The Response Should Be, Too By David Miliband
Western societies must face fundamental questions: Is it possible to be open and safe? When does pluralism become separation, separation beget alienation, and alienation turn into violence?
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And How the West Can Win By Gregory Feifer
Western cooperation with Russia would be a losing proposition. It would also send the wrong message to Russians by indicating that Putin’s behavior works.
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How Saudi Arabia Will Avert an Oil Economy Collapse By Fahad Nazer
Oil accounts for 90 percent of Saudi Arabia’s exports and 40 percent of its GDP. But with prices on the decline, the Kingdom will need to reassess how it balances its budgets.
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A Long Way to Go By Zoltan Barany
On November 8, 2015, Myanmar held its first elections in 25 years. After five decades of brutal military rule, the opposition, Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD), won a landslide victory. Winning elections, however, is only the first hurdle for Suu Kyi and her party. There is a long road ahead before full democracy comes to Myanmar.
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Turkey and ISIS Help Western Allies Get Back in Sync in Syria By Jeffrey A. Stacey
Perhaps the West was so quick to privately criticize Turkey because it is partly to blame. If the United States had responded more effectively to Russia’s intervention in Syria a couple of months ago, Russia would have been deterred from further provocations.
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