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Upsetting the peace and prosperity in Asia underwritten by the U.S. since World War II- the U.S. presidential election campaign of 2016 and the nuclear issue
04/01/2016
Japan, South Korea, China, and ASEAN countries have prospered since World War II with the peace underwritten by the U.S. sacrifices in the region since World War II. This is put at risk by irresponsible comments on the nuclear issue during the U.S. presidential election campaign of 2016.
Grouped Articles
Obama Rebukes Donald Trump’s Comments on Nuclear Weapons
New York Times 04/01/2016
South Korean Stores Feel China’s Wrath as U.S. Missile System Is Deployed
The New York Times 03/09/2017
China Woos South Korea’s New Leader, but the U.S. Left Behind a Spoiler
The New York Times 05/31/2017
Trump and South Korea’s Moon Assert Unity Against North Korea
WSJ 06/30/2017
Trump, Sanders, Clinton and Obama- voter sentiment in the U.S. for smaller U.S. engagement in the world
03/28/2016
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/28/2016
WSJ 05/22/2017
Trump Adopts Obama Approach While Seeking to Undo a Legacy
The New York Times 10/14/2017
Germany's chancellor Merkel and the EU-Turkey deal in 2016 for Turkey to take back refugees crossing the Aegean sea into Greece
03/24/2016
The EU deal with Turkey is important for Merkel as she faces new provincial elections in 2017 with growing populist pressures and opposition from the CDU to refugee policy. Pressure also comes from the Social Democrats for expanding domestic welfare. Merkel still has a high approval rating of 54% in March 2016 as she works to forge a EU wide policy for refugees.
Grouped Articles
Stakes Are High for Germany’s Angela Merkel in Success of New Migrant Deal
Wall Street Journal 03/24/2016
New York Times 03/24/2016
Economist 03/24/2016
Merkel’s Popularity Plunges After July Attacks
WSJ 08/05/2016
Survey: Germany divided over Merkel's migrant policy changes | Germany | DW.COM | 21.08.2016
DW.COM 08/21/2016
Opinion poll shows 60 percent of Germans want a cap on refugees | News | DW.COM | 16.09.2016
DW.COM 09/16/2016
Backgrounds of ISIS recruits in the Paris and Brussels terrorist attacks
03/23/2016
Grouped Articles
New ISIS recruits have deep criminal roots - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/24/2016
Islamic State threat in Europe ‘more urgent’ than feared, security chief warns - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/24/2016
Brothers Among 3 Brussels Suicide Attackers; Another Assailant Is Sought
New York Times 03/23/2016
Terror Cell Believed to Have Planned Fresh Attack in France
Wall Street Journal 04/11/2016
A Brussels Mentor Who Taught ‘Gangster Islam’ to the Young and Angry
New York Times 04/11/2016
Financial risk from emerging market debt in 2016- BIS estimate of $1.1 trillion in non-bank companies dollar denominated debt for 2015
02/16/2016
Grouped Articles
Emerging-Market Debt: How Big a Threat Is It?
Wall Street Journal 02/16/2016
China's president Jinping's visit to Saudi Arabia and Iran in Jan. 2015
01/30/2016
Grouped Articles
President Xi Jinping of China Is All Business in Middle East Visit
New York Times 01/30/2016
Rahmi Koc and Mustafa Koc of Turkey
01/21/2016
Grouped Articles
Mustafa Koc, Leader of Turkish Conglomerate, Dies at 55
New York Times 01/21/2016
Terrorist attack in Istanbul, Turkey, in Jan 2015 targeting the tourism industry
01/12/2016
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 01/12/2016
Tourists Steer Clear of Turkey After Bombings, Russia Clash
Wall Street Journal 03/24/2016
Syrian rebels backed by Turkish tanks capture key border stronghold from ISIS
Washington Post 08/24/2016
Attackers Open Fire at Nightclub in Istanbul
The New York Times 12/31/2016
Women in Cologne, other German cities- the sexual assault cases fueling a debate on migrants and refugees in 2016
01/05/2016
Grouped Articles
Reports of New Year’s Eve Sexual Assaults Feed Into German Debate Over Migrant Crisis
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2016
Reports of Attacks on Women in Germany Heighten Tension Over Migrants
New York Times 01/05/2016
Germans outraged by mayor’s advice for women after raft of harassment - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/07/2016
German Authorities Investigating Three in Connection With New Year’s Eve Assaults
Wall Street Journal 01/07/2016
Cologne Mayor’s ‘Arm’s Length’ Advice on Sexual Attacks Stirs Outcry
New York Times 01/06/2016
Washington Post 01/08/2016
Sunni and Shiite sects of Islam
01/03/2016
Grouped Articles
How Do Sunni and Shia Islam Differ?
New York Times 01/03/2016
Trump Softens Tone on Islam but Calls for Purge of ‘Foot Soldiers of Evil’
The New York Times 05/21/2017
UN Security Council Resolution in Dec. 2015 for initiating the peace process for Syria
12/18/2015
Grouped Articles
After Years of War in Syria, U.N. Passes Resolution on Talks
New York Times 12/18/2015
Arrival of US troops intensifies struggle for influence in Syria
The Guardian 03/09/2017
World Bank data on the Syrian refugees in Gulf states including Saudi Arabia going up by 1.1 million by 2013 from the beginning of the Syrian civil war
12/09/2015
Grouped Articles
Some of the Arab States Have Admitted Many From Syria
Wall Street Journal 12/09/2015
The global economy in 2015-2016- slowing growth in China, Brazil, Russia and Turkey, as growth picks up in the U.S. and India, and Europe emerges from the eurozone debt crisis
11/29/2015
High debt to GDP ratios in China, Brazil and Turkey lead to slowing growth. India is the exception in emerging markets as foreign investment increases and GDP growth is above 7%, with a boost from halving of oil prices. Europe sees the need for more quantitative easing, and the U.S. makes a slow recovery. Russia may see an improvement after a large devaluation of the ruble. Argentina's prospects are seen as improving with a change in government. Canada sees a change from the drift in the last years of the Harper government and the hollowing out of the industrial sector, with the election of Justin Trudeau. Overall the situation in 2015-2016 is a marked improvement compared to ten years earlier in 2005, as debt issues are tackled seriously in Europe and the U.S. and governance in the private sector improves.
Grouped Articles
Tensions With Russia Add to a Chill in Turkey’s Economy
New York Times 11/29/2015
China Unveils Economic Blueprint for 2016
Wall Street Journal 12/22/2015
Oil Prices at $30 Bend Nations, But Which Ones Could Break?
Wall Street Journal 01/13/2016
Putin’s self-destructing economy - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/18/2016
Russian Economy Stumbles as Stocks and Oil Prices Fall
New York Times 01/21/2016
Emerging-Market Debt: How Big a Threat Is It?
Wall Street Journal 02/16/2016
Migrant smuggling to Europe from Syria and North Africa in 2015-2016
03/30/2016
Grouped Articles
Inside the Migrant-Smuggling Trade: Escapes Start at €1,000
Wall Street Journal 03/30/16
Secretary of State Kerry makes an unannounced visit to Afghanistan - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/09/16
Chancellor Angela Merkel advocates bilateral, trilateral deals over migrants to EU | DW | 24.06.2018
DW.COM 06/24/18
We need Africa to solve migrant crisis, says President Macron
The Times 07/06/18
Radovan Karadzic- ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and the conviction of Karadzic by the Hague Tribunal
03/24/2016
Fifteen years after the Srebenica massacre of Muslims in Bosnia, the Bosnian Serb leader who incited the atrocities is convicted by a tribunal in the Hague in March 2016. Karadzic had organized the siege of Sarajevo in 1993 as the Bosnian Serb commander.
Grouped Articles
Radovan Karadzic, a Bosnian Serb, Gets 40 Years Over Genocide and War Crimes
New York Times 03/24/16
Lack of coordination between European union nations and with Turkey on intelligence and security- lessons from the Brussels airport/subway attacks in March 2016
03/23/2016
Hillary Clinton points to the lack of adequate coordination between EU nations and with Turkey on security as a serious problem in an address at Stanford University following the Brussels attacks at the airport and busy subway station. Turkey has knowledge about one of the suicide bombers before the attack but information is not shared with EU authorites because of lack of coordination and no mechanism for this. Clinton points out that there is more coordination between the U.S. and an EU nation than between EU nations, and it is easier for the U.S. to get flight manifests than for other EU nations to share this with each other.
Grouped Articles
Brussels Suicide Bomber Slipped Terror Net
Wall Street Journal 03/24/16
Hillary Clinton Criticizes Republican Rivals in Counterterrorism Speech
Wall Street Journal 03/24/16
Bomb attacks show how Belgium became an incubator of terror - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/24/16
Islamic State threat in Europe ‘more urgent’ than feared, security chief warns - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/24/16
Brothers Among 3 Brussels Suicide Attackers; Another Assailant Is Sought
New York Times 03/23/16
As Terrorists Cross Borders, Europe Sees Anew That Its Intelligence Does Not
New York Times 03/23/16
Ms. Petry and the AfD, Alternative for Germany Party, in 2016 following the refugee influx
03/09/2016
Support is strongest in the East for the Alternative for Germany Party, estimated at about 20 percent in 2016 following the refugee influx.
Grouped Articles
Germany’s Embrace of Migrants Spawns Rise of Far-Right Leader
New York Times 03/09/16
Survey: Germany divided over Merkel's migrant policy changes | Germany | DW.COM | 21.08.2016
DW.COM 08/21/16
Federal report laments rising xenophobia in Germany | News | DW.COM | 21.09.2016
DW.COM 09/21/16
Experts say laws not enough as Germany fights bots and fake news | Germany | DW.COM | 25.11.2016
DW.COM 11/25/16
Interview with German Chancellor Candidate Martin Schulz - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 02/08/17
Germany's AfD in crisis after Saarland slump | Germany | DW.COM | 27.03.2017
DW.COM 03/27/17
Emerging market debt 2015-2017
02/16/2016
Grouped Articles
Emerging-Market Debt: How Big a Threat Is It?
Wall Street Journal 02/16/16
Saudi oil production policy in 2016, and the prospect of low oil prices for the long term
01/27/2016
With Iran expected to add its production to supplies following lifting of sanctions in 2016, the Saudis would lose market share if they cut production. The Saudis are also on opposite sides with Iran and the Shiite government in Iraq, in the Middle East conflict. Russia is also on the opposite side of this conflict. As a result the Saudis are likely to stick to policy of full production with no cutbacks for the long term. When the Saudis made the policy decision at OPEC meetings in 2014 to not cut back on production as prices declined, it may have been done with the idea of revising policy later on. In 2016 with added Iranian production, this flexibility is diminished. Russia's bombing campaign in Syria, and its ability to withstand sanctions and low oil prices because of a declining ruble, and the cutoff in diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, have put all sides in an economic war of attrition. The Saudis with $630 billion in reserves also see the ability to withstand low oil prices for the long term. Low oil prices help boost economies in the U.S, European Union, Japan, India, China, Turkey, and other countries as the global economy slows down in 2016.
Grouped Articles
Saudi Arabia Keeps Pumping Oil, Despite Financial and Political Risks
New York Times 01/27/16
Oil-Price Poker: Why the Saudis Won’t Fold ‘Em
Wall Street Journal 02/01/16
Oil Output Freeze Is an Agreement With a Catch
New York Times 02/16/16
Young Saudis See Cushy Jobs Vanish Along With Nation’s Oil Wealth
New York Times 02/16/16
Weak Oil Prices Curbing Production
Wall Street Journal 04/13/16
How OPEC lost control of the oil market - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/15/16
UN (United Nations) estimates of the death toll and displaced refugees in Iraq 2014-2015
01/19/2016
Grouped Articles
U.N. Quantifies the Suffering in an Iraq Divided and Under Attack
New York Times 01/19/16
The debate on migrants and refugees in the European Union following the Cologne sexual assault cases in 2016
01/09/2016
Grouped Articles
Sexual Attacks Widen Divisions in European Migrant Crisis
New York Times 01/13/16
After Assaults in Cologne, Merkel Proposes Tougher Asylum Laws
New York Times 01/09/16
Economist 01/19/16
Stance on Migrants Leaves Merkel Isolated at Home and in Europe
New York Times 01/22/16
Migrant men and European women
Economist 01/16/16
NATO to Expand Patrols in Aegean Sea to Stop Human Traffickers
New York Times 03/06/16
Hoover Institution's Fouad Ajami on the Middle East and the policies of the Obama administration
01/05/2016
Grouped Articles
Notable & Quotable: Fouad Ajami on the Sunni-Shiite Fight
Wall Street Journal 01/05/16
Turkey and security at its borders after terrorist attacks in France and the U.S. in Dec. 2015
12/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Turkey Moves to Clamp Down on Border, Long a Revolving Door
New York Times 12/22/15
Syrian rebels backed by Turkish tanks capture key border stronghold from ISIS
Washington Post 08/24/16
Attackers Open Fire at Nightclub in Istanbul
The New York Times 12/31/16
Women's rights and opportunities in Muslim societies- (1) Fatema Mernissi in Morocco
12/09/2015
Grouped Articles
Fatema Mernissi, a Founder of Islamic Feminism, Dies at 75
New York Times 12/09/15
French Prime Minister Faults Times Article Giving Voice to Muslim Women
The New York Times 09/06/16
‘The Way People Look at Us Has Changed’: Muslim Women on Life in Europe
The New York Times 09/02/16
The German parliament votes 445 to 146 in December 2015 for limited military deployment to support France in Iraq and Syria
12/04/2015
Grouped Articles
German Parliament Votes to Send Military Assistance to Fight ISIS
New York Times 12/04/15
The New York Times 08/11/16
Germany Weighs Push for European Sanctions Against Russia Over Syria Behavior
WSJ 10/05/16
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