February 12, 2020

Weekly World News Update

Coronavirus: How Far Will It Reach?; Global Power; National Security and Intelligence; Law & Armed Conflict; Highs and Lows for International Refugees; EU Roundup; Middle East-South Asia Struggles; and Brexit Burns in Ireland

Quotes of the Week " Viruses can have more powerful consequences than any terrorist action." -- Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, in remarks after an international meeting of 400 scientists and other experts convened in Geneva to look for solutions to the crisis.

Coronavirus: How Far Will It Reach? “ WHO to Accelerate Research and Innovation for New Coronavirus” World Health Organization -- February 6, 2020 “ Coronavirus Epidemic Reaches Bleak Milestone, Exceeding SARS Toll” Steven Lee Myers and Karen Zraick -- New York Times, February 9, 2020 “ China Should Fear the Coronavirus. Look What Plague Did to Ancient Athens” James Holmes -- The National Interest, February 9, 2020 “ Wuhan Gets Its First Virus Martyr” James Palmer -- Foreign Policy, February 6, 2020 “ How Xi Jinping’s “Controlocracy” Lost Control” Xiao Qiang -- Project Syndicate, February 10, 2020

Global Power “ China’s Modernizing Military” Lindsey Maizland -- Council on Foreign Relations, February 5, 2020 “ Mismanaging the Challenge: Responding to the Rise in China” Robert Ross -- Responsible Statecraft, February 11, 2020 “ Is the World Growing Softer or Just Getting Wiser?” David Howell -- Japan Times, February 7, 2020

National Security and Intelligence “ Toward Accountable Nuclear Deterrents: How Much Is Too Much?” George Perkovich -- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, February 11, 2020 “ The Intelligence Coup of the Century” Greg Miller -- The Washington Post, February 11, 2020

Law & Armed Conflict “ Qassam Suleimani and How Nations Decide to Kill” Adam Entous and Evan Osnos -- The New Yorker, February 6, 2020  “ India Takes Foreign Envoys to Disputed Kashmir” Shah Abbas -- The Associated Press, February 12, 2020 “ Sudan, Darfur Rebels Agree on Prosecution of Those Wanted by ICC” Al Jazeera, February 11, 2020 “ Explosive Weapons Devastating for Civilians” Human Rights Watch, February 6, 2020 “ The Idlib Crisis Is a Reminder That the Syrian War Is Not Over” Adam Taylor -- The Washington Post, February 6, 2020

Highs and Lows for International Refugees “ Idlib Displacement Worst Since Start of Syria War: UN” Agence France-Presse -- Radio France Internationale, February 11, 2020 “ Hope and Anxiety as Congolese Refugees Return Home from Angola” Alexandra Stenbock-Fermor and Lubiana Gosp-Server -- UN High Commissioner for Refugees, February 6, 2020  “ Greek Islanders Resist Plan to Seize Properties for Refugee Centers” The National Herald, February 12, 2020

EU Roundup “ The Case for Extending New START” Alexander Vershbow -- Atlantic Council, February 5, 2020  “ The Search for Freedom of Action: Macron’s Speech on Nuclear Deterrence” Tara Varma -- European Council on Foreign Affairs, February 7, 2020 “ Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer: Favorite to Replace Merkel Stands Down” Jenny Hill -- BBC, February 11, 2020 “ Does the EU Hear the Israeli Public?” Liora Hening Cohen -- The Jerusalem Post, February 8, 2020

Middle East-South Asia Struggles “ Deal or No Deal Ep. 48” Jonathan Schnazer -- Foundation for Defense of Democracies, February 6, 2020 “ Can We Bomb Afghanistan to Peace?” Bonnie Kristian -- RealClearWorld, February 7, 2020 “ Why Is Pakistan’s Military Repressing a Huge, Nonviolent Pashtun Protest Movement?” Madiha Afzal -- Brookings, February 7, 2020 “ A Plea to Save the Last Nuclear Treaty” Madeleine Albright and Igor Ivanov -- New York Times, February 10, 2020

Brexit Burns in Ireland " Sinn Fein Just Upended Ireland’s Status Quo. What Comes Next?" Colm Quinn -- Foreign Policy, February 12, 2020 “ The Special Bond Between Ireland and the UK Will Not Be Undermined By Brexit” Simon Coveney -- The Guardian, January 31, 2020