Analysis by leading think tanks
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AMERICAS
No Cigar: Obama’s Cuba Critics Are Dead Wrong (Ted Galen Carpenter, The National Interest), http://nationalinterest.org/feature/no-cigar-obamas-cuba-critics-are-dead-wrong-12656
ASIA
Pakistan Tests Ballistic Missile (Franz-Stefan Gady, The Diplomat), http://thediplomat.com/2015/04/pakistan-tests-ballistic-missile/
Exploring the Indus Valley’s Secrets (Akhilesh Pillalamarri, The Diplomat), http://thediplomat.com/2015/04/exploring-the-indus-valleys-secrets/
GLOBAL
An Intel Success: Tracking Iran’s Nuclear Program (Joshua Rovner, The National Interest), http://nationalinterest.org/feature/intel-success-tracking-irans-nuclear-program-12643
The Grand Bargain: What Iran Conceded in the Nuclear Talks (Richard Nephew, The National Interest), http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-grand-bargain-what-iran-conceded-the-nuclear-talks-12653
The Ultimate Game of Chicken: The West vs. Russia (Nikolas K. Gvosdev, The National Interest), http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-ultimate-game-chicken-the-west-vs-russia-12659
What the West Owes Ukraine (Anders Åslund, Project-Syndicate), http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/west-economic-aid-ukraine-by-anders–slund-2015-04
US Tries to Get Japan, South Korea to Put the Past Behind Them (Shannon Tiezzi, The Diplomat), http://thediplomat.com/2015/04/us-tries-to-get-japan-south-korea-to-put-the-past-behind-them/
ExxonMobil’s Dangerous Business Strategy (Jeffrey D. Sachs, Project-Syndicate), http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/exxonmobil-oil-drilling-climate-change-by-jeffrey-d-sachs-2015-04
The Debt Dilemma (Adair Turner, Susan Lund, Project-Syndicate), http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/global-debt-dilemma-by-adair-turner-and-susan-lund-2015-04
Can Trade Agreements Stop Currency Manipulation? (Kemal Derviş, Project-Syndicate), http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trade-agreements-currency-manipulation-spillovers-by-kemal-dervi–2015-04
Toward a Social Compact for Digital Privacy and Security (Chatham House), http://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/toward-social-compact-digital-privacy-and-security
Data Sharing for Public Health: Key Lessons from Other Sectors (Matthew Brack, Chatham House), http://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/data-sharing-public-health-key-lessons-other-sectors
MIDDLE EAST
The Euphrates in Crisis: Channels of Cooperation for a Threatened River (Nouar Shamout, Glada Lahn, Chatham House), http://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/euphrates-crisis-channels-cooperation-threatened-river
Is the Muslim Brotherhood the Key to Egypt’s War on Terror? (Alexander Velez-Green, The National Interest), http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-muslim-brotherhood-the-key-egypts-war-terror-12654
The Least We Can Do For Syria (Lakhdar Brahim, Project-Syndicate), http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/protect-syria-refugees-by-lakhdar-brahimi-2015-04