April 20, 2022

Weekly World News Update

The Battle for Donbas; War Changes World Economic Outlook; The Solomon Island Deal; Tension Rises in Jerusalem; López Obrador's Electricity Bill Fails; The NATO Question; Will the Truce Hold in Yemen?

The Battle for Donbas

"What If the War in Ukraine Doesn't End?" Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage -- Foreign Affairs, April 20, 2022 "Russia and Ukraine's Battle for Donbas Could Decide the War -- And It Could Go Either Way" Holly Ellyatt -- CNBC, April 20, 2022 "In Battle for Ukraine's East, Front-Line Soldiers Defend Against Russia" Dalton Bennett -- The Washington Post, April 19, 2022 "Liberation Without Victory" Anne Applebaum and Jeffrey Goldberg -- The Atlantic, April 15, 2022 "U.S. Plans to Announce Another Colossal Military Aid Package for Ukraine" Amanda Macias and Christina Wilkie -- CNBC, April 19, 2022 "Putin Is Looking for an Easy Win in the Donbas. He Won't Get One" Michael Horowitz -- Euronews, April 20, 2022 Photo Getty

War in Ukraine Changes the World Economic Outlook

"IMF Slashes Global Growth Outlook Amid Ukraine War" Srinivas Mazumdaru -- Deutsche Welle, April 19, 2022 "Global Financial Stability: Implications of the War in Ukraine" Fabio Natalucci -- IMF, April 19, 2022 "IMF Sounds Alarm on 'Significant Slowdown' as Ukraine War and Inflation Slam Global Economies" Sergei Klebnikov -- Forbes, April 19, 2022 "Global Economic Forecasts Drop as Russia's War in Ukraine Takes Toll" Alan Rappeport and Ana Swanson -- New York Times, April 19, 2022 Photo IMF

Pacific Power and the Solomon Island Deal

"Solomon Islands Pact Cements China's Pacific Power Status" Richard McGregor -- Nikkei Asia, April 19, 2022 "Solomon Islands: China Deal in Pacific Stokes Australian Fears" BBC News, April 20, 2022 "China Signs Security Agreement With Solomon Islands" Deutsche Welle, April 19, 2022 "Time for the U.S. to Step Up in the Solomon Islands" Anne-Marie Brady -- The Diplomat, April 19, 2022

Tension Rises in Jerusalem

"U.S. Officials to Make Emergency Trip to Calm Tensions in Jerusalem" Barak Ravid -- Axios, April 19, 2022 "More Than 20 Injured in Israeli-Palestinian Clashes Around Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem" The Guardian, April 17, 2022 "Why the Latest Escalation in the West Bank and East Jerusalem Is Unlikely to Lead to a Repeat of Last Year's Gaza War" Omar Shaban -- Middle East Institute, April 19, 2022

López Obrador's Power Bill Fails

"AMLO's Nationalist Agenda Loses Steam After Defeat in Congress" Max de Haldevang -- Bloomberg, April 19, 2022 "Reaction: AMLO's Energy Reform Rejected" Americas Quarterly, April 18, 2022 "Mexican President Sees 'Treason' Behind Power Bill Defeat, Businesses Relieved" Dave Graham and Kylie Madry -- Reuters, April 18, 2022 "AMLO's Electrical Face-Off" Catherine Osborn -- Foreign Policy, April 15, 2022 Photo Associated Press

The NATO Question

"The Dilemma at the Heart of Finland and Sweden's NATO Membership Bids" Christopher Chivvis -- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, April 14, 2022 "Why the Rush to NATO Now?" Ahti Tolvanen -- Helsinki Times, April 18, 2022 "Will NATO Defy Putin and Allow Finland and Sweden to Join?" Joseph Bosco -- The Hill, April 19, 2022 "Will Finland and Sweden Join NATO?" Colin Wall, Sean Monaghan, and Pierre Morcos -- Center for Strategic and International Studies, April 15, 2022

Will the Truce Hold in Yemen?

"Yemen in the Shadow of Russia's War on Ukraine" Omer Karasapan -- Brookings, April 18, 2022 "War-Ravaged Yemen Gets a Truce and Dumps a Tired President" The Economist, April 16, 2022 "Fighting Rages in Marib Despite UN Truce" Ali al-Sakani -- Al Jazeera, April 18, 2022 Photo New York Times

Weekly World News Update is a collection of sources to help readers better understand what is happening around the world and the policy implications of these developments. Any opinions expressed in the above articles are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of the World Affairs Councils of America, which takes no institutional positions on matters of policy.