Thursday, 3 November 2016

Wall St. opens higher; Facebook limits gains on Nasdaq (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks-idUSKBN12Y1CF?il=0

Oil prices find floor after falls on supply glut woes (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-idUSKBN12Y04Y?il=0

At odds over migrants, German conservatives agree not to party together (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-coalition-idUSKBN12Y1PN?il=0

Israeli justice minister rebuked by Supreme Court president (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-justice-idUSKBN12Y1P5?il=0

South Africa's Zuma faces no-confidence vote in corruption crisis (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-zuma-idUSKBN12Y0JM?il=0

Bank of England's Carney speaks following rates decision (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-boe-highlights-idUSKBN12Y1ME?il=0

BoE drops rate cut signal after Brexit hit to sterling (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-boe-idUSKBN12Y1FJ?il=0

U.S. rates futures steady; dollar Libor rises (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-moneymarket-idUSKBN12Y1L8?il=0

Lattice Semiconductor to be bought by Canyon Bridge (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-lattice-us-m-a-canyon-bridge-idUSKBN12Y1K5?il=0

Islamic State leader says 'no retreat' from Mosul assault (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-baghdadi-idUSKBN12Y00O?il=0

BoE's Carney: broad-brush view of UK economy hasn't changed (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-boe-carney-economy-idUSKBN12Y1P7?il=0

U.S. jobless claims rise; layoffs at five-month low (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-idUSKBN12Y1OL?il=0

Mexico's border trade capital craves Clinton win, with caveats (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-mexico-border-idUSKBN12Y1MX?il=0

Two U.S. service members, many civilians dead in Afghanistan (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-casualty-idUSKBN12Y0PM?il=0

3-D Printing for Food Security: Providing The Future Nutritious Meal (Tamara Nair, RSIS)

http://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/nts/co16273-3-d-printing-for-food-security-providing-the-future-nutritious-meal/#.WBs9AdLhDIU

India’s Northeast: A Rugged Link to ASEAN (Nazia Hussain, RSIS)

http://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/rsis/co16272-indias-northeast-a-rugged-link-to-asean/#.WBsqBNLhDIU

Malaysia’s Navy Deal with China: Meeting A Complex Security Challenge (Collin Koh Swee Lean, RSIS)

http://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/rsis/co16271-malaysias-navy-deal-with-china-meeting-a-complex-security-challenge/#.WBso-tLhDIU

How should the next president counter violent extremism? (Robert L. McKenzie, Darrell M. West, Indira Lakshmanan, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/how-should-the-next-president-counter-violent-extremism/

Iraqi Kurdistan: Mosul and beyond (Kenneth M. Pollack, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/11/02/iraqi-kurdistan-mosul-and-beyond/

Figures of the week: Kenya’s growth trends and prospects in Africa’s Lions (Amy Copley, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2016/11/02/figures-of-the-week-kenyas-growth-trends-and-prospects-in-africas-lions/

Race for the Senate 2016: Key issues in New Hampshire (Dante Scala, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2016/11/02/race-for-the-senate-2016-new-hampshire/

Trump, India, and the known unknowns (Tanvi Madan, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/11/02/trump-india-and-the-known-unknowns/

Sebastian Mallaby’s biography of Alan Greenspan (Ben S. Bernanke, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/ben-bernanke/2016/11/03/sebastian-mallabys-biography-of-alan-greenspan/

GCC: Rethinking Alliances (Adel Abdel Ghafar, Newsweek Middle East, Brookings)

http://newsweekme.com/gcc-rethinking-alliances/?platform=hootsuite

Poor kids learn like rich kids and all the kids in between (Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/education-plus-development/2016/11/02/poor-kids-learn-like-rich-kids-and-all-the-kids-in-between/

The future of Venezuela: are reforms enough to guarantee solvency? (Dany Bahar, Sebastian Strauss, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2016/11/02/the-future-of-venezuela-are-reforms-enough-to-guarantee-solvency/

Should policymakers make college free or better support institutions? (Matthew M. Chingos, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/should-policymakers-make-college-free-or-better-support-institutions/

Afrique subsaharienne: Terre promise ou terre de tous les dangers? (Amadou Sy, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/afrique-subsaharienne-terre-promise-ou-terre-de-tous-les-dangers/

Renew the federal commitment to high-quality summer youth employment programs (Martha Ross, Richard Kazis, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/renew-the-federal-commitment-to-high-quality-summer-youth-employment-programs/

Transforming cities into learning landscapes (Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/education-plus-development/2016/11/02/transforming-cities-into-learning-landscapes/

Why Morocco’s protests won’t usher in another Arab Spring (Sarah Yerkes, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/11/02/why-moroccos-protests-wont-usher-in-another-arab-spring/

Facebook Live: Mosul, Duterte, and the Venezuela Crisis (James M. Lindsay, Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/lindsay/2016/11/02/facebook-live-mosul-duterte-and-the-venezuela-crisis/

Failure to Adjust: How Americans Got Left Behind in the Global Economy (Edward Alden, Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/renewing-america/2016/11/02/failure-to-adjust-how-americans-got-left-behind-in-the-global-economy/

Can China Reduce Its National Savings Rate with More Social Insurance? (Brad Setser, Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2016/11/02/can-china-reduce-its-national-savings-rate-with-more-social-insurance/

The “K-word” in South Africa and Proposed New Penalties Against Hate Speech (John Campbell, Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/campbell/2016/11/02/the-k-word-in-south-africa-and-proposed-new-penalties-against-hate-speech/

Global Economics Monthly November 2016 (Robert Kahn, Council on Foreign Relations)

http://www.cfr.org/economics/global-economics-monthly-november-2016/p38447

A Conversation With Ai Weiwei (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://www.cfr.org/culture-and-foreign-policy/conversation-ai-weiwei/p38445

Inhale or check the poison:stark choice (Hiranmay Karlekar, The Pioneer, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/inhale-or-check-the-poison-stark-choice/development/20228

A troubling culture war between India and Pakistan (Rozina Ali, The New Yorker, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/a-troubling-culture-war-between-india-and-pakistan/cult/20236

Beyond stars and stripes (Ram Madhav, The Indian Express, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/beyond-stars-and-stripes/n/20234

A tale of two Americas (Varghese K. George, The Hindu, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/a-tale-of-two-americas/gwatch/20237

China’s growing clout (G Parthasarathy, The Tribune, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/china-s-growing-clout/emerging/20227

‘Cyber terrorism’: hyperbole or reality? (Ash Collingburn, The Strategist)

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/cyber-terrorism-hyperbole-reality/

National security wrap (Neal Reddan, Edward Boettcher, The Strategist)

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/national-security-wrap-45/

Can France still afford its nuclear deterrence? (Paul Soyez, The Strategist)

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/can-france-still-afford-nuclear-deterrence/

Re-hyphenating the Indo-Pacific (Ian Hall, The Strategist)

http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/re-hyphenating-indo-pacific/

Is North Korea’s nuclear tech for sale? (June Park, Jonathan B. Miller, East Asia Forum)

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/11/03/is-north-koreas-nuclear-tech-for-sale/

The TPP: more than a trade agreement (Claude Barfield, East Asia Forum)

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/11/02/the-tpp-more-than-a-trade-agreement/

Wednesday, 2 November 2016

Journalism and environmental defense: two hazardous activities in Latin America (Katya Salazar, openDemocracy)

https://www.opendemocracy.net/democraciaabierta/katya-salazar/journalism-and-environmental-defense-two-hazardous-activities-in-lat

Foreword to ‘Is segregation increasing in the UK?’ by Ted Cantle and Eric Kauffman (Chuka Umunna, openDemocracy)

https://www.opendemocracy.net/chuka-umunna/foreword-to-is-segregation-increasing-in-uk-by-ted-cantle-and-eric-kauffman

The New Brain Drain in Science (Sami Mahroum, Project-Syndicate)

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/academic-journals-brain-drain-by-sami-mahroum-2016-11

Radical Realism About Climate Change (Lili Fuhr, Project-Syndicate)

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/paris-climate-agreement-and-geo-engineering-by-lili-fuhr-2016-11

A Perfectly Crazy Idea for the IMF (Ugo Panizza, Project-Syndicate)

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/efficient-imf-lending-facility-by-ugo-panizza-2016-11

How Much Europe Do Europeans Need? (Joschka Fischer, Project-Syndicate)

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/european-integration-nationalism-by-joschka-fischer-2016-11

Big Danger at the Lower Bound (Kenneth Rogoff, Project-Syndicate)

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/no-room-for-rate-cuts-in-recession-by-kenneth-rogoff-2016-11

Stealth Cell Tower, how to spy on workers with a harmless printer (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/52995/hacking/stealth-cell-tower.html

Recent Windows Kernel zero-day exploited by hackers behind the DNC hack (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/52986/cyber-warfare-2/windows-kernel-zero-day.html

An information disclosure flaw still impacts SAP Systems to the Internet (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/52978/hacking/sap-systems-flawed.html

Black November. The Balfour Declaration 99 years ago marked the beginning of a settler colonial project of tragic proportions (Ilan Pappe, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/11/black-november-161102060539949.html

Getting away with murder in Mexico (Belen Fernandez, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/10/murder-rate-mexico-161031122439604.html

Reversing the anti-refugee discourse with art (Rachel Shabi, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/11/reversing-anti-refugee-discourse-art-161101085549043.html

Indian Muslim feminists: We are reformists not traitors (Mariya Salim, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/10/india-tripple-talaq-ucc-161031114709618.html

S Africa: Corruption report increases pressure on Zuma (Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/africa-corruption-report-increases-pressure-zuma-161102130627527.html

Money and patience grow short in Iraqi Kurdistan (Tanya Goudsouzian, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/11/money-patience-grow-short-iraqi-kurdistan-161102061659405.html

UN mission in South Sudan 'failed to protect civilians' (Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/mission-south-sudan-failed-protect-civilians-161101170616631.html

Stocks, dollar down on U.S. election worries; oil tumbles (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets-idUSKBN12X032?il=0

Egypt rights lawyer says banned from travel (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-rights-idUSKBN12X1W7?il=0

Obama on FBI procedures: 'We don't operate on innuendo' (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-obama-idUSKBN12X1W5?il=0

Asian MPs urge probe of reported abuses, envoys visit Myanmar's Rakhine (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-idUSKBN12X0E8?il=0

Euro zone October factory growth near three-year high, PMI shows (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-economy-pmi-idUSKBN12X1V5?il=0

Waiting for peace, Colombia youths set up camp in main square (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-peace-idUSKBN12X1UL?il=0

'Suicide Squad' powers Time Warner's profit, revenue beat (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-timewarner-results-idUSKBN12X18E?il=0

Dollar slumps against euro, jumps against peso on potential Trump win (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-forex-idUSKBN12X022?il=0

Turkey issues detention warrants for 137 more academics over failed coup: CNN Turk (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-university-idUSKBN12X14V?il=0

Russian ministry eyes $16 billion in privatizations in 2017-19 (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-economy-privatisation-idUSKBN12X1NG?il=0

Asian MPs urge probe of reported Myanmar abuses as envoys visit troubled Rakhine (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-idUSKBN12X0E8?il=0

Australia budget gets China gift, may save credit ratings crown (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-economy-ratings-idUSKBN12X0DU?il=0

Venezuela opposition scraps Maduro trial but presses demands (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-idUSKBN12W4EV?il=0

Hillary Clinton: Wall Street's favorite enemy (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-clinton-banks-analysis-idUSKBN12X0DC?il=0

Najib asks West to stop 'lecturing' as Malaysia embraces China (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-malaysia-idUSKBN12X0CH?il=0

Stocks, dollar rattled by tightening U.S. election race (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets-idUSKBN12X032?il=0

A dangerous new chapter in ‘too big to fail’ (Aaron Klein, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/a-dangerous-new-chapter-in-too-big-to-fail/

New imperatives for Asia’s growth (Vinod Thomas, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2016/11/01/new-imperatives-for-asias-growth/

Turkey: Getting worse before it gets better (Kemal Kirişci, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/11/01/turkey-getting-worse-before-it-gets-better/

What a caliphate really is—and how the Islamic State is not one (Shadi Hamid, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/11/01/what-a-caliphate-really-is-and-how-the-islamic-state-is-not-one/

Romania’s path to prosperity (Johannes F. Linn, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2016/11/01/romanias-path-to-prosperity/

Silicon Sand Dunes a vital cog in energy development (Robin Mills, The National, Brookings)

http://www.thenational.ae/business/energy/silicon-sand-dunes-a-vital-cog-in-energy-development

“Parliamentarism” in disguise. Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment raises serious institutional questions (Ernesto Talvi, Sebastian Strauss, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2016/11/01/parliamentarism-in-disguise/

Rise of the Libertarian technocrats (Philip A. Wallach, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2016/11/01/rise-of-the-libertarian-technocrats/

US-China cooperation on African security (Yun Sun, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2016/11/01/us-china-cooperation-on-african-security/

Are the US and China ready, willing, and able to achieve their Paris Agreement goals? (Philip A. Wallach, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/are-the-us-and-china-ready-willing-and-able-to-achieve-their-paris-agreement-goals/

China’s global rise: Can the EU and U.S. pursue a coordinated strategy? (Philippe Le Corre, Jonathan D. Pollack, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/chinas-global-rise-can-the-eu-and-u-s-pursue-a-coordinated-strategy/

Nuclear arms control choices for the next administration (Steven Pifer, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/nuclear-arms-control-choices-for-the-next-administration/

On Nov. 8, don’t forget the deep down ballot (Alaina J. Harkness, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/metropolitan-revolution/2016/11/01/on-nov-8-dont-forget-the-deep-down-ballot/

Race for the Senate 2016: Key issues in Ohio (Thomas Wood, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2016/11/01/race-for-the-senate-2016-ohio/

The most important non-issue in the 2016 campaign (Ron Haskins, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-most-important-non-issue-in-the-2016-campaign/

Will a Russian naval base appear in the South China Sea? (Artyom Lukin, East Asia Forum)

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/11/02/will-a-russian-naval-base-appear-in-the-south-china-sea/

India’s growth already starting to sag (Rajiv Kumar, East Asia Forum)

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/11/01/indias-growth-already-starting-to-sag/

The role of BRICS in reforming global finance (Sourabh Gupta, East Asia Forum)

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/11/01/the-role-of-brics-in-reforming-global-finance/