November 13, 2019
Weekly World News Update
Changes and Challenges Across the Atlantic; NATO: Dying or Just Sick?; The Fall of the Berlin Wall; Bolivia Ousts Morales; 2019: A Year of Protests; World Economic Watch; and Environmental Threats
Quote of the Week
" What we are currently experiencing (is) the brain-death of NATO.... You have no coordination whatsoever of strategic decision-making between the United States and its NATO allies. None. You have an uncoordinated aggressive action by another NATO ally, Turkey, in an area where our interests are at stake."
-- French President Emmanuel Macron, in an exclusive interview with The Economist detailing Europe's fragile position in a hostile world.
Changes and Challenges Across the Atlantic
“ Macron Challenges Europe’s Self-Denial” Judy Dempsey -- Carnegie Europe, November 12, 2019

“ Rocking the Boat: The Macron Method” Tara Varma -- European Council on Foreign Relations, November 8, 2019


“ 14 Big Brains on Brexit” Christian Oliver -- Politico, November 11, 2019

“ Europe Needs Another Cultural Revolution. But Who Would Lead It?” Andre Wilkens -- The Guardian, November 13, 2019
NATO: Dying or Just Sick?
“ NATO Isn’t Dead, but It’s Ailing” Walter Mead -- The Wall Street Journal, November 11, 2019
 
“ What Would Happen If Russia and NATO Went to War?” Kris Osborn -- The National Interest, November 12, 2019

“ Turkey, NATO, and a Shifting World” Jay Nordlinger -- National Review, November 12, 2019 
30 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall
“ The Lesson of the Berlin Wall Is That All Systems Are Fragile, but Some More Than Others” Jeremy Cliffe -- New Statesmen America, November 10, 2019

“ A Russian View on the Fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 Years On” Andrei Kolesnikov -- The Moscow Times, November 7, 2019

“ What Would It Take to Unify Korea? Germany Offers Lessons.” Melissa Chan -- The Atlantic, November 7, 2019
Bolivia Ousts Morales
“ Uncertainty in Bolivia as Senator Claims Interim Presidency” Luis Henao and Carlos Valdez -- The Star, November 13, 2019


“ Bolivia’s Anti-Indigenous Backlash Is Growing” Jacquelyn Kovarik -- The Nation, November 13, 2019

“ Why Is Evo Morales Suddenly No Longer President of Bolivia?” Keith Johnson -- Foreign Policy, November 11, 2019

“ Why Bolivian Politics Suddenly Matters to Putin” Leonid Bershidsky -- Bloomberg, November 11, 2019
2019: A Year of Protests
“ 2019 – A Deja Vu in Terms of Protests?” Jamie Dettmer -- Voice of America, November 12, 2019

“ Power to the People” Aryeh Neier -- Project Syndicate, November 11, 2019

“ Iran’s Protests and the Threat to Domestic Stability” Seth Jones -- Center for Strategic & International Studies, November 8, 2019

“ In Lebanon, a Woman’s Place Is Leading the Revolution” Richard Hall -- Independent, November 11, 2019 

“ Can Abdul Mahdi Overcome the Protests?” Ali Mamouri -- Al-Monitor, November 11, 2019

“ As Hong Kong Universities Become Battle Zones, Mainland Chinese Students Flee” Jing Yang and Stella Yifan Xie -- The Wall Street Journal, November 13, 2019
World Economic Watch
“ Have the BRICS Hit a Wall?” Jo Harper -- Deutsche Welle, November 12, 2019

“ Political Discord Threatens Economic Co-Operation” Chris Giles -- Financial Times, November 12, 2019

“ The World Economy Is Headed for a Recession. China Won’t Be There to Save It This Time” David Dodwell -- South China Morning Post, November 11, 2019

The Environment Takes a Hit
“ How Scientists Got Climate Change So Wrong” Eugene Linden -- New York Times, November 8, 2019

“ The Climate Chain Reaction That Threatens the Heart of the Pacific” Simon Denyer and Chris Mooney -- The Washington Post, November 12, 2019