Weekly World News Update, May 4, 2016

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Controlling Syrian Conflict; 'Déjà Vu' in Iraq; Workers' Party Congress in North Korea; TTIP Negotiations; Brazil's Economic Decline; Threats to Israel; China's NGO Law.

Controlling Syrian Conflict

"The Syrian Opposition's Coming Challenges" Yezid Sayigh -- Carnegie Middle East Center, April 29, 2016

"John Kerry Works to Restore Truce in Syria" Matthew Lee -- TIME, May 2, 2016

"The Observer View on Barack Obama's Role in Bringing Peace to Syria" Observer Editorial -- The Guardian, April 30, 2016

'Deja Vu' in Iraq

"How the 'Green Zone' Helped Destroy Iraq" Emma Sky -- POLITICO, May 1, 2016

"The War Between the Islamic State's Enemies" Peter Schwartzstein -- Foreign Policy, May 1, 2016

"Obama's Gradual Iraq War" The Wall Street Journal, May 1, 2016

Workers' Party Congress in North Korea

"Once in a Lifetime" The Economist, April 30, 2016

"It's Party Time in North Korea. Workers' Party Party Time" Anna Fifield -- The Washington Post, May 2, 2016

"What to Expect from North Korea's Party Congress: Millennials, Maybe Some 'Dead' Men, But No HBO" Julie Makinen -- Los Angeles Times, April 27, 2016

TTIP Negotiations

"The Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership as a Foreign Policy Tool" Maurice R. Greenberg -- Council on Foreign Relations, April 28, 2016

"TTP, TTIP: Eliminating Nations, Turning over the World Economy to Mega-Corporations. Obama's Secret Trade Deals vs. Trump and Bernie" Jon Rappoport -- Global Research, May 2, 2016

"TTIP Leaked Documents Could Spell the End of Controversial Trade Deal, Say Campaigners" Andrew Griffin -- The Independent, May 2, 2016

Brazil's Economic Decline

"Road to Rio: Brazil Offers Syrian Refugees A New Home, But The Economy Puts Their Latin American Future in Question" Lydia Tomkiw -- International Business Times, May 2, 2016

" With Brazil in Turmoil, Rio Counts Down to Olympics" Rebecca R. Ruiz -- The New York Times, April 27, 2016

Threats to Israel

"The Shifting Nature of Threats to Israel in its Neighborhood" Brian Reeves -- BROOKINGS, May 2, 2016

China's NGO Law

"China Tightens Its Grip on Foreign NGOs" James Griffiths and Steven Jiang -- CNN, April 29, 2016

"China Passes Law Putting Foreign NGOs Under Stricter Police Control" Anthony Kuhn -- NPR, April 28, 2016

The World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh remains on an extended break from compiling the News Update. WACA will assume responsibility for delivering our weekly selection of analysis and opinion.

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