Subject: January Newsletter from Blue Star Strategies
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Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 14:05:45 -0500 (EST)

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Check out the recent op-ed by Jeff Gedmin in the Washington Post "The 'broken window'
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Deal or No Deal? The non-nuclear risks in Iranian negotiations

By Network Partner James LeGrice of London-based Insight Public Affairs

A settlement on Iran's nuclear programme is a far more realistic prospect this year
than it was in 2014. With a shared threat from Islamic State, the UK working to 
reopen its embassy in Tehran, President Obama risking a standoff with Congress over
new sanctions, and global investors excitedly predicting an Iranian 'gold rush',
 there are good odds that a deal will be reached by the June deadline, and that 
Iran will be granted sanctions relief. However, a deal is not a guarantor of peaceful
relations and regional stability. It could potentially have the opposite effect,
 and there are some key factors at play within Iran unrelated to the nuclear issue
that western policymakers need to consider.

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Efforts Required to End the Exploitation of Qatar's Migrant Laborers

As Qatar prepares to host the World Cup in 2022, scrutiny from the international
 community over the country's labor practices is steadily increasing. According 
to the International Labor Organization (ILO) and other human rights institutions,
the demographics in Qatar have changed to the extent that today an astonishing 94
percent of its workers are migrants, and the numbers are expected to soar following
the increased demands on the country's construction industry. Workers, mostly from
East Asia and Africa, migrate to the region hoping to support their families with
remittances. However, many of them are deceived into working in terrible conditions
for very low wages or in forced labor, while being told that they are being held
 to pay off the debt they have accumulated from the high costs of travel, housing,
and living in expensive societies.

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Foreign Policy in the State of the Union: Few Surprises, but Large Challenges

While the 2015 State of the Union Address delivered powerful, memorable messages
 regarding domestic issues namely on higher education, labor rights, and middle-class
economics; President Obama also utilized the opportunity to elucidate the direction
his presidency will be taking in foreign policy. President Obama reiterated support
for U.S. allies in places like Paris and Pakistan in their battle against Islamist
extremism and terrorism, touted the broad coalition the U.S. is leading in Iraq 
and Syria to degrade and destroy Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and
spoke on successes in West Africa in the fight against the Ebola virus. He underlined
the strength of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its allies in 
the face of Russian aggression, trumpeted the normalization of relations with Cuba,
and addressed the Iranian nuclear negotiations. Overall, the messages delivered 
did not deviate from previous statements and were unsurprising. Perhaps what was
 surprising; however, was a lack of commentary regarding the chamber he was addressing
and how their support (or lack thereof) will affect the visions he set forth.

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The Global Attack on Freedom of the Press

The recent attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris by Islamic extremists
riveted the world's attention on dangers to the press throughout the world.  Following
the attack, Secretary of State John Kerry said freedom of the press is "under siege"
globally and called for action, as did most Western leaders.  The attack on Charlie
Hebdo, though tragic, should not obscure the fact that diminished freedom of the
 press has been a trend throughout the world in recent decades.  There are various
techniques which governments and non-state actors have used to diminish freedom 
of the press: violence via beatings, incarceration, or murder; repression via legislation
and censorship, and self-censorship by the press due to fear of violence or legal
action.

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