Ukraine's Tipping Point
"Putin's Invasion of Eastern Ukraine: Is it Next Week or Never?" James Rupert - Atlantic Council, May 5, 2014
"Ukraine: Lies, Propaganda and the West's Agenda," Alastair Sloan - Al Jazeera, May 4, 2014
"A Golden Opportunity to Invade Ukraine," Josh Cohen - Moscow Times, May 5, 2014
"Ukraine's Tragedy Unfolding in Several Acts," Joschka Fischer - The St. Petersburg Times, May 3, 2014
"Resetting" the German-American Relationship?
"Merkel in Washington: A Reset Rendezvous," Jackson Janes - American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, May 1, 2014
"Trans-Atlantic Supplicant: Merkel Chooses Unity Over NSA Truth," Spiegel Staff - Spiegel Online International, May 5, 2014
A Transatlantic Pivot to Asia
"The "Pivot to Asia": Myths and Realities," Julianne Smith - Center for Transatlantic Relations
"A New Diplomacy for the Pivot," Christopher R. Hill and Michael Schaefer - Center for Transatlantic Relations
Politics in Taiwan
"The Transformation of Taiwan's Sunflower Movement," Lorand C. Laskai - The Diplomat, May 5, 2014
Sustaining the Awakening
"Support Democracy, Development and Hope in the Arab World," Kemal Dervis - Brookings, May 5, 2014
Headlines from Across Africa...
"South Africa Election: Does the ANC Deserve to Stay in Power?" Andrew Harding - BBC News, May 5, 2014
"Assassination in Africa: Inside the Plots to Kill Rwanda's Dissidents," Geoffrey York and Judi Rever - The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2014
"An Unholy Alliance in East Africa," Bronwyn Bruton - Politico Magazine, May 4, 2014
"Sacrificing Africa for Climate Change," Caleb S. Rossiter - The Wall Street Journal, May 4, 2014
Our Changing World
"Democracy's Deepening Recession," Larry Diamond - The Atlantic, May 2, 2014
"The Techno-Political Transformation," Klaus Schwab - Project Syndicate, May 5, 2014
"Japan's Change Generation," Devin Stewart - Foreign Affairs, May 1, 2014
"Why Europe Still Matters in Study Abroad," Michael Woolf - The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 28, 2014
Freedom of the Press
"Media Freedom Loses Ground in 2013," Cynthia English and Lee Becker - Gallup World, May 2, 2014
"Freedom of the Press 2014," Freedom House, Press Freedom at the Lowest Level in a Decade, 2014