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AFRICA
Leave or die: Choice facing immigrants to South Africa (Ayesha Kajee, Al Jazeera), http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/04/leave-die-choice-facing-immigrants-south-africa-150420103040830.html
Nigeria: Boko Haram and the Regionalization of Terrorism (Denis M. Tull, Annette Weber, SWP), http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publications/swp-comments-en/swp-aktuelle-details/article/boko_haram_regionalization_of_terrorism.html
ASIA
China and the Question of ‘Double Standards’ (Yang Hengjun, The Diplomat), http://thediplomat.com/2015/04/china-and-the-question-of-double-standards/
Confirmed: Taiwan to Start New South China Sea Patrols (Prashanth Parameswaran, The Diplomat), http://thediplomat.com/2015/04/confirmed-taiwan-to-start-new-south-china-sea-patrols/
India’s Rafale Deal: Why The Outright Purchase Was A Balancing Step (Prashant Dikshit, IPCS), http://www.eurasiareview.com/21042015-indias-rafale-deal-why-the-outright-purchase-was-a-balancing-step-analysis/
South Korea Is Planning a Huge Increase in Defense Spending (Ankit Panda, The Diplomat), http://thediplomat.com/2015/04/south-korea-is-planning-a-huge-increase-in-defense-spending/
Mongolia’s Choises Matter (Neil Thompson, ISN Security Watch), http://www.eurasiareview.com/21042015-mongolias-choices-matter-analysis/
CENTRAL ASIA
Why Is Kazakhstan Even Having an Election? (Catherine Putz, The Diplomat), http://thediplomat.com/2015/04/why-is-kazakhstan-even-having-an-election/
EUROPE
The ‘Grexit’ Issue and the Problem of Free Trade (George Friedman, Stratfor), https://www.stratfor.com/weekly/grexit-issue-and-problem-free-trade?utm_source=freelist-f&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Gweekly&utm_campaign=20150421&mc_cid=a228ca89db&mc_eid=5539d95b01
A Hybrid Security Policy for Europe (Claudia Major, Christian Mölling, SWP), http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publications/swp-comments-en/swp-aktuelle-details/article/hybride_sicherheitspolitik_fuer_europa.html
GLOBAL
Death in the Mediterranean (Nicola Perugini, Al Jazeera), http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/04/death-mediterranean-150421070335871.html
The Geopolitics of Richard Nixon (Francis P. Sempa, The Diplomat), http://thediplomat.com/2015/04/the-geopolitics-of-richard-nixon/
USA-Asia. Back to The Future: Republican Foreign Policy and Rebalance (Mercy A. Kuo, Angelica O. Tang, The Diplomat), http://thediplomat.com/2015/04/back-to-the-future-republican-foreign-policy-and-rebalance/
The World Doesn’t Think Much of China’s Leaders (Literally) (Shannon Tiezzi, The Diplomat), http://thediplomat.com/2015/04/the-world-doesnt-think-much-of-chinas-leaders-literally/
Julie Bishop in Iran (Helen Clark, The Diplomat), http://thediplomat.com/2015/04/julie-bishop-in-iran/
MIDDLE EAST
The collapse of Lebanon’s Hezbollah (Raed Omari, Al Arabiya), http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/04/21/The-collapse-of-Lebanon-s-Hezbollah.html
