Weekly World News Update: March 25, 2020

March 25, 2020

Weekly World News Update

The Fight Rages On; Flattening the Curve; The World After COVID-19; Lens on Africa; Olympics Postponed; Global Dynamics; and Shifting the Norm

Quote of the Week

“ The one thing that’s worth stockpiling is decency… Decency won’t save us, but it will make our altered lives more tolerable, come what may.”

-- Russian-born social historian Anastasia Edel, in a March 17 dispatch from Oakland for the New York Review of Books' Pandemic Journal.

For Real-Time Analysis, Check Out These Council Webinars!

TODAY 3/25

World Affairs Council of Connecticut: David Sanger, National Security Correspondent, New York Times, "Global Security in a Pandemic"
Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall: Panel of experts on “LA's Trade & Commerce Challenges Amidst COVID-19”

Thursday 3/26

WACA KNOW NOW: Dr. Jonathan Quick, Senior Fellow at Management Sciences for Health, and WorldBoston President and CEO Mary Yntema, COVID-19, 2:00-2:30 PM ET
Global Minnesota: Irena Zubcevic, Chief of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, “Building the Sustainable Development Goals Into Your Mission”
Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall: Prof. Dan Schnur, “How Will the Coronavirus Change Our Politics?”
Montana World Affairs Council: Nicholas Kralev, Founding Executive Director of Washington International Diplomatic Academy, "American Diplomacy in a Time of Crisis"
World Affairs (Northern California): Dr. Michael Baker, general surgeon and retired U.S. Navy Admiral, "Biological Threats to the Security of the United States"
World Affairs Council of Charlotte: The Magellan Society, “He Named Me Malala”
International Relations Council (Kansas City): Attorney Kirk Doan, “Oil”

Friday 3/27

World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth: Sebastian Mallaby, Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for Int'l Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, "The Economic Response to COVID-19"
Santa Fe Council on International Relations: Katie Singer, “Limits to Internet Growth”

Monday 3/30

Korea Economic Institute, WACA partner and co-sponsor of Future of Korea grant program, "The State of Human Rights in North Korea"
Ambassador Robert King, former U.S. Special Envoy for North Korea Human Rights, Non-Resident Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute of America
Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
Mark Tokola, Moderator, Vice President of the Korea Economic Institute of America
Alaska World Affairs Council: Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, Northwestern Diplomat in Residence, "Virtual Lunch With Leaders: So You Want to Be a Diplomat? 101"

The Fight Rages On

“ Coronavirus Through The Eyes of 5 Iranian Photographers” Laura Villamizar -- National Public Radio, March 22, 2020

“ Governments and Companies Race to Make Masks Vital to Virus Fight” Rachel Abrams; Jessica Silver-Greenberg; Andrew Jacobs; Vanessa Friedman; Michael Rothfeld -- New York Times, March 23, 2020

“ The EU Struggles for Relevance in the Fight Against Coronavirus” Markus Becker; Julia Amalia Heyer; Peter Müller; Gerald Traufetter -- Spiegel International, March 23, 2020

“ You Can’t Practice Social Distancing If You’re a Refugee” Rebecca Collard -- Foreign Policy, March 20, 2020

“ Will Warm Weather Really Kill Off COVID-19?” Richard Grey -- BBC News, March 23, 2020

Flattening the Curve

“ Six Proactive Steps in a Smart Trade Approach to Fighting COVID-19" Jennifer Hillman -- Council on Foreign Relations, March 20, 2020

“ How South Korea Flattened the Curve” Max Fisher and Choe Sang-hun -- New York Times, March 24, 2020

“ Why Is Japan Still a Coronavirus Outlier?” Oscar Boyd -- Japan Times, March 21, 2020

“ UK Brings in Strict Curbs on Life to Fight Virus” BBC News, March 24, 2020

“ Hundreds of Millions Go Into Lockdown in India as Coronavirus Measures Come Into Force” Billy Perrigo -- TIME, March 23, 2020

The World After COVID-19

“ China, America, and the International Order After the Pandemic” Mira Rapp-Hooper -- War on the Rocks, March 25, 2020

“ The Coronavirus Can Reshape Global Order" Kurt Campbell and Rush Doshi -- Foreign Affairs, March 18, 2020

“ P andemi cs Can Fast Forward the Rise and Fall of Great Power s" Matthew Kroening -- The National Interest, March 23, 2020

“ A Greater Depression?” Nouriel Roubini -- Project Syndicate, March 24, 2020

Lens on Africa

“ The COVID-19 Recession Is Going to Hurt” Africa Insiders -- African Arguments, March 25, 2020

“ The Uganda-EU Deal, Politics, Airlines, and COVID-19 Updates” Christina Golubski and Payce Madden -- Brookings, March 21, 2020

“ COVID-19 Threatens South Sudan’s At-Risk Populations” Nyagoah Tut Pur -- Human Rights Watch, March 24, 2020

“ Libya’s Refugees Face Being Cut Off from Aid Due to Coronavirus” Sally Hayden -- The Guardian, March 24, 2020

“ Coronavirus Slowing Desert Locust Response Amid New Swarms” Samuel Gebre and David Herbling -- Bloomberg, March 22, 2020

Olympics Postponed

“ IOC Head Calls For 'Sacrifice And Compromises' After Tokyo Olympics Postponed” Scott Neuman -- National Public Radio, March 25, 2020

“ Canada, Australia Save the Olympic Movement from Itself” Greg Baum -- The Sydney Morning Herald, March 25, 2020

“ Tokyo Olympic Games Delay a Blow to Japan’s Economy but Secondary to COVID-19 Fallout” Finbarr Bermingham; He Huifeng; Su-Lin Tan -- South China Morning Post, March 25, 2020

Global Dynamics

“ The Other China Emergency” Suzanne Sataline -- The Atlantic, March 25, 2020

“ The U.S. Should Offer Taiwan a Free Trade Agreement” Doug Bandow -- National Review, March 23, 2020

“ The Ice Curtain: Modernization on the Kota Penninsula” Heather Conley and Joseph Bermudez Jr. -- Center for Strategic and International Studies, March 23, 2020

“ Ankara’s Economic Measures Bring Little Relief Against Virus Crisis” Mustafa Sonmez -- Al-Monitor, March 23, 2020

“ Israel’s Double Curse - Politics and the Pandemic” Neri Zilber -- Foreign Policy, March 24, 2020

“ Afghan Government, Taliban Discuss Prisoner Issue” Anisa Shaheed -- Tolo News, March 22, 2020

Shifting the Norm

“ Breaking the Cycle of Gender Exclusion in Political Party Development” Saskia Brechenmacher and Caroline Hubbard -- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 24, 2020