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What We Are Reading… July 22, 2014

Ukraine Crisis   Ukraine Says Russian officer pushed the button to shoot down MH17 Josh Levs, Kyung Lah, Holly Yan / CNN As bodies from Thursday’s air disaster reached a facility Tuesday in Kharkiv, Ukraine, the Ukrainian government ratcheted up its...

Petraeus: TPP a Matter of National Security

Retired U.S. Army general David Petraeus recently outlined the potential national security benefits that can accrue from the success of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a free trade deal currently being negotiated between 12 Pacific-rim nations, most...

3 Key Topics in Upcoming U.S.-China Economic Talks

For the 6th year, the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) will take place July 9-10th between key commerce and foreign policy officials from Beijing and Washington in an attempt to open up investment and trade opportunities between the world’s two...

What We Are Reading… July 7 2014

Ukraine tycoon pleads for city’s safety after rebels vow to make stand Richard Balmforth / Reuters Ukraine’s richest man pleaded with the government on Monday not to bomb Donetsk, a city of a million people where hundreds of heavily armed pro-Russian...