Analysis by leading think tanks
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AFRICA
A Conversation With Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Council on Foreign Relations), http://www.cfr.org/nigeria/conversation-ngozi-okonjo-iweala/p36427
Inside Nigeria: Post-Election Analysis (Council on Foreign Relations), http://www.cfr.org/nigeria/inside-nigeria-post-election-analysis/p36426
AMERICAS
Time to lift the U.S. Embargo against Cuba (Joyce Karam, Al Arabiya), http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/04/16/Time-to-lift-the-U-S-Embargo-against-Cuba-.html
ASIA
Global Defense Spending Is Down, But Asia’s Spending Is Up (Ankit Panda, The Diplomat), http://thediplomat.com/2015/04/global-defense-spending-is-down-but-asias-spending-is-up/
Korea’s Immigration Policy Backlash (Council on Foreign Relations), http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2015/04/15/darcie-draudt-koreas-immigration-policy-backlash/
CENTRAL ASIA
Turning a Blind Eye to Torture in Uzbekistan (Catherine Putz, The Diplomat), http://thediplomat.com/2015/04/turning-a-blind-eye-to-torture-in-uzbekistan/
EUROPE
Last Taxi to Europe (Alberto Heimler, Project-Syndicate), http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/uber-eu-protest-by-alberto-heimler-2015-04
GLOBAL
China’s AIIB and the US Reputation Risk (Mercy A. Kuo, Angelica O. Tang, The Diplomat), http://thediplomat.com/2015/04/chinas-aiib-and-the-us-reputation-risk/
Obama’s Failed Afghan Peace Strategy (Brahma Chellaney, Project-Syndicate), http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/obama-failed-afghan-peace-strategy-by-brahma-chellaney-2015-04
The Mealy-Mouthed West (Ana Palacio, Project-Syndicate), http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/politician-empty-rhetoric-by-ana-palacio-2015-04
How to Reform the IMF Now (Paulo Nogueira Batista, Hector R. Torres, Project-Syndicate), http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/imf-reform-us-congress-delinking-by-paulo-nogueira-batista-and-hector-r–torres-2015-04
Sustainable Energy Now (Anita George, Project-Syndicate), http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/sustainable-energy-competitive-oil-prices-by-anita-george
The UN GGE on Cybersecurity: What is the UN’s role? (Council on Foreign Relations), http://blogs.cfr.org/cyber/2015/04/15/the-un-gge-on-cybersecurity-what-is-the-uns-role/
MIDDLE EAST
How Resolution 2216 thwarted Iran’s plans in Yemen (Abdulrahman al-Rashed, Al Arabiya), http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/04/16/How-Resolution-2216-thwarted-Iran-s-plans-in-Yemen.html
Haider al-Abbadi has bigger problems (Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Al Jazeera), http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/04/haider-al-abbadi-bigger-problems-150416070043595.html
A Conversation With Antony Blinken (Council on Foreign Relations), http://www.cfr.org/middle-east-and-north-africa/conversation-antony-blinken/p36428
