Subject: Editors’ Picks, Presented by the Global SOF Foundation: Nir Rosen rewrites the Syrian war plans; and why are the Saudis crashing the oil markets?
From: "Foreign Policy" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:57:26 -0500 (EST)

FOREIGN POLICY'S TOP 5 READS
Thursday, December 18

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#1 
EXCLUSIVE: As Syria’s armed opposition loses ground, an influential, unpublished report looks to radically revise how to achieve peace in the war-torn country: 
<a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723dtu.421g/VJNbtcPo-rO9yypsAa982 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723dtu.421g/VJNbtcPo-rO9yypoAb269>

#2
OIL FOIL: Thanks to their pumping capacity, reserves, and stockpiles, the Saudis are able to deliberately crash the oil markets to undermine their old foe -- Iran: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723dtu.421g/VJNbtcPo-rO9yyptA15e7 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723dtu.421g/VJNbtcPo-rO9yyppA3f42>

#3
CUBA’S CHRISTMAS SURPRISE: Washington and Havana have moved to normalize relations. But how does the Castro’s big announcement play in Caracas? <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723dtu.421g/VJNbtcPo-rO9yypuAf1b2 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>: 
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723dtu.421g/VJNbtcPo-rO9yypqA0e9c>

#4
PUTIN ON THE RITZ: With Russia facing economic collapse, Putin struck a defiant tone against the West at his annual press conference: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723dtu.421g/VJNbtcPo-rO9yypvAae42 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723dtu.421g/VJNbtcPo-rO9yyprAa87b>

#5
THE FUTURE OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS: Join the Global SOF Foundation in February 2015 as it brings together international special operations leaders and other stakeholders for a high-intensity, thought-provoking symposium on the future of SOF and their role in global security.:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723dtu.421g/VJMqlcPoDAF-0iyWA31b5>

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