ACTA DIURNA – Asia, Europe, Global, Latin America, Middle East

The Battle for Taiwan’s Soul: The 2016 Presidential Election (Jonathan Sullivan, The National Interest), http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-battle-taiwans-soul-the-2016-presidential-election-12790

China’s mischief on the reefs (Richard Javad Heydarian, Al Jazeera), http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/04/china-mischief-reefs-150429085929472.html

India’s crackdown on ‘anti-national’ activism (Saurav Datta, Al Jazeera), http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/05/india-crackdown-anti-national-activism-150503051908504.html

A second independence referendum will ruin Scotland (Azeem Ibrahim, Al Arabiya), http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/05/03/A-second-independence-referendum-will-ruin-Scotland.html

‘Create a world that guarantees everyone’s right to live in dignity’ (IDN-InDepthNews Interview with Daisaku Ikeda), http://www.indepthnews.info/index.php/global-issues/2354-create-a-world-that-guarantees-everyones-right-to-live-in-dignity

Russia’s Supersonic Tu-160 Bomber Is Back: Should America Worry? (Tom Nichols, The National Interest), http://nationalinterest.org/feature/russias-supersonic-tu-160-bomber-back-should-america-worry-12787

If North Korea Collapses: What Happens to Its Nightmare Weapons of War? (Robert Peters, The National Interest), http://nationalinterest.org/feature/if-north-korea-collapses-what-happens-its-nightmare-weapons-12788

Cuba and the difficult change ahead (Abdulrahman al-Rashed, Al Arabiya), http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/05/03/Cuba-and-the-difficult-change-ahead.html

I perché dell’internazionalizzazione del renminbi (Juan Carlos Martinez Oliva, AffarIinternazionali), http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3051

The Latin American economy in 8 charts (Peter Vanham, World Economic Forum), https://agenda.weforum.org/2015/04/the-latin-american-economy-in-8-charts/

New Saudi government will not tolerate incompetence (Khaled Almaeena, Al Arabiya), http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/05/03/The-new-government-will-not-tolerate-incompetency-and-inefficiency.html