January 19, 2022

Weekly World News Update

Russian Threat Looms Large; Time Is Running Out on Iran Nuclear Talks; Houthi Militia Claims Aerial Attacks Against UAE; A Virtual Davos Agenda; Tonga Faces Volcano's Aftermath; Pegasus Hacks Revealed; European Parliament Has a New President

Russian Threat Looms Large

"Bipartisan U.S. Senate Delegation Meets With Ukrainian President as Russian Invasion Threat Looms" Paul LeBlanc -- CNN, January 18, 2022 "Blinken Heads to Kyiv, Berlin as U.S. Official Warns Russia Could Attack Ukraine 'At Any Point'" Todd Prince -- Radio Free Europe, January 18, 2022 "U.S. and Russia to Hold Talks on Ukraine in Potential Sign 'Diplomacy Is Not Dead'" Julian Borger and Patrick Wintour -- The Guardian, January 18, 2022 "As War Looms Larger, What Are Russia's Military Options in Ukraine?" The Economist, January 17, 2022 "The Overstretched Superpower" Hal Brands -- Foreign Affairs, January 18, 2022 Photo Associated Press

Time Is Running Out on Iran Nuclear Talks

"America Has No Good Options on Iran: But Reviving the Nuclear Deal Is the Least Bad" Matthew Bunn -- Foreign Affairs, January 17, 2022 "Iran's Vienna Gambit" Djavad Salehi-Isfahani -- Project Syndicate, January 18, 2022 "Bennett Warns: Israel Not Obligated By Vienna Talks" Lahav Harkov and Gil Hoffman -- The Jerusalem Post, January 10, 2022 "America Has Taken Its Eyes Off the Ball on Iran" David Andelman -- CNN, January 18, 2022 Photo Getty

Houthi Militia Claims Aerial Attacks Against UAE

"How the Yemen Conflict Flare-Up Affects Its Humanitarian Crisis" Al Jazeera, January 18, 2022 "UAE 'Reserves Right to Retaliate' After Drone Attack on Abu Dhabi by Houthi Militia" Rory Reynolds -- The National News, January 17, 2022 "Yemen's Parallel War in Cyberspace" Robert Muggah -- Foreign Policy, January 6, 2022 "UAE Vows Retaliation for Houthi-Claimed Attack, But Questions Emerge Over Potential Iran Role" Natasha Turak -- CNBC, January 18, 2022 "Deadly Drone Strikes on UAE Raise Gulf Tensions, Roil Oil Market" Mohammed Hatem, Dana Khraiche, and Zainab Fattah -- Bloomberg, January 17, 2022 Photo UNICEF

A Virtual Davos Agenda

"China's Xi Opposes Global Monetary Policy U-Turn In Davos Talk" CK Tan and Kiran Sharma -- Nikkei Asia, January 17, 2022 "Davos: Germany's Olaf Scholz Says Silence on Ukraine Is Not An Option" Deutsche Welle, January 19, 2022 "China's Xi Says Countries Must Abandon 'Cold War Mentality,' Warns Against Confrontation" Sam Meredith -- CNBC, January 17, 2022 "The Davos Agenda" World Economic Forum, January 17, 2022

Tonga Faces Volcano's Aftermath

"Volcanic Eruption Devastates Tonga" Joshua McDonald -- The Diplomat, January 19, 2022 "An Island Nation Now Covered In Ash Now Worries About a COVID Intrusion" Damien Cave and Isabella Kwai -- New York Times, January 18, 2022 "Tonga's Volcano Blast Cut It Off From the World. Here's What It Will Take to Get It Reconnected" Chris Stokel-Walker -- MIT Technology Review, January 18, 2022 "Scientists Warn Tonga Eruption May Damage Environment for Years" Al Jazeera - January 18, 2022 Photo NPR

A New Wave of Pegasus News

"Polish Leader Under Fire Over Pegasus Hack Scandal" Wojciech Kość -- Politico, January 18, 2022 "Journalists Probing Salvadoran Government Were Spied On Using Military-Grade Tech" Ari Shapiro, Miguel Macias, and Patrick Jarenwattananon -- NPR, January 13, 2022 "Israeli Police Used Pegasus Spyware on Citizens, Officials" Chloe Folmar -- The Hill, January 18, 2022 "The NSO File: A Complete (Updating) List of Individuals Targeted With Pegasus Spyware" Omer Benjakob -- Haaretz, January 19, 2022

European Parliament Has a New President

"Who Is Roberta Metsola, the New President of the European Parliament?" Marina Strauss -- Deutsche Welle, January 18, 2022 "Metsola: EU Parliament Elects Youngest Ever President" Jessica Parker -- BBC News, January 18, 2022 "EU Leaders Remember David Sassoli's 'Strong Convictions' in Tribute" Euronews, January 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.