The hidden force of current international uneasiness (Ramon Blanco, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/hidden-force-current-international-uneasiness-161227065417580.html

Trump era heightens Asia-Pacific's tripwires (J Berkshire Miller, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/trump-era-heightens-asia-pacific-tripwires-161226070400556.html

What went wrong? A withering West (Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/wrong-withering-west-161226104409143.html

What should Palestinians expect from 2017? (Daoud Kuttab, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/palestinians-expect-2017-161222113816230.html

The Plant-Based Solution to Hunger (Barbara Unmüßig, Project-Syndicate)

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/industrial-agriculture-meat-production-by-barbara-unmuessig-2016-12

Will Europe Let Germany Lead? (Marcel Fratzscher, Project-Syndicate)

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/germany-merkel-eu-leadership-by-marcel-fratzscher-2016-12

The Age of Incompetence (J. Bradford DeLong, Project-Syndicate)

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/donald-trump-incompetent-republican-presidents-by-j--bradford-delong-2016-12

How Dr. Strangelove Learned to Love Trump (Dominique Moisi, Project-Syndicate)

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/henry-kissinger-donald-trump-by-dominique-moisi-2016-12

India, Chronicle of a conflict foretold (Pradip Phanjoubam, The Hindu, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/chronicle-of-a-conflict-foretold/n/21229

Pakistan. Zardari's new gimmick (Zahid Hussain, Dawn, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/zardari-s-new-gimmick/n/21232

An Afghanistan conferences without Afghanistan (Shamil Shams, DW, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/an-afghanistan-conferences-without-afghanistan/n/21231

Governance that inspires hope (Rajeev Ahuja, The Pioneer, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/governance-that-inspires-hope/govd/21219

In the eye of a cyclone (Sucharita Mukherjeet, Business Line, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/in-the-eye-of-a-cyclone/development/21214

Anthem: Play, rewind (Sugata Bose, The Indian Express, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/anthem-play-rewind/cult/21228

For informal workers, notebandi equals paisabandi (Mukta Naik, Eesha Kunduri & Manish, The Tribune, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/for-informal-workers-notebandi-equals-paisabandi/eco/21221

Afghanistan, India, and Trump, The Hindu, December 28, 2016 (Regional) (Rakesh Sood, The Hindu, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/afghanistan-india-and-trump-the-hindu-december-28-2016-regional-/n/21230

Europe on the edge (Hasan Suroor, The Tribune, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/europe-on-the-edge/gwatch/21220

Fighting for legitimate rights (Mohit Kandhar, The Pioneer, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/fighting-for-legitimate-rights/emerging/21218

Behind Pakistan’s CPEC offer (The Hindu, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/behind-pakistan-s-cpec-offer/inthenews/21225

A decade later: Nepal stitches ‘Peace’ on a torn ‘Democracy’ (Sourina Bej, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/a-decade-later-nepal-stitches-peace-on-a-torn-democracy-/sl/21224