October 9, 2019

Weekly World News Update

China Battles Domestic and Foreign Criticism; Russian Roundup; Crisis in Kashmir; Trump Says Good-Bye and Good Luck to Syria; Left Wins in Portugal; Struggle to the South; No Peace With North Korea; and Nobel Prize Announcements

Quote of the Week " By all appearances, the President's brazen and unprecedented appeal to China and to Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden is wrong and appalling." -- Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), in an Oct. 4 tweet, which positioned him as the leader of Republican resistance to President Trump. The President responded by calling for Senator Romney's impeachment.

China Battles Domestic and Foreign Criticism “ In Decrying ‘Foreign Interference,’ China Should Remember Those Times It Has Meddled in Other Countries’ Affairs” Wee Kek Koon -- South China Morning Post, October 3, 2019 “ Daryl Morey Backtracks After Hong Kong Tweet Causes Chinese Backlash” BBC, October 7, 2019 “ It Is Time for the United States to Stand Up to China in Hong Kong” Elizabeth Warren -- Foreign Policy, October 3, 2019 “ How Taiwan Is Decreasing Its Reliance on China” Humphrey Hawksley -- Nikkei Asian Review, October 4, 2019 “ What a Power Struggle in Beijing Might Look Like” Phillip Orchard -- Geopolitical Futures, October 7, 2019

Trump Says Good-Bye and Good Luck to Syria ” Trump Greenlights Turkish Invasion of N. Syria” Alison Meuse -- Asia Times, October 7, 2019 " The Danger of Abandoning Our Partners" Joseph Votel and Elizabeth Dent -- The Atlantic, October 8, 2019 “ Trump Throws Middle East Policy Into Turmoil Over Syria” Peter Baker and Lara Jakes -- New York Times, October 7, 2019 “ Explainer: Turkey Set to Redraw Map of Syrian War Once More” Dominic Evans and Tuvan Gumrukcu -- Reuters, October 7, 2019 “ Turkey Begins Bombing Northeast Syria” Lara Seligman -- Foreign Policy, October 8, 2019

Russian Roundup “ The Over-Hyphenation of ‘China-Russia’” Raffaello Pantucci -- Royal United Services Institute, October, 3 2019 “ Russia’s Opposition Movements” International Institute for Strategic Studies, September 2019 “ Russia and The West: Towards Normalization? – Analysis” Eurasia Review, October 9, 2019

Crisis in Kashmir “ Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan Seeks Chinese Support Over Kashmir as He Starts Beijing Visit” Kinling Lo -- South China Morning Post, October 9, 2019  “ For Gandhi, Nationalism Was Based on Understanding What Was Required for People to Be Free” Prabhat Patnaik -- The Indian Express, October 5, 2019 “ Kashmir: A Second Afghanistan?” Irfan Ashraf -- Daily Sabah, October 7, 2019 “ U.S. Senator Blocked from Visiting Kashmir as Crackdown Enters Third Month” Joanna Slater -- The Washington Post, October 4, 2019

Left Wins in Portugal “ Portugal Election Result Cements Modest Gains for Europe's Centre-Left” Jon Henley -- The Guardian, October 7, 2019 “ Why the Left Is Continuing to Win in Portugal” Joana Ramiro -- New Statesman, October 9, 2019

Struggle to the South " Latin America Already Has a Model to Solve Venezuela” Tom Long and Max Friedman -- Americas Quarterly, October 3, 2019 “ An Unprecedented Constitutional Crisis Divides Peru. But Who Is to Blame?” Frida Ghitis -- World Politics Review, October 3, 2019 “ Ecuador’s President Moves Seat of Government to Escape Protests” José María León Cabrera -- New York Times, October 8, 2019 “ Wildlife Trafficking on the Rise All Across Latin America” Dan Collyns -- The Guardian, October 7, 2019

No Peace With North Korea “ Who Will Address the Issue of Mass Atrocities in North Korea?” Ewelina Ochab -- Forbes, October 6, 2019 “ Experts: North Korea's Submarine-Capable Missile Poses Threat to U.S. Allies” Christy Lee -- Voice of America, October 4, 2019  “ North Korea: No More Talks Until U.S. Ends 'Hostile Policy'” Hyung-Jin Kim -- Local 12, October 6, 2019 “ Why U.S.- North Korea Talks Failed Again” Scott Snyder -- Council on Foreign Relations, October 8, 2019

Nobel Prize Announcements “ Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded for Discovery of How Cells Sense Oxygen” Carolyn Johnson -- The Washington Post, October 7, 2019 “ 3 Share Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Development of Lithium-Ion Batteries” NPR, October 9, 2019