April 18, 2018
Weekly World News Update
Trump-Abe Summit; U.S.-North Korea Relations; Syrian War; Germany as an Outlier; Castro's Successor
Quote of the Week
"Barbara Bush was a fabulous First Lady and a woman unlike any other who brought levity, love, and literacy to millions."
-- President George W. Bush, in a statement following the death of former First Lady Barbara Bush on Tuesday.
Developments in U.S.-North Korea Relations
" CIA Director Pompeo Met with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un over Easter Weekend" Shane Harris; Carol Leonnig; Greg Jaffe; David Nakumara -- The Washington Post, April 18, 2018

" North Korea Is Changing" Richard Javad Heydarian -- Al Jazeera, April 18, 2018

" Unpacking a U.S. Decision to Engage North Korea: What It Entails and What It Could Achieve" Carla Freeman and Mel Gurtov -- 38 North, April 16, 2018
Presidents Trump and Abe Meet Again
" The Trump-Abe Summit: More than Meets the Eye" James Schoff and Feng Lin -- The Diplomat, April 16, 2018

" Tokyo's Awakening on Trump" J. Berkshire Miller and Irina Angelescu -- The National Interest, April 17, 2018

" How Shinzo Abe Can Help Trump Understand Kim" Ronald Tiersky -- RealClear World, April 18, 2018

" Shinzo Abe, Pursued by Scandal" Sarah Birke -- The New York Review of Books, April 17, 2018
The Increasingly Protracted Syrian War
" The Hypocrisy of Trump's 'Mission Accomplished' Boast About Syria" Robin Wright -- The New Yorker, April 14, 2018

" Back to Brinkmanship" Jacob Heilbrunn -- The National Interest, April 17, 2018

" Four Essential Elements of a U.S. Strategy on Syria" Michael O'Hanlon -- Brookings Institution, April 17, 2018

" Iran's Real Enemy in Syria" Karim Sadjadpour -- The Atlantic, April 16, 2018

" Breaking the Turkey-U.S. Deadlock in Syria" Galip Dalay -- German Marshall Fund, April 16, 2018

" How Syria Came to This" Andrew Tabler -- The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 15, 2018
Germany: The Outlier
" Germany's No-Go Foreign Policy" Judy Dempsey -- Carnegie Europe, April 17, 2018

" Better Empty Worlds than Empty Bullets" Marcel Furstenau -- Deutsche Welle, April 16, 2018

" Germany Is Becoming More Open and More Diverse" Editorial Board -- The Economist, April 14, 2018
Choosing Castro's Successor
" We Shouldn't Ignore Cuba" Christopher Sabatini -- The New York Times, April 17, 2018

" Raul Castro's Report Card" Lucia Newman -- Al Jazeera, April 18, 2018
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