Subject: February Newsletter from Blue Star Strategies
From: "Blue Star Strategies" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:21:59 -0500 (EST)

Having trouble viewing this email?
http://www.bluestarstrategies.com/in-the-press/new
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=61db653a-7d73-4ddc-acf4-65df745c8a40&c=4c68d4e0-534e-11e3-bf8a-d4ae527547e4&ch=4d75d810-534e-11e3-8087-d4ae527547e4

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Header2 [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0018v6_QtHqjkJotXpPZdPTMWY_YCU3PhpIGLo6pBnl7BPwJ7jqi26Q-FNE02C0M4RqZJI4sPvJVOAzuWuw9nNTzpAaQbW2ESM5W_tDEyXHwFq9KkgY-aNXnUXmqPqviQEabEImEBNAn4zyx80cFGvkQ8P644JxbhqT2jcG-jGX9DxZ79A9mdMpOw==&c=AToMX_lzuPAYkvVWq_mq_6Dn7gohFaDemXBn7eSibbOpeiQ_NzPkQw==&ch=5rF7z2UprQpARfdOJdP7PLYAxuwlJ1BBP3fy6Stmr0R6EMoEizYc5Q==]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sally Painter interviewed on crisis in Ukraine by EWTN news.  Check her out at: 
http://bit.ly/1Dq3DCl

Follow our latest developments at the Blue Star Twitter page at @BlueStarLLC [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0018v6_QtHqjkJotXpPZdPTMWY_YCU3PhpIGLo6pBnl7BPwJ7jqi26Q-NqQSZyHSVBOCXOwDWONSJ2XTTub-bIOloJT9ZxPRiVu-rJJGASk4rHvoZEoIFavwhxaUxYOsqjAmxcpS3lQs0OAmTV0fAMIohYLmC_16EtWIktdWblFSXkSvRv_mAn5mQ==&c=AToMX_lzuPAYkvVWq_mq_6Dn7gohFaDemXBn7eSibbOpeiQ_NzPkQw==&ch=5rF7z2UprQpARfdOJdP7PLYAxuwlJ1BBP3fy6Stmr0R6EMoEizYc5Q==]

And like us on Facebook here [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0018v6_QtHqjkJotXpPZdPTMWY_YCU3PhpIGLo6pBnl7BPwJ7jqi26Q-NqQSZyHSVBO2g3Z2QjGh3_5WfqJvpMHnodQ9RDwbSrXRNlsEuIAdIjZr-OtNl-qmgzpagtrmGOf0HjdiOoK8Ldrw2lkwHGs5OuhjUFcroD29fYgYPCgiVtvcKMWTv1vYhVIcwDZVHuZYRRyOQBKMWEH1prifvTz1xse_BXqXNTVjzYq2nJOxTM=&c=AToMX_lzuPAYkvVWq_mq_6Dn7gohFaDemXBn7eSibbOpeiQ_NzPkQw==&ch=5rF7z2UprQpARfdOJdP7PLYAxuwlJ1BBP3fy6Stmr0R6EMoEizYc5Q==]
to get our thoughts on the breaking news of the day!

Newsletter Editor, Gabriella Ippolito.  Feel free to contact the editor at [email-masked]
with any questions or comments.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

An Interview with Barbara Shailor

Barbara Shailor recently joined Blue Star Strategies as a Special Advisor.  Prior
to that she was Special Representative for International Labor Affairs at the Department
of State from 2010-2014.  To better introduce her to the Blue Star community we 
conducted a brief interview on the current state of international labor rights and
the impact on US foreign policy with a particular focus on upcoming trade negotiations,
the role of multi-lateral organizations, and where the US can have an impact.

Read the full article here. [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0018v6_QtHqjkJotXpPZdPTMWY_YCU3PhpIGLo6pBnl7BPwJ7jqi26Q-BkPeG98reemvG17cDX6D8akr9toNx4UkWeMRcaoBRDnjB89JlLnipLOf9S99PQPgPKWnXQg2yA6dZEEhay8mSyaXHomHV3-yGtTFmNulFZ_yusnX8iA0dYQi8xf7T8fc-qARZzkM5dgn0ni2IzcmvStTQiTspt40VeRYPtgY2q2If2RG6kTcw2KpCEiawoCCCd4YydWCdxQ5FcALk10gnk=&c=AToMX_lzuPAYkvVWq_mq_6Dn7gohFaDemXBn7eSibbOpeiQ_NzPkQw==&ch=5rF7z2UprQpARfdOJdP7PLYAxuwlJ1BBP3fy6Stmr0R6EMoEizYc5Q==]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Triton: the Failure Communitaire

On February 10, 2015 several hundred African migrants died off the coast of Italy
while seeking refuge in the European country, marking one of the most significant
losses of migrants' lives at sea and simultaneously signaling the challenge the 
EU faces in coping with huge inflows of refugees. Sadly, the February 10 tragedy
 was not unique. On October 3, 2013, 366 Eritrean nationals died when their vessel
sunk close to the shores of Lampedusa (Italy). International public outrage, indignation,
and dissent over the deaths, led to an appeal for a new strategy to address the 
issue.

Read the full article here. [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0018v6_QtHqjkJotXpPZdPTMWY_YCU3PhpIGLo6pBnl7BPwJ7jqi26Q-BkPeG98reemzxAz6NMsJew7HTMWasfptYYyRfx1_AH3NVe5IoZqLE2aUEPTfbEmtJh9ljJv4V0de6EixPRyiTsSYtSh141h8VAJbqsAs58dhBETVfiOwML3c6COIPAUOAIcab7gUE7Vy0qP_vUU8Fx1PpdHUEohUei30jQ7P1FlgU7Bg8cTENmXUF-p6vpCSjOfkO5qc-yAUCBN8eu5p4M=&c=AToMX_lzuPAYkvVWq_mq_6Dn7gohFaDemXBn7eSibbOpeiQ_NzPkQw==&ch=5rF7z2UprQpARfdOJdP7PLYAxuwlJ1BBP3fy6Stmr0R6EMoEizYc5Q==]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

2015 Elections in Latin America: Hope for weakened democratic institutions?

Although Latin America has aspired to democracy for decades, institutions in many
countries remain weak, a trend which is brought into high resolution during elections.
 The 2014 elections in El Salvador, Bolivia, Venezuela and Brazil were marred by
 weak democratic and electoral institutions, lack of social inclusion, and corruption.
 The upcoming 2015 elections in Guyana, Haiti, Guatemala, and Argentina seem set
 to contend with the same challenges.

Read the full article here. [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0018v6_QtHqjkJotXpPZdPTMWY_YCU3PhpIGLo6pBnl7BPwJ7jqi26Q-BkPeG98reem14dz1Pm0Gix3Dl5LBS58FVCNPlsXWrYskll6inzQdBgJhQnHBbX_9lFhfxHTp7r-SwKxECKO2-8n4k4vH05LUfClgs1m35axDqoaFf8ColR-fRrDezBalhki6jBMNRD6Ks4Vnl6sVIKdui1DVBCTClK3aKzvmN5qMKJztzqsd9wsgu1Y5ZkDQVy7Pl_1JP0NHVBup_ewAbERIRAJj1-zJR0gvBi9GAO8YBs2GGhtltQHtB38B-8pojiKu1bOoAoB&c=AToMX_lzuPAYkvVWq_mq_6Dn7gohFaDemXBn7eSibbOpeiQ_NzPkQw==&ch=5rF7z2UprQpARfdOJdP7PLYAxuwlJ1BBP3fy6Stmr0R6EMoEizYc5Q==]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Prime Minister Orban's Decreasing Popularity Leads to Loss of Super-Majority in 
Hungarian Parliament

The conservative Fidesz Party in Hungary has caused concerns throughout EU and NATO
countries since it won a two-thirds super-majority in the Hungarian Parliament in
2010.   The party is militantly nationalistic, and the government of Prime Minister
Viktor Orban has been accused of restricting freedom of the press and of speech,
 and has maintained disconcertingly close ties with Russia.  The super-majority 
enabled Orban's government to pass legislation with relative facility, and Fidesz'
loss of a seat in a by-election last Sunday will make this more difficult as they
no longer have two-thirds of the seats in Parliament.  In addition, it should prevent
the government from changing the country's constitution.

Read more here. [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0018v6_QtHqjkJotXpPZdPTMWY_YCU3PhpIGLo6pBnl7BPwJ7jqi26Q-BkPeG98reemYMol8_SLZPROffBdmhvg7av18jSpUck87frSCTmi7-QUa2V5mn0srW-TUmlA9SuXy7y3GuWYNS0Y1UbpvWi1R_kQxXcqZ1WBM8G_1opRDT7ItdrseRt6XER_xL4c8gpm-vj-05HV56H4U1eRIAYpiPYgRB3wHAI-4ovjAqPksteIqz1IKHAEUhyGZdQ2l1OJf4fsEXLRG6vr59hd1Y9po-Vn93K42OpM3sf6tBrHbxhpPGLiBMjPjV19FeyOZ-h9tAaW4pUiBIaLtN3fCzCYJ8UYcvJ-Ztib5zasKI_Qtq8=&c=AToMX_lzuPAYkvVWq_mq_6Dn7gohFaDemXBn7eSibbOpeiQ_NzPkQw==&ch=5rF7z2UprQpARfdOJdP7PLYAxuwlJ1BBP3fy6Stmr0R6EMoEizYc5Q==]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Forward email
http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?llr=dgxbm4dab&m=1103785680067&ea=[email-masked]$&a=1120212010769

This email was sent to [email-masked] by [email-masked].

Update Profile/Email Address
http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=oo&m=001_H6K579osKj_yRNtuJZjJQ%3D%3D&ch=4d75d810-534e-11e3-8087-d4ae527547e4&ca=61db653a-7d73-4ddc-acf4-65df745c8a40

Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe(TM)
http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001_H6K579osKj_yRNtuJZjJQ%3D%3D&ch=4d75d810-534e-11e3-8087-d4ae527547e4&ca=61db653a-7d73-4ddc-acf4-65df745c8a40

Privacy Policy:
http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp

Online Marketing by
Constant Contact(R)
www.constantcontact.com

BLUE STAR | 888 17th Street, NW Suite 800, | WASHINGTON | DC | 200