiesto un annullamento del voto.
Fonti della società civile contattate dalla MISNA riferiscono che il corteo di Dar es Salaam è stato convocato da Chadema, il principale tra i partiti che aderiscono a Ukawa. “La polizia è già dispiegata in forze – aggiungono le fonti – ed è probabile che manifestazioni di protesta vengano organizzate anche ad Arusha e in altre città”. Il Ccm governa la Tanzania da oltre 50 anni ma il voto di domenica scorsa è subito apparso come il più aperto nella storia del paese. Ad accrescere l’incertezza del quadro politico è stato ieri l’annullamento per irregolarità del voto a Zanzibar: nell’arcipelago con status di autonomia gli oppositori del Civic United Front (Cuf) avrebbero ottenuto consensi ampi.

Brasile. CONSIGLIO MISSIONARIO DENUNCIA: NUOVO ATTACCO AI DIRITTI DEI POPOLI INDIGENI (Misna)

Si chiama Pec, Proposta di emendamento alla Costituzione 2015, il nuovo nemico dei popoli indigeni del Brasile. A Palmas, capitale di Tocantins, la prima edizione dei Giochi mondiali dei popoli indigeni è l’occasione per rilanciare una battaglia storica, quella per il diritto al possesso e all’utilizzo esclusivo dei territori ancestrali dei popoli nativi che sopravvivono agli interessi politici ed economici in un contesto da sempre ostile.
“La nuova stesura della Pec 2015 minaccia di essere ancora peggio della precedente” scrive Egon Heck, del segretariato nazionale del Consiglio indigenista Missionario (Cimi). “Originariamente l’emendamento mirava ad assegnare al Congresso la facoltà di decisione sulla demarcazione delle terre indigene che spetta oggi al governo. In realtà – sottolinea Heck – le terre indigene, in base all’articolo 231 della Costituzione appartengono originariamente a questi popoli e al governo spetta stabilirne i limiti e tutelarle”.
Ma l’ultima bozza della Pec 2015 si spinge anche oltre: ritira agli abitanti ancestrali l’usufrutto esclusivo delle risorse naturali presenti nei territori indigeni – su cui ricadono gli appetiti della grande industria estrattiva e dell’agrobusiness – e dà al Congresso il potere di imporre i nuovi criteri a tutte le terre indigene, anche quelle già demarcate, ‘regolarizzate’ o in processo di ‘regolarizzazione’.
“Ovvero: le terre indigene del presente, del passato, del futuro saranno sotto il giogo dei parlamentari, in larga maggioranza anti-indigeni, così come la definizione di qualsiasi diritto degli indios sui loro stessi territori” evidenzia l’esponente del Cimi.
Ma i popoli indigeni brasiliani non si arrendono e sono pronti a intraprendere una nuova lotta per la delimitazione e la protezione delle loro terre tradizionali “che sono sacre per i nostri popoli – ripete il dirigente nativo Antonio Apinajé - e necessarie per l'equilibrio e la sostenibilità del clima sul pianeta Terra".

GOP Debate: Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz Rise, Jeb Bush and CNBC Fail (The National Interest)

http://www.nationalinterest.org/feature/gop-debate-marco-rubio-ted-cruz-rise-jeb-bush-cnbc-fail-14197

CNBC's GOP Debate Disaster (The National Interest)

http://www.nationalinterest.org/feature/cnbcs-gop-debate-disaster-14201

Has the Marco Rubio Moment Arrived? (The National Interest)

http://www.nationalinterest.org/feature/has-the-marco-rubio-moment-arrived-14199

Note to Donald Trump: Leadership Isn't Like Reality TV (The National Interest)

http://www.nationalinterest.org/feature/note-donald-trump-leadership-isnt-reality-tv-14196

The Real Meaning Behind America's FONOPS in the South China Sea (The National Interest)

http://www.nationalinterest.org/feature/the-real-meaning-behind-americas-fonops-the-south-china-sea-14195

If You Want to Fix Defense Contracting, Mergers Aren't the Problem (The National Interest)

http://www.nationalinterest.org/feature/if-you-want-fix-defense-contracting-mergers-arent-the-14193

Why Assad Must Go: Here's How to Do It (The National Interest)

http://www.nationalinterest.org/feature/why-assad-must-go-heres-how-do-it-14194

Having Some 'FON': Breaking Down America's South China Sea Patrols (The National Interest)

http://www.nationalinterest.org/feature/having-some-fon-breaking-down-americas-south-china-sea-14192

A Who’s Who Guide to the Syrian Civil War (Defense One)

http://www.defenseone.com/threats/2015/10/whos-who-guide-syrian-civil-war/123240/?oref=d-river

A Weakened Bush Swings at Rubio; Rising Rubio Aims at Clinton (Defense One)

http://www.defenseone.com/politics/2015/10/weakened-bush-swings-rubio-rising-rubio-aims-clinton/123237/?oref=d-river

US Military Blimp Down Over Pennsylvania (Defense One)

http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/10/breaking-us-military-blimp-down-over-pennsylvania/123218/?oref=d-river

The Right Way to Enforce Freedom of Navigation in the South China Sea (Defense One)

http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2015/10/right-way-enforce-freedom-navigation-south-china-sea/123215/?oref=d-river

Iran Joins Syrian Peace Talks as Assad’s Profile Rises (Defense One)

http://www.defenseone.com/threats/2015/10/iran-joins-syrian-peace-talks-assads-profile-rises/123203/?oref=d-river

Senate Passes Cyber Bill, Ducking Privacy Fears for Now (Defense One)

http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/10/senate-passes-cyber-bill-ducking-privacy-fears-now/123207/?oref=d-river

Do everyone a favor and step down, Netanyahu (Al Bawaba News)

http://www.albawaba.com/news/do-everyone-favor-and-step-down-netanyahu-760928

Medio Oriente. DUE PALESTINESI UCCISI, AMNESTY “OMICIDI EXTRAGIUDIZIALI” (Misna)

Altri due palestinesi sono  stati uccisi dalle forze di sicurezza israeliane (Idf) dopo che avevano tentato di aggredire due coloni nella città di Hebron in Cisgiordania.Lo riferiscono fonti palestinesi e israeliane secondo cui il secondo dei due attacchi sarebbe avvenuto in ‘Shuhada Street’ (la via dei martiri, ndr) non lontano dall’insediamento illegale di  Beit Hadassah.
Il primo attacco, questa mattina, si era consumato invece vicino ad un luogo santo per ebrei e musulmani, nella città vecchia: la tomba dei Patriarchi o Moschea di Ibrahimi, un luogo teatro di numerosi attacchi simili nelle ultime settimane.
I due giovani uccisi si chiamavano Farouk Abdel Qader Omar Sidr, di 19 anni e Mahdi Mohammad Ramadan al-Muhtasib  di 23. Nel mese di ottobre 60 palestinesi sono stati uccisi nel distretto di Hebron, cinque dei quali erano bambini.
Oggi, l’organizzazione non governativa Amnesty International ha denunciato “una serie di uccisioni illegali di palestinesi da parte delle forze armate israeliane, che hanno fatto ricorso all’uso intenzionale di forza letale senza giustificazione”. L'organizzazione precisa di aver investigato su alcuni incidenti avvenuti a Gerusalemme est e in Cisgiordania e di aver appurato che - in almeno quattro episodi recenti – vittime palestinesi sono state uccise dalle forze di sicurezza israeliane malgrado “non rappresentassero per loro alcun pericolo”.
Ieri, anche il presidente dell’Anp, Mahmoud Abbas, da Ginevra ha chiesto all’Onu di creare un regime speciale per la protezione del popolo palestinese. “Un intervento forte e decisivo, un regime speciale di protezione internazionale”, ha detto Abbas aggiungendo di non voler più "perdere tempo con negoziati fini a se stessi" senza che si ponga fine all’occupazione.

Cina. ANNUNCIATA LA FINE DELLA POLITICA DEL FIGLIO UNICO (Misna)

L'annuncio dell'agenzia Xinhua che dalla fine del Comitato centrale del Partito comunista dopo quattro giorni di incontri è emersa, oltre alla nuova politica economica quinquennale, anche la fine ufficiale della “politica del figlio unico” era atteso, dopo che esperti dell'Accademia delle Scienze avevano nelle scorse settimane diffuso dati e sollecitazioni in proposito.
Una politica, quella che per decenni ha costretto la popolazione cinese a un solo figlio – pur se con eccezioni riguardo popolazione rurale e minoranze etniche – ormai insostenibile, sia sul piano economico-produttivo, sia su quello sociale. Se il calo della popolazione giovane e di quella in età produtiva rischia di togliere ossigeno all'economia nei prossimi decenni a vantaggio della rivale India e di altri attori in via di sviluppo, l'invecchiamento della popolazione getta ombre lunghe sulla sostenibilità di un sistema di welfare ancora precario che necessità insieme di miglioramento e risorse crescenti.
“C'è consenso tra i demografi cinesi che i limiti dovrebbero essere allentati, ma è già troppo tardi”, segnalava pochi giorni fa il demografo Wang Feng, docente all'Università della California, Irvine, a commento dell'iniziativa degli accademici cinesi che in vista del fondamentale incontro del Partito aveva segnalato la necessità del cambiamento. Quella che ufficialmente era stata una politica mirata a bilanciare popolazione e risorse, è stata nei fatti uno degli strumenti di controllo dei cittadini, penalizzati e sovente punti in caso di mancato rispetto delle regole ufficiali.
Le riforme avviate nel 2013 non hanno incentivato i cinesi a incrementare tuttavia la loro prole. Per dinamiche in parte simili a quelle di molti altri paesi di antica o recente industrializzazione, in parte interne alla società cinese, il paese ha rallentato la sua crescita fino ad avere oggi una media di 1,18 nati per famiglia contro una media globale di 2,5. Lo scorso anno sono nati 3,9 milioni di cinesi in meno dei 20 milioni previsti e da inizio 2015 solo 1,45 milioni di coppie su 11 milioni aventi diritto a un secondo figlio hanno chiesto il “via libera” alle autorità. In questa situazione, è previsto che la popolazione slitti da 1,37 miliardi della fine 2014 a 1,3 miliardi netti nel 2050.

Argentina. MACRI DAVANTI NEL PRIMO SONDAGGIO PER SECONDO TURNO PRESIDENZIALI (Misna)

Il candidato conservatore Mauricio Macri è in vantaggio sul rivale ‘kirchnerista’ Daniel Scioli nel primo sondaggio effettuato dopo il primo turno di domenica scorsa, in vista del ballottaggio del 22 novembre.
L’istituto “González y Valladares” attribuisce a Macri, sindaco di Buenos Aires ed esponente della coalizione Cambiemos, il 45,6 % delle intenzioni di voto, percentuale che sale al 50% con la proiezione degli indecisi.
Scioli, governatore della provincia di Buenos Aires, candidato del Frente para la Victoria (FpV, governo), è accreditato del 41,5% delle preferenze, del 45,5 contando gli indecisi. Al primo turno, si era affermato con il 36,8%, appena due punti e mezzo di Macri, fermatosi al 34,3%.
Secondo lo stesso sondaggio, gli elettori che al primo turno non si sono espressi per nessuno dei due candidati si esprimeranno preferibilmente per Macri, in particolare coloro che hanno scelto il peronista dissidente Sergio Massa, il trzo più votato (21,34 %) e la progressista Margarita Stolbizer (2,54 %).

Will the Fourth Industrial Revolution have a human heart? (World Economic Forum)

https://agenda.weforum.org/2015/10/will-the-fourth-industrial-revolution-have-a-human-heart-and-soul/

Scaling Technologies to Decarbonize Energy (World Economic Forum)

http://www.weforum.org/reports/scaling-technologies-decarbonize-energy



What Companies Want from the World Trading System (World Economic Forum)

http://www.weforum.org/reports/what-companies-want-world-trading-system

State of the Illicit Economy: Briefing Papers (World Economic Forum)

http://www.weforum.org/reports/state-illicit-economy-briefing-papers

The Future of FinTech: A Paradigm Shift in Small Business Finance (World Economic Forum)

http://www.weforum.org/reports/future-fintech-paradigm-shift-small-business-finance

Will Irregularities and Fraud Spoil Myanmar’s Election? (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2015/10/28/will-irregularities-and-fraud-spoil-myanmars-election/

Competing Narratives on Boko Haram (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/campbell/2015/10/28/competing-narratives-on-boko-haram/

Using PSYOP against North Korea (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2015/10/28/using-psyop-against-north-korea/

Raising the Profile of Climate-Smart Agriculture (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/patrick/2015/10/28/raising-the-profile-of-climate-smart-agriculture/

Why University Research Is More Important Than Ever (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/levi/2015/10/28/why-university-research-is-more-important-than-ever/

Red Team Wisdom From Experts (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2015/10/28/red-team-wisdom-from-experts/

Decision Time for Polarized Turkey (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://www.cfr.org/turkey/decision-time-polarized-turkey/p37187

A U.S. Naval Signal in the South China Sea (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://www.cfr.org/china/us-naval-signal-south-china-sea/p37185

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of German Unification (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://www.cfr.org/germany/twenty-fifth-anniversary-german-unification/p37135

Improving Supply-Chain Policy for U.S. Government Procurement of Technology (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://www.cfr.org/cybersecurity/improving-supply-chain-policy-us-government-procurement-technology/p37152

David M. Cote on Emerging Markets (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://www.cfr.org/economics/david-m-cote-emerging-markets/p37134

Haiti. PRESIDENZIALI: TARDANO I DATI, IN DUE RIVENDICANO LA VITTORIA (Misna)

Il candidato alla presidenza della ‘Plateforme Pitit Dessalines’, Jean Charles Moïse, ha denunciato “irregolarità” in occasione delle presidenziali di domenica scorsa ad Haiti: lo riportano i media locali precisando, tuttavia, che Moïse resta pienamente fiducioso della sua vittoria.
Dei 54 pretendenti alla successione di Michel Martelly, nel paese più povero delle Americhe, in assenza dei dati ufficiali Moïse figura fra i più accreditati alla vittoria. Ma se la dovrà vedere con Jude Célestin, candidato di ‘Lapeh’ (Ligue Alternative pour le Progres et L'Emancipation Haitienne) che, come il primo, rivendica la vittoria alla chiamata alle urne del 25 ottobre. I responsabili della sua campagna elettorale lo hanno sostenuto anche nelle ultime ore, dandolo trionfante al primo turno pur senza produrre numeri.
Nel frattempo, l’Osservatorio cittadino per l’istituzionalizzazione della democrazia (Ocid) ha fissato attorno al 30% il tasso di affluenza alle urne in un paese che soffre ancora le devastanti conseguenze del sisma del gennaio 2010, insicurezza, povertà, instabilità politica.

RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES IN SYRIA: SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 28, 2015 (ISW)

http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-airstrikes-syria-september-30-october-28-2015



ISIS Contests Regime Supply Line to Aleppo City (ISW)

http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/isis-contests-regime-supply-line-aleppo-city

Russian Military Activity: October 21 - 27, 2015 (ISW)

http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-military-activity-october-21-27-2015

Iraq Situation Report: October 21 - 26, 2015 (ISW)

http://iswresearch.blogspot.it/2015/10/iraq-situation-report-october-21-26-2015.html

Turchia. SOSPESA PUBBLICAZIONE DI DUE QUOTIDIANI DI OPPOSIZIONE (Misna)

Poche ore dopo la decisione di chiudere i due canali televisivi del gruppo editoriale Koza-İpek,gli amministratori nominati dal tribunale e che ne hanno assunto da ieri la gestionehanno deciso di sospendere la pubblicazione dei quotidiani Bugün e Millet definendoli “non appropriati”.
Una decisione, ad appena quatto giorni dalle elezioni parlamentari di domenica, che rafforza la stretta del governo turco sulla stampa critica e di opposizione.
Dopo che ieri le forze dell’ordine avevano fatto irruzione nella sede del gruppo, facendo ricorso a lacrimogeni e cannoni ad acqua per disperdere giornalisti e dipendenti, i due giornali erano andati in stampa con i titoli: “Sanguinoso attacco alla libertà” e “blocco con amministrazione controllata”. Entrambi i fogli sono stati pubblicati on line tramite account twitter.
Il 26 ottobre, il Procuratore generale di Ankara aveva deciso di porre il gruppo editoriale sotto tutela per presunti ‘legami’ con il pensatore islamico Fethullah Gülen, ex alleato del governo in carica, in esilio negli stati Uniti. Gülen, accusato dal presidente Erdogan di stare manovrando nell’ombra per rovesciare l’esecutivo, figura nella lista dei nomi dei ‘super-ricercati’ pubblicata questa mattina dalle autorità turche.
Il suo nome compare tra quelli di numerosi dirigenti del Partito dei lavoratori curdo (Pkk)  e del sedicente Stato islamico (Is). Il predicatore e politilogo islamista è accusato di “terrorismo” e di aver ideato uno “stato parallelo” infiltrando suoi complici nei gangli vitali del paese, dalla magistratura all’editoria, per mettere a segno il suo piano di rovesciare le istituzioni.
Gli altri ricercati sono 72 membri del Pkk, 12 combattenti dell’Is ritenuti responsabili dell’attentato terroristico dello scorso 10 ottobre ad Ankara, costato la vita a 102 persone, e militanti di partiti della sinistra extraparlamentare e marxisti. Ogni informazione che condurrà alla loro cattura – secondo quanto reso noto dalle autorità – sarà ricompensata con taglie dalle 300.000 e i 4 milionid i lire turche (tra i 90.000 e il milione di euro).

IL PREMIO SAKHAROV AL BLOGGER SAUDITA BADAWI (Misna)

Il blogger saudita Raif Badawi è stato insignito dal Parlamento Europeo del premio Sakharov per la libertà di coscienza. Lo hanno reso noto fonti del Parlamento sottolineando come il riconoscimento sia un “segnale forte” al governo saudita che detiene il 31enne, condannato a mille frustate per il suo sito ‘Free Saudi liberals’ un forum ideato per discutere del ruolo della religione in Arabia Saudita.
Badawi era stato candidato al premio da partito socialista, conservatori e verdi che hanno anticipato su Twitter l'annuncio ufficiale del presidente Martin Schulz.
Dopo aver ricevuto le prime 50 frustrate il 9 gennaio, in pubblico, di fronte alla moschea di al-Jafali a Gedda, Badawi – condannato per “insulti all’Islam’ - si era visto slittare per due volte la sessione seguente per motivi di salute. In favore della sua scarcerazione si sono mobilitati 18 premi Nobel.

Zimbabwe. ALLA CORTE COSTITUZIONALE RICORSI CONTRO PENA DI MORTE (Misna)

Tre ricorsi potrebbero portare la corte costituzionale dello Zimbabwe ad abolire la pena di morte nel paese. A presentarli di fronte ai giudici sono stati altrettanti  gruppi di detenuti in attesa di esecuzione, tramite l’organizzazione locale per i diritti umani Veritas.
Secondo i rappresentanti legali dei prigionieri, infatti, la pena di morte non è coerente con la costituzione nazionale che afferma il diritto alla vita di tutti i cittadini e li protegge da “punizioni degradanti” per la dignità umana. In passato, anche l’attuale vicepresidente del paese, Emmerson Mnangagwa - sfuggito all’esecuzione durante l’epoca coloniale solo in quanto minorenne al momento del reato - si era pronunciato contro la pena capitale.
Oltre che contro la pena di morte, Veritas ha depositato davanti alla corte costituzionale anche ricorsi contro la possibilità di essere condannati all’ergastolo: in questo caso, a violare la dignità umana dei prigionieri, sostengono gli avvocati, è l’impossibilità di ottenere un rilascio anticipato o qualsiasi misura alternativa al carcere.

Nigeria. RICERCATI CENTO COMANDANTI DI BOKO HARAM (Misna)

Dato per morto dallo stato maggiore non una ma più volte, Abubakar Shekau rispunta tra i cento comandanti di Boko Haram ricercati dall’esercito.
Ritenuto il capo di una delle fazioni più importanti del gruppo islamista, era stato dato per morto in uno scontro a fuoco con i militari l’ultima volta nel 2013. Ora il suo volto campeggia in uno dei poster che l’esercito sta distribuendo nei centri abitati del nord-est della Nigeria, la regione del paese dove gli attentati di Boko Haram sono più frequenti.
Anche con l'attivazione di alcuni numeri verdi, l’obiettivo delle Forze armate è favorire le segnalazioni da parte delle comunità. Anche perché il tempo stringe: il neo-presidente Muhammadu Buhari aveva promesso che entro metà novembre Boko Haram sarebbe stato debellato.

Costa D'Avorio. OUATTARA: NON SERVE GOVERNO D’UNITÀ NAZIONALE (Misna)

Sarà lo sviluppo economico a garantire la pace in costa d’Avorio e non un governo d’unità nazionale. Queste in sintesi le dichiarazioni rilasciate alla televisione nazionale ivoriana da Alassane Ouattara poche ore dopo la sua rielezione - con larghissimo margine - ad un secondo mandato alla guida del paese.
“I governi di transizione e di unione, in generale, non danno prova d’efficacia”, ha spiegato il presidente, escludendo dunque di volerne formare uno. “L’opposizione - ha poi aggiunto - giochi il suo ruolo d’opposizione”. Quanto alla questione della riconciliazione, ancora aperta nel paese dopo il conflitto che nel 2010 - proprio all’indomani della prima vittoria di Ouattara - provocò  circa 3.000 morti, il capo dello stato ha ribadito la sua volontà d’indennizzare le vittime. È però la prosperità economica, ha specificato il presidente, “uno degli elementi che aiutano di più la riconciliazione”.
Secondo i datio diffusi dalla commissione elettorale, nelle elezioni di domenica scorsa Ouattara ha ottenuto l’83,66% dei voti, contro il 9,29% di Pascal Affi N’guessan e il 3,88% di Bertin Konan Kouadio.

The US had no choice but to involve Iran in Syria talks (Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/10/choice-involve-iran-syria-talks-isil-russia-151028123305678.html

A Sino-American naval showdown in the South China Sea (Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/10/sino-american-naval-showdown-south-china-sea-151027100354208.html

The Al-Aqsa cameras are a sideshow (Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/10/al-aqsa-cameras-sideshow-jerusalem-palestine-151028053935153.html

For refugees, hope is ever-present in Europe (Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/10/refugees-hope-present-europe-151026132014653.html


Israel’s defensive democracy is no democracy (Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/29/Israel-s-defensive-democracy-is-no-democracy.html

The Yemen conflict will require more U.N. involvement (Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/29/The-Yemen-conflict-will-require-more-U-N-involvement-.html

America’s gifts should not be understated (Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/world/2015/10/29/America-s-gifts-should-not-be-understated.html

Debating the Middle East beyond Iran and ISIS (Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/29/Debating-the-Middle-East-beyond-Iran-and-ISIS.html

Assist polacco al Brexit (AffarInternazionali)

http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3212

Kyrgyz Victims of Domestic Violence Have Few Options (The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/kyrgyz-victims-of-domestic-violence-have-few-options/

Kyrgyz Victims of Domestic Violence Have Few Options

What Did Pakistan Premier Sharif Actually Accomplish on His US Visit? (The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/what-did-pakistan-premier-sharif-actually-accomplish-on-his-us-visit/

What Did Pakistan Premier Sharif Actually Accomplish on His US Visit?

Why Japan Won't Get Too Involved in the South China Sea (The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/why-japan-wont-get-too-involved-in-the-south-china-sea/

Why Japan Won't Get Too Involved in the South China Sea

ASEAN's Big Year Offers Little to Celebrate (The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/aseans-big-year-offers-little-to-celebrate/

ASEAN's Big Year Offers Little to Celebrate

What Does Malaysia’s New Defense Budget for 2016 Mean? (The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/what-does-malaysias-new-defense-budget-for-2016-mean/

What Does Malaysia’s New Defense Budget for 2016 Mean?

How China Maintains Strategic Ambiguity in the South China Sea (The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/how-china-maintains-strategic-ambiguity-in-the-south-china-sea/


How China Maintains Strategic Ambiguity in the South China Sea

China’s Population Is Growing More Slowly Than Beijing Predicted (The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/chinas-population-is-growing-more-slowly-than-beijing-predicted/

United States is Part of Problem in Syria, Not Solution (Strategic Culture Foundation)

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/10/29/united-states-part-problem-syria-not-solution.html

Russia’s Actions in Syria Change West’s Mindset (II) (Strategic Culture Foundation)

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/10/29/russia-actions-syria-change-west-mindset-ii.html

MSM and the Bear (Strategic Culture Foundation)

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/10/29/msm-and-the-bear.html

Wednesday 28 October 2015

Tra crescita e disuguaglianze: la scommessa del TPP in America Latina (Aspenia online)

http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/tra-crescita-e-disuguaglianze-la-scommessa-del-tpp-america-latina

Il Brasile resiliente, nonostante la crisi (Aspenia online)

http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/il-brasile-resiliente-nonostante-la-crisi

The new politics of Poland’s foreign policy (Aspenia online)

http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/new-politics-poland%E2%80%99s-foreign-policy

La prevedibile svolta nazionalista della Polonia (Aspenia online)

http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/la-prevedibile-svolta-nazionalista-della-polonia

Pmi, la forza motrice della crescita (AffarInternazionali)

http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3211

Geopolitica dei gasdotti, i progetti di Gazprom (AffarInternazionali)

http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3210

Democratici tutti con Hillary, repubblicani tutti contro Trump (AffarInternazionali)

http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3209

Seven Ways to Make the LRS-B Program a Success (CSIS)

http://csis.org/publication/seven-ways-make-lrs-b-program-success

The Inaugural Arnaud de Borchgrave Transnational Threats Dialogue (CSIS)

http://csis.org/event/inaugural-arnaud-de-borchgrave-transnational-threats-dialogue

The Present and Future of Russia's Economy and Energy Sector (CSIS)

http://csis.org/event/present-and-future-russias-economy-and-energy-sector

Shortening the Defense Acquisition Cycle (CSIS)

http://csis.org/testimony/shortening-defense-acquisition-cycle

The Future of Food (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://www.cfr.org/food-security/future-food/p37128

Religion and Global Affairs (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://www.cfr.org/religion/religion-global-affairs/p37153

Jokowi’s Short Trip to Washington (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2015/10/27/jokowis-short-trip-to-washington/

A U.S. Budget Deal that Matters (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/kahn/2015/10/27/a-u-s-budget-deal-that-matters/

Legitimizing Xenophobia: How South Africa Breeds Distrust of Foreigners (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/campbell/2015/10/27/legitimizing-xenophobia-how-south-africa-breeds-distrust-of-foreigners/

The Middle Eastern Revolutions That Never Were (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/cook/2015/10/27/the-middle-eastern-revolutions-that-never-were/

Governments v. ICANN: The Last Battle Before the IANA Transition (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/cyber/2015/10/27/governments-v-icann-the-last-battle-before-the-iana-transition/

Forget Russia, European energy security begins at home (Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2015/10/28-russian-natural-gas-europe-boersma

Moving to “Regulatory Standard Time” for rapidly developing technology (Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/techtank/posts/2015/10/28-regulatory-standard-time-brotman

What future for television (and Al Jazeera)? (Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/10/future-television-al-jazeera-151027130231599.html

For refugees, hope is ever-present in Europe (Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/10/refugees-hope-present-europe-151026132014653.html

The secret to peace in Palestine (Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/10/secret-peace-palestine-151027073651107.html

Hillary Clinton and the authenticity of her feminism (Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/10/hillary-clinton-authenticity-feminism-151025134457833.html

The mythological Blair apology for the Iraq war (Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/28/The-mythological-Blair-apology-for-the-Iraq-war.html

Cameras at al-Aqsa Mosque (Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/28/Cameras-at-al-Aqsa-Mosque.html

Saudis want a better quality of life (Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/28/Saudis-want-a-better-quality-of-life.html

The Russian bear has been poked too many times (Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/28/The-Russian-bear-has-been-poked-too-many-times.html

A New World Order is emerging from the Middle East (Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/27/A-New-World-Order-is-emerging-from-the-Middle-East.html

Very quietly, Iraq is ceasing to exist (Al Arabiya)

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/27/Very-quietly-Iraq-has-ceased-to-exist.html

Three-pronged attack on the Kingdom — why now? (Arab News)

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/826956

Unlearned lessons from past (Arab News)

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/826876

Syria: Russia is in the driver’s seat (Arab News)

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/826871

Trump is mistaken (Arab News)

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/826866

Another political gimmick (Arab News)

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/826861

US Secretary of State to Visit All Five Central Asian States

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/us-secretary-of-state-to-visit-all-five-central-asian-states/

What Did Abe Accomplish in Central Asia?

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/what-did-abe-accomplish-in-central-asia/

Indonesia Calls for South China Sea Restraint Amid US-China Tensions

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/indonesia-calls-for-south-china-sea-restraint-amid-us-china-tensions/

China's Big Week for European Diplomacy

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/chinas-big-week-for-european-diplomacy/

Central Banks: Confusion and Fear in Anticipation of Shocks

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/10/28/central-banks-confusion-and-fear-anticipation-shocks.html

Russian Planes End Russia’s «Isolation»

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/10/28/russian-planes-end-russia-isolation.html

Russia’s Actions in Syria Change West’s Mindset (I)

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/10/28/russia-actions-in-syria-change-west-mindset-i.html

The Science of Climate is Increasingly Clear. Let's Pivot to Policy

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/planetpolicy/posts/2015/10/27-science-climate-policy-morris

Fiscal Realities Point to the Rise of Cities

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/the-avenue/posts/2015/10/27-fiscal-realities-point-to-rise-of-cities

Do Syrian refugees pose a terrorism threat?

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/10/27-syrian-refugees-terrorism-threat-byman

Delivering social benefits if society needs fewer workers

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/techtank/posts/2015/10/27-delivering-social-benefits-automation

Looking for a good book? Come talk about political dynasties, the future of land warfare, and social ethics in China at Brookings

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brookings-now/posts/2015/10/looking-for-a-good-book

Why we (still) need the UN to deliver on climate change

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/planetpolicy/posts/2015/10/27-un-climate-change-roberts

One more time on avoiding a new Cold War

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2015/10/27-avoiding-a-new-cold-war-again-pifer

How to reduce poverty and increase economic mobility

http://www.brookings.edu/research/testimony/2015/10/27-reduce-poverty-increase-economic-mobility-haskins

Toward a new social contract in Tunisia

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/future-development/posts/2015/10/27-new-social-contract-tunisia-karasapan

Time to end the incentives to overmedicalize

http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2015/10/27-end-overmedicalize-incentives-butler

Can taxing the rich reduce inequality? You bet it can!

http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2015/10/27-taxing-the-rich-you-bet-aaron

Tuesday 27 October 2015

One Net, One Future

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/cyberattacks-digital-security-by-carl-bildt-2015-10

The Return of Jarosław Kaczyński

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/poland-election-jaroslaw-kaczynski-law-and-justice-party-by-slawomir-sierakowski-2015-10

A leaderless people

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/826486

Tug of war over Syria

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/826481

Yemen’s future ties with GCC

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/826471

Modi needs to do more

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/826466

Is Laos Building a New Illegal Dam on the Mekong River?

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/is-laos-building-a-new-illegal-dam-on-the-mekong-river/

7.5 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Northeastern Afghanistan: What We Know

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/7-5-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-northeastern-afghanistan-what-we-know/

Indonesia Wants to Join TPP: Jokowi

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/indonesia-wants-to-join-tpp-jokowi/

US Stops Export of Korean Fighter Jets to Uzbekistan

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/us-stops-export-of-korean-fighter-jets-to-uzbekistan/

After Months of Waiting, US Finally Begins Freedom of Navigation Patrols Near China's Man-Made Islands

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/after-months-of-waiting-us-finally-begins-freedom-of-navigation-patrols-near-chinas-man-made-islands/

China Steps In After Indian Fuel Stops Flowing to Nepal

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/china-steps-in-after-indian-fuel-stops-flowing-to-nepal/

The 'Global Maritime Fulcrum' and the US-Indonesia Partnership

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/how-the-global-maritime-fulcrum-can-elevate-the-us-indonesia-partnership/

Sunday 25 October 2015

Libertà (Giulio Giorello) - citazioni -

(...) tre aspetti costitutivi dell'esperienza libertaria. Liberty è l'insieme delle facoltà esercitate senza costrizione (per esempio, la facoltà di movimento o quella di espressione). Il termine Freedom, talora preso come sinonimo di Liberty, sfiora una delle questioni più ardue della filosofia, che può sembrare persino "intrattabile" (Nozick, 1981).  Si tratta di fissare "fino a che punto una persona si faccia guidare, nelle azioni, dalla sua volontà, dalla sua ragione o dalle sue ben ponderate convinzioni" (Hayek, 1960), e non subisca quella che nell'Ethica Spinoza chiama "la schiavitù degli affetti": una condizione non eliminabile, ma almeno controllabile, sicché Freedom rimanda in ultima analisi a una capacità politica di ragionare e decidere, che non cancella, anzi riconosce il potere delle passioni. potere che a volte permette di evitare la trappola di situazioni di "indifferenza" in cui resteremmo paralizzati (...). Enfranchisement rimanda alla lotta che donne e uomini intraprendono per fare della propria libertà lo strumento per ancora più libertà.

The Islamisation Of Europe: Myth Or Reality?

http://www.eurasiareview.com/24102015-the-islamisation-of-europe-myth-or-reality-analysis/

Myanmar Goes To The Polls

http://www.eurasiareview.com/24102015-myanmar-goes-to-the-polls-analysis/

Malaysia In Political Stalemate

http://www.eurasiareview.com/24102015-malaysia-in-political-stalemate-analysis/

US Elections: Decoding The Role Of Indian Diaspora

http://www.eurasiareview.com/24102015-us-elections-decoding-the-role-of-indian-diaspora-analysis/

India-Africa Summit: Will It Give A New Thrust To Age-Old Ties?

http://www.eurasiareview.com/24102015-india-africa-summit-will-it-give-a-new-thrust-to-age-old-ties-analysis/

Bangladesh Killings: A Culture Of Impunity

http://www.eurasiareview.com/24102015-bangladesh-killings-a-culture-of-impunity-analysis/

Day Of Reckoning For US Shale Will Have To Wait

http://www.eurasiareview.com/24102015-day-of-reckoning-for-us-shale-will-have-to-wait-analysis/

Elusive Peace In Afghanistan: Taliban Control More Territory

http://www.eurasiareview.com/24102015-elusive-peace-in-afghanistan-taliban-control-more-territory-analysis/

The Rise Of ‘Chermany’: Germany And China, The Big Winners In Economic Globalisation

http://www.eurasiareview.com/24102015-the-rise-of-chermany-germany-and-china-the-big-winners-in-economic-globalisation-analysis/

Presidential Elections In Cote d’Ivoire Critical To Consolidate Political And Economic Development

http://www.eurasiareview.com/25102015-presidential-elections-in-cote-divoire-critical-to-consolidate-political-and-economic-development-analysis/

US to Divide Syria into Enclaves

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/10/25/us-to-divide-syria-into-enclaves.html

No Shame for U.S. 2003 Invasion of Iraq? The Meaning of This

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/10/25/no-shame-us-2003-invasion-iraq-meaning-this.html

Saturday 24 October 2015

La ricerca dell'ideale (Isaiah Berlin) - citazioni -

Costringere gli uomini a indossare le belle uniformi imposte da ideologie accettate dogmaticamente è quasi sempre la strada che sbocca nella disumanità. Possiamo fare solo qual che possiamo; ma questo dobbiamo farlo, nonostante le difficoltà.

La ricerca dell'ideale (Isaiah Berlin) - citazioni -

Possiamo salvare uomini dalla fame o dalla miseria o dall'ingiustizia , possiamo liberare uomini dalla schiavitù o dalla prigionia, ed è bene che sia così - tutti gli uomini hanno un senso innato del bene e del male, a qualunque cultura appartengano; ma qualsiasi studio della società mostra che ogni soluzione crea una situazione nuova che a sua volta genera nuovi bisogni e problemi, ossia nuove richieste. I figli hanno ottenuto ciò cui aspiravano i loro genitori e i loro nonni: maggiore libertà, maggiore benessere materiale, una società più giusta; ma i mali vecchi sono dimenticati, e i figli si trovano di fronte a problemi nuovi, generati appunto dalla soluzione di quelli vecchi, e i problemi nuovi, anche se a loro volta possono essere risolti, generano situazioni nuove, e con esse nuove esigenze - e così via, per sempre, e imprevedibilmente.

La ricerca dell'ideale (Isaiah Berlin) - citazioni -

La nozione di un tutto perfetto, la soluzione ultima in cui tutte le cose buone coesistano mi sembra non solo irraggiungibile - è lapalissiano -  ma anche un'incoerenza concettuale; io non so che cosa s'intenda per un'armonia di questo genere. Alcuni dei Grandi Beni non possono vivere insieme. Questa è una verità concettuale. Noi siamo condannati a scegliere, e ogni scelta può comportare una perdita irreparabile. Beati coloro che accettano senza discutere la disciplina in cui vivono, che obbediscono liberamente agli ordini dei capi, spirituali o temporali, e ne rispettano appieno la parola come legge inviolabile; o coloro che sono pervenuti, per vie proprie, a convinzioni chiare e incrollabili su ciò che devono fare e ciò che devono essere, senza nutrire il minimo dubbio. Io posso dire soltanto che coloro che riposano su questi comodi letti dogmatici sono vittime di forme di miopia autoindotta e portano paraocchi che possono anche dare l'appagamento, ma non certo la comprensione di ciò che significa essere uomo.

Can we end rural hunger and reach the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?

http://www.brookings.edu/research/podcasts/2015/10/kharas-and-mcarthur-ending-rural-hunger

Africa in the news: Electoral violence erupts in Guinea and Congo; Electricity rates rise in Nigeria; President Zuma cancels proposed tuition hike amid student protests

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/africa-in-focus/posts/2015/10/23-guinea-congo-violence-imperial-bank-electricity-nigeria-sow

Russia’s military is proving Western punditry wrong

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2015/10/23-russian-military-capabilities-syria-campbell

What the budding China-UK romance means for the global economy

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2015/10/22-china-uk-relations-lecorre

Sex Sells, Even in Tajikistan

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/sex-sells-even-in-tajikistan/

No, 'China' Did Not Just Give a Peace Prize to Mugabe

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/no-china-did-not-just-give-a-peace-prize-to-mugabe/

Multicultural Korea and Its Discontents

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/multicultural-korea-and-its-discontents/

How Churchill Fought The Pashtuns in Pakistan

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/how-churchill-fought-the-pashtuns-in-pakistan/

Vietnam, Philippines Near New Strategic Partnership

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/vietnam-philippines-near-new-strategic-partnership/

China’s Lighthouses in the Spratlys

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/chinas-lighthouses-in-the-spratlys/

Investing in Afghanistan, 14 Years Later

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/investing-in-afghanistan-14-years-later/

Friday 23 October 2015

Three trends in Indo-African trade and investment

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/africa-in-focus/posts/2015/10/23-trends-indo-african-trade-investment-sy

JFK’s forgotten crisis: Remember when China invaded India in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brookings-now/posts/2015/10/jfk-forgotten-crisis-china-invaded-india

Can city schools address the achievement and opportunity gap?

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brown-center-chalkboard/posts/2015/10/23-city-schools-achievement-opportunity-gap-dearmond-lake-jochim

Building and advancing digital skills to support Seattle’s economic future

http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2015/10/23-seattle-digital-skills-lee-tomer

Hutchins Roundup: Medicare Advantage, financial contagion, and more

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/up-front/posts/2015/10/22-hutchins-roundup

What the budding China-UK romance means for the global economy

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2015/10/22-china-uk-relations-lecorre

Can we expect real political reform in the Maghreb any time soon?

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/10/22-political-reform-maghreb-yerkes

Moving DoL’s fiduciary standards into the 21st Century: The case of ERISA investing

http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2015/10/22-erisa-dol-fiduciary-standard-21st-century-gotbaum

Why we will all be singing the Benghazi blues...

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2015/10/22-clinton-benghazi-hearing-blues-troy

Unlocking the potential of the Internet of Things

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/techtank/posts/2015/10/22-unlocking-the-potential-of-iot

The 'Euro Crisis' is no longer a true crisis

http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2015/10/22-euro-crisis-no-longer-elliot

Il dogma competitivo (Marco Emanuele)

Viviamo la competizione come un dogma e ogni dogma che si rispetti ha i suoi sacerdoti e la sua verità. Il mondo, però, ci consegna l'evidenza delle sue infinite differenze con le quali ciascuno di noi, e in particolare chi ha scelto di rappresentare l'interesse generale in politica e nelle istituzioni (nazionali e internazionali), deve fare i conti. La sfida che pongo è quella di restituire un'anima globale a questa globalizzazione soltanto tecnocratica, modello da iper-specialisti e non processo popolare e condiviso; non si tratta di portare indietro l'orologio della storia ma, realisticamente, si tratta di valutare i tanti avanzamenti realizzati negli ultimi decenni e la condizione nella quale si trovano l'umanità e il pianeta. In altre occasioni ho usato l'espressione "primitivi progrediti", a indicare che siamo tanto tecnologicamente avanzati quanto umanamente perduti. Se il sistema globalizzato non ritorna a essere globale, reimmergendosi nelle complessità del Mondo-della-Vita, rischiamo di perdere il valore di ciò che abbiamo costruito, sacrificandolo sull'altare della (presunta) verità lineare. 

Is Modern History's Biggest Natural Resource Heist in Myanmar?

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/is-modern-historys-biggest-natural-resource-heist-in-myanmar/

US Will Sell 8 F-16 Fighter Jets to Pakistan

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/us-will-sell-8-f-16-fighter-jets-to-pakistan/

Watch Out, F-35: Korea May Have an Ace Up Its Sleeve

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/watch-out-f-35-korea-may-have-an-ace-up-its-sleeve/

Tra esasperazione della competizione e necessità della cooperazione (Marco Emanuele)

Lasciamo dominare la competizione che, esasperando i rapporti di forza e gli interessi particolari, di fatto cancella i vantaggi possibili di una cooperazione strategica fra differenze. Certo, la competizione richiede meno "pensiero", accontentandosi e nutrendosi di una linearità che parrebbe sufficiente a comprendere e a risolvere la complessità dei problemi e delle sfide che abbiamo di fronte. Chi è onesto intellettualmente sa che non è così; chi vuole riflettere sul mondo con "realismo progettuale" sa che la presunta sufficienza della competizione genera solo contrapposizioni, confermando un mondo nel quale domina la logica amico-nemico e facendo irrimediabilmente degenerare il progetto umano.

Kill Them All – US Strike on Afghan Hospital

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/10/23/kill-them-all-us-strike-on-afghan-hospital.html

Syrian War Pits Syria, Russia, Iran; versus U.S., Saudis, Qatar, Turkey, ISIS

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/10/23/syrian-war-pits-syria-russia-iran-versus-us-saudis-qatar-turkey-isis.html

Verità dogmatiche, assenza della politica, pensiero lineare (Marco Emanuele)

La mia riflessione sul mondo di oggi è che si scontrano "verità dogmatiche". La mia cultura politica, quella nella quale sono cresciuto, è di condivisione dal basso della pratica democratica; dovendo e volendo essere realista, comprendo che vi siano dinamiche che vanno governate "dall'alto", anche attraverso l'uso della forza (soprattutto quando si tratta di combattere le forme di totalitarismo del XXI secolo, come l'ISIS, che strumentalizzano il dato religioso). Ciò che manca, dal mio punto di vista, è la presenza di leadership globali dotate di visione storica; siamo invasi dalle analisi e, allo stesso tempo, siamo totalmente orfani di politica. O, per meglio dire, abbiamo ridotto la politica a semplicistico "atto tecnocratico", utilizzando un "pensiero lineare" che comprende solo la guerra o, al massimo, la pace come assenza di guerra e non come progetto storico permanente.

La riflessione strategica dell'Ue sulla Strategia Globale

http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3205

Siria, echi di una nuova guerra fredda

http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3204

Thursday 22 October 2015

Materiality, mystery, worldview (Marco Emanuele)

Each person is materiality, mystery, worldview; education must be finalised to integrate the human dimensions in an original and unique "unicum". In every person there is the "global life" and each of us embodies it, interpreting it. The real success in life is to develop us entirely. Personal awareness lasts throughout life. This is why I write about life education as education for complexity.

Life education is education for complexity (Marco Emanuele)

Life education is education for complexity. Today's young people are educated in competition and, in this, to the exasperation of specialization. We see that many young people do not have global visions but just want a short-term success, which is something different from the legitimate need for achievement. We must work, in education, for the integral development of each person. Each of us is materiality, mystery and worldview; all these dimensions are in the person as "complex dialogue", historical subject that carries within itself the totality of reality, without exhausting it.

Educate is, first of all, educate themselves to life and its complexity (Marco Emanuele)

Educate is, first of all, educate themselves to life and its complexity. Life is contradiction and linearity, quantity and quality, predictability and unpredictability, measurability and not measurability; life is all these things together, simultaneously present and not separable. Life is complex. Education as personal education to life is at the same time the most difficult and the most necessary challenge.
Because of the complexity of life, the cultural processes (including that of education) must be experienced in a systemic, strategic and cooperative action. Competition, however, tends to separate the inseparable and does not consider real (in the sense of "historical") the "not yet known",
the informal, the transient.

Driving Sustainable Urbanization in Asia

http://csis.org/event/driving-sustainable-urbanization-asia

The Industrial Base After the Drawdown

http://csis.org/event/industrial-base-and-budget-cap-drawdown

Schieffer Series: Assessing U.S.-China Relations after the Obama-Xi Summit

http://csis.org/event/schieffer-series-assessing-us-china-relations-after-obama-xi-summit

Alexievich’s Achievement

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/alexievich-nobel-prize-literature-by-nina-l--khrushcheva-2015-10

Blowing It On the Wind

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/wind-power-wasted-subsidies-by-bj-rn-lomborg-2015-10

Big Polluters, Pay Up

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/tax-big-polluters-by-stephen-leonard-2015-10

The Great Leader Revival

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/merkel-among-great-leaders-by-chris-patten-2015-10

Palestinians need hope, not calm

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/823956

It’s time to learn from past mistakes

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/823951

Giving others a chance

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/823946

Twilight in India

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/823941

Assad’s downfall is imminent

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/823936

India's Bihar election is a test case for Modi

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/10/india-bihar-election-test-case-modi-151020122655542.html

Russia In The Middle-East: Altering The Geostrategic Environment

http://www.eurasiareview.com/21102015-russia-in-the-middle-east-altering-the-geostrategic-environment-analysis/

Big Boots To Fill

http://www.eurasiareview.com/21102015-big-boots-to-fill-oped/

Najib Faces Trouble on All Fronts

http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2015/10/21/najib-faces-trouble-on-all-fronts/

Interest and Intrigue in Egypt’s Parliamentary Elections

http://blogs.cfr.org/cook/2015/10/21/interest-and-intrigue-in-egypts-parliamentary-elections/

The Perils of a New Cold War

http://www.cfr.org/russian-federation/perils-new-cold-war/p37132

Here to stay and growing: Combating ISIS propaganda networks

http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2015/10/combating-isis-propaganda-fernandez

Benghazi's sliding doors

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2015/10/21-benghazi-hearing-hillary-clinton-wright

Why do we need technology in schools if it doesn’t improve quality?

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/education-plus-development/posts/2015/10/21-technology-improve-quality-schools-zinny

Fed communication: Clarity or confusion?

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/up-front/posts/2015/10/21-fed-communication-clarity-or-confusion-wessel-mochoruk

The right way to handle debt ceiling confrontations

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2015/10/21-debt-ceiling-confrontations-wallach

The most powerful women in technology 2015

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/techtank/posts/2015/10/21-forbes-powerful-women-in-tech-2015

No Time for a Nuclear Deal with Pakistan

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/no-time-for-a-nuclear-deal-with-pakistan/

Sri Lanka: Three Reports Tabled in Parliament

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/sri-lanka-three-reports-tabled-in-parliament/

2 Chinese Diplomats Shot and Killed in the Philippines

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/2-chinese-diplomats-shot-and-killed-in-the-philippines/

How China’s Growing Appetite Is Transforming an American Port

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/how-chinas-growing-appetite-is-transforming-an-american-port/

South Korea Unveils Unmanned Combat Helicopter

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/south-korea-unveils-unmanned-combat-helicopter/

Why US South China Sea FON Operations Don’t Make Sense

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/why-us-south-china-sea-fon-operations-dont-make-sense/

The US-China South China Sea Showdown

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/the-us-china-south-china-sea-showdown/

Back to the Future: World Politics Edition

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/back-to-the-future-world-politics-edition/

Turkey’s may regret border violation claims in Hatay

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/10/22/turkey-may-regret-border-violation-claims-hatay.html

US: Syria Policy Flip Flop

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/10/22/us-syria-policy-flip-flop.html

Wednesday 21 October 2015

Pakistan and the notion of nuclear abstinence in Asia

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/pakistan-and-the-notion-of-nuclear-abstinence-in-asia/

Cyber wrap

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/cyber-wrap-94/

The bigger challenge for the ADF’s amphibious capability

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-bigger-challenge-for-the-adfs-amphibious-capability/

Managing monopolies or confecting competition?

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/managing-monopolies-or-confecting-competition/

L’Egitto “normalizzato” al voto parlamentare

http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/l%E2%80%99egitto-%E2%80%9Cnormalizzato%E2%80%9D-al-voto-parlamentare

La transizione democratica in Tunisia, tra premio Nobel e dibattiti legislativi

http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/la-transizione-democratica-tunisia-tra-premio-nobel-e-dibattiti-legislativi

Le speranze per un nuovo Nord Africa

http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/le-speranze-un-nuovo-nord-africa

La nuova Intifada: una crisi terminale dei partiti palestinesi tradizionali?

http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/la-nuova-intifada-una-crisi-terminale-dei-partiti-palestinesi-tradizionali

Analysis of Defense Products Contract Trends, 1990-2014

http://csis.org/publication/analysis-defense-products-contract-trends-1990-2014

Competition and Bidding Data as an Indicator of the Health of the U.S. Defense Industrial Base

http://csis.org/publication/competition-and-bidding-data-indicator-health-us-defense-industrial-base

Wall Street has a problem with women. Here’s why you should worry

https://agenda.weforum.org/2015/10/wall-street-has-a-problem-with-women-heres-why-you-should-worry/

How we will send humans to Mars by 2030

https://agenda.weforum.org/2015/10/how-we-will-send-humans-to-mars-by-2030/

In for a Yuan, in for a Pound: Is the United Kingdom Making a Bad Bet on China?

http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2015/10/20/in-for-a-yuan-in-for-a-pound-is-the-united-kingdom-making-a-bad-bet-on-china/

Good News About the African Standby Force

http://blogs.cfr.org/campbell/2015/10/20/good-news-about-the-african-standby-force/

A New Interactive on Global Internet Policy and Governance Challenges

http://blogs.cfr.org/cyber/2015/10/20/a-new-interactive-on-global-internet-policy-and-governance-challenges/

You Might Have Missed: Recent Academic Journal Findings III

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2015/10/20/you-might-have-missed-recent-academic-journal-findings-iii/

Governing the Internet: The Latest Addition to the Global Governance Monitor

http://blogs.cfr.org/patrick/2015/10/20/governing-the-internet-the-latest-addition-to-the-global-governance-monitor/

The African Internet Governance Forum: Continued Discomfort with Multistakeholderism

http://blogs.cfr.org/cyber/2015/10/20/the-african-internet-governance-forum-continued-discomfort-with-multistakeholderism/

Welcome to the future: Three things Back to the Future got right

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/techtank/posts/2015/10/21-back-future-got-right-west-mcclellan

Jokowi’s U.S. visit builds on mutual interests, expectations and challenges

http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2015/10/21-indonesia-president-joko-widodo-visit-shekhar

Has Israeli-Palestinian violence crossed the point of no return?

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/21/Has-Israeli-Palestinian-violence-crossed-the-point-of-no-return-.html

Turkey in, refugees out: EU’s dirty deal

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/20/Turkey-in-refugees-out-EU-s-dirty-deal.html

Canada as the world knew it

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/10/canada-world-knew-151021061930570.html

Akhmatova, Mayakovsky, Keywan Karimi and me

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/10/akhmatova-mayakovsky-keywan-karimi-iran-151020083744017.html

Israeli colonisation is at the root of the violence

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/10/israeli-colonisation-root-violence-palestine-151019142927288.html

Lost chances and leaders’ follies

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/823461

India’s regrettable trajectory

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/823401

There’s nothing to lose

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/823396

Challenge of poverty alleviation

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/823386

Dominion of the Sea

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/dominion-of-the-sea/

Post-Election Politicking in Kyrgyzstan

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/post-election-politicking-in-kyrgyzstan/

Space: China Plays the Russia Card?

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/space-china-plays-the-russia-card/

The Trouble with Indonesia-Singapore Relations

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/the-trouble-with-indonesia-singapore-relations/

Is This China’s Newest Tool To Thwart US Military Power?

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/is-this-chinas-newest-tool-to-thwart-us-military-power/

Is North Korea Prepping for Another Nuclear Test?

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/is-north-korea-prepping-for-another-nuclear-test/

China’s Globe-Trotting President

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/chinas-globe-trotting-president/

Cina ed Europa in Asia centrale: strategie a confronto

http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3203

Tuesday 20 October 2015

The Great Financial Plumbing: From Northern Rock to Banking Union

http://www.ceps.eu/publications/great-financial-plumbing-northern-rock-banking-union

Tanzania’s Elections Should Not Be a Political Hurdle to Development (Chatham House)

https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/tanzania-s-elections-should-not-be-political-hurdle-development

Clueless in Europe

http://bruegel.org/2015/10/clueless-in-europe/

The ASEAN Economic Community and the fears of an organised crime boom

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-asean-economic-community-and-the-fears-of-an-organised-crime-boom/

Sea, air and land updates

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/sea-air-and-land-updates-24/

Cyber stability: why retaliation won’t deter

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/cyber-stability-why-retaliation-wont-deter/

Strategic ambiguity

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/strategic-ambiguity/

China's feminists defy government oppression

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/10/china-feminists-defy-government-oppression-151011100932359.html

Who can replace Bashar al-Assad?

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/20/Who-can-replace-Bashar-al-Assad-.html

Ending the U.S. government’s war on medical marijuana research

http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2015/10/20-war-on-marijuana-research-hudak-wallack

Which US Presidential Candidate Is Best Equipped for Asia Policy?

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/which-us-presidential-candidate-is-best-equipped-for-asia-policy/

Time for intellectual Intifada

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/822966

It’s not just Rohingya

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/822961

The shrinking domain

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/822946

La decostruzione della terza intifada

http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3202

Malta e Italia concordano moratoria trivellazioni

http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3201

Why India Should Be Concerned About Climate Change

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/why-india-should-be-concerned-about-climate-change/

Exclusive: US, Indonesia to Strengthen Partnership During Jokowi Visit

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/exclusive-what-to-expect-in-us-indonesia-relations-during-jokowis-visit/

Exclusive: US, Indonesia Eye New Defense Pacts For Jokowi Visit

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/exclusive-us-indonesia-to-sign-new-defense-pacts-during-jokowi-visit/

How Will Australia Use Its Massive Warships?

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/how-will-australia-use-its-massive-warships/

Abbas, Hamas, and NIMBY

http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/2015/10/19/abbas-hamas-and-nimby/

Israelis and Palestinians: And Then What?

http://blogs.cfr.org/cook/2015/10/19/israelis-and-palestinians-and-then-what/

Impact Bonds for Early Childhood Development in Low and Middle Income Countries

http://www.norrag.org/en/publications/norrag-news/online-version/reflections-on-the-world-education-forum-and-financing-education-and-skills/detail/impact-bonds-for-early-childhood-development-in-low-and-middle-income-countries.html

What the new Turkey-EU cooperation really means for Syrian refugees

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2015/10/19-turkey-europe-action-plan-syrian-refugees-kirisci

What it means to cancel Oslo

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/10/19-cancel-oslo-shaban

The Hutchins Center Explains: the Natural Rate of Interest

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/up-front/posts/2015/10/19-hutchins-center-explains-the-natural-rate-of-interest-olson-wessel

What’s the relationship between education, income, and favoring the Pakistani Taliban?

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/future-development/posts/2015/10/19-education-income-pakistani-taliban-afzal

How “villages” help seniors age at home

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/health360/posts/2015/10/19-how-villages-help-seniors-age-at-home-butler-diaz

Russians in Syria: Goals Determined, Objectives Set

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/10/20/russians-syria-goals-determined-objectives-set.html

Afghanistan: Hot Issue on Security Agenda

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/10/20/afghanistan-hot-issue-on-security-agenda.html

Monday 19 October 2015

Britain, Europe and the World: Rethinking the UK’s Circles of Influence

https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/britain-europe-and-world-rethinking-uk-circles-influence

In George Osborne, Britain has a Driver for Engagement with China

https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/george-osborne-britain-has-driver-engagement-china

Digital workers by design? An example from the on-demand economy

http://www.ceps.eu/publications/digital-workers-design-example-demand-economy

Market for Jihad: Radicalization in Tunisia

http://carnegie-mec.org/2015/10/15/market-for-jihad-radicalization-in-tunisia/ij5l

Frozen Russia

http://carnegie.ru/eurasiaoutlook/?fa=61641

Greece budget update – October

http://bruegel.org/2015/10/greece-budget-update-october/

How will refugees affect European economies?

http://bruegel.org/2015/10/how-will-refugees-affect-european-economies/

Smartphones: A nudger’s best or worst friend?

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brown-center-chalkboard/posts/2015/10/19-smartphone-nudges-education-castleman

"Electricity Markets and the Clean Power Plan"

http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/25891/electricity_markets_and_the_clean_power_plan.html?breadcrumb=%2F

US South China Sea patrols put Beijing between a rock and a hard place

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/us-south-china-sea-patrols-put-beijing-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/

Why the PLA is no paper tiger (part 1)

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/why-the-pla-is-no-paper-tiger-part-1/

Performance-Based Logistics

http://csis.org/publication/performance-based-logistics

Afghanistan and “Failed State Wars”: The Need for a Realistic Transition

http://csis.org/publication/afghanistan-and-failed-state-wars-need-realistic-transition

Statesmen's Forum: The Honorable Park Geun-hye President of the Republic of Korea

http://csis.org/event/statesmens-forum-honorable-park-geun-hye-president-republic-korea

Time for the real Canada to stand up

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/10/time-real-canada-stand-151015110650838.html

Egypt's new parliament: control and fragmentation

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/10/control-fragmentation-egypt-151018075100178.html

U.S. foreign policy in a changing world

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/19/U-S-foreign-policy-in-a-changing-world.html

Whether it is a Palestinian intifada or not is irrelevant

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/19/Whether-it-is-a-Palestinian-intifada-or-not-is-irrelevant.html

Chechnya in the shadow of Russia’s Mideast strategies

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/10/19/Chechnya-in-the-shadow-of-Russia-s-Mideast-strategies.html

Errori e orrori a Gerusalemme

http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3200

Italia, la vicina dei vicini dice la sua

http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3199