April 17, 2019

Weekly World News Update

al-Bashir Ousted; Autocracy vs. Democracy; Notre Dame Catches Fire; Assange Captured; Brexit Receives Relief; Mediator South Korea; Progress at Fukushima; Global Oil Update; Measles Catastrophe

Quote of the Week "As it stands, Bashir’s legacy is one of civil strife and genocide ... Bashir’s sudden departure - particularly if he is simply replaced by members of his own cabal - poses great risks for stability in the Sudan." -- Bronwyn Bruton, Deputy Director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council, quoted last week in an article after al-Bashir's removal.

al-Bashir Is Out But Is the Military? “ Sudan Crisis: Ex-President Omar al-Bashir Moved to Prison” BBC -- April 17, 2019 “ A Cruel April in the Sudan Spring?” Alex De Waal -- African Arguments, April 12, 2019 “ In Sudan, Bashir Is Out, But Military Rule Is Not Quite What the Protesters Had in Mind” Ashish Kumar Sen -- Atlantic Council, April 11, 2019 “ Bashir’s Removal Is Just the Beginning of the Sudanese Transition” Judd Devermont -- Center for Strategic and International Studies, April 12, 2019 “ It Takes a Village to Make a Monster” Rebecca Hamilton -- Foreign Policy, April 15, 2019

Global Elections: Autocracy vs. Democracy “ The Continued Power of Militaries in an Increasingly Autocratic World” Joshua Kurlantzick -- Council on Foreign Relations, April 12, 2019 “ The Modi Mirage” Gurcharan Das -- Foreign Affairs, April 11, 2019 “ Indonesia’s National Election: A Referendum on President Jokowi” Brian Harding -- Center for Strategic and International Studies, April 12, 2019 " Netanyahu’s Re-Election Will Push Israel Towards an Even More Extreme Phase of Polarization" Bel Trew -- The Independent, April 14, 2019 “ Tunisian President Says He Won’t Run Again – Sort Of” Amel al-Hilali -- Al-Monitor, April 15, 2019

History Up in Flames " Witnessing the Fall of Notre Dame" Rachel Donadio -- The Atlantic, April 15, 2019 “ We Were the Caretakers of Notre Dame. We Failed.” Pamela Druckerman -- New York Times, April 15, 2019 “ Notre Dame Fire: Millions Pledged to Rebuild Cathedral” BBC News, April 16, 2019

WikiLeaks' Assange Handed Over “ Julian Assange: A Life Above the Rule of Law” Todd Rosenblum -- Atlantic Council, April 11, 2019 “ Charges, Extradition, and Treason: Unpacking the Julian Assange Case” Holly Cullen -- Independent Online, April 17, 2019 “ The Assange Exception to the First Amendment” Jacob Sullum -- Reason Magazine, April 17, 2019 “ Julian Assange Charged by U.S. With Conspiracy to Hack a Government Computer” Eileen Sullivan and Richard Pérez-Peña -- The New York Times, April 11, 2019

Brexit’s New Deadline “ How Things Could Turn Ugly With Brexit” Sebastian Mallaby -- The Washington Post, April 11, 2019 “ Brexit Extension: How Much Will It Actually Cost the UK to Leave the EU?" Jonathan Perraton -- The Conversation, April 17, 2019

South Korea Plays Mediator

“ Moon’s Next Move” The Korea Times, April 12, 2019 “ Can Moon Jae-in Bridge the Gap Between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un?” Robert Kelly -- The National Interest, April 16, 2019

Cleaning Up Fukushima “ Fukushima Operator Begins Milestone Task of Removing Nuclear Fuel Rods from Damaged Reactor” Danielle Demetriou -- The Telegraph, April 15, 2019 “ Fukushima’s Final Costs Will Approach a Trillion Dollars Just for Nuclear Disaster” Michael Barnard -- CleanTechnica, April 16, 2019

Oil Runs the World “ The Implications of Eastern Mediterranean Gas for Turkey” Kadri Tastan -- The German Marshall Fund of the United States, April 15, 2019 “ Oil Market Update: Checking in on Venezuela” Frank Verrastro and Guy Caruso -- Center for Strategic and International Studies, April 16, 2019

Measles Epidemic Spreads " A Global Measles Crisis’ Is Well Underway, UN Agency Chiefs Warn” UN News, April 15, 2019