July 22, 2020

Weekly World News Update

Remembering John Lewis; The Race to Immunity; Unifying the Union; Technology Tests Trust; Moves and Countermoves; Human Rights at Risk; and Economic Upheaval Around the World

Quote of the Week " A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few. Ignoring these cries and failing to respond to this movement is simply not an option — for peace cannot exist where justice is not served." -- The late John Lewis (1940-2020) in a June 25 statement on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The civil rights leader and Georgia Democrat died Friday after battling pancreatic cancer.

Remembering John Lewis

“ Remembering the Life and Legacy of John Lewis" PBS, July 18, 2020 " The World John Lewis Helped Create" Adam Harris -- The Atlantic, July 18, 2020 " How Do We Honor John Lewis' Legacy in a Police State?" Kyle Whitemire -- AL.com, July 22, 2020 " 10 John Lewis Quotes That Will Inspire You to Get Into 'Good Trouble'" Joe McCarthy -- Global Citizen, July 20, 2020 " How the Black Lives Matter Generation Remembers John Lewis" Aaron Morrison -- PBS, July 19, 2020

The Race to Immunity

“ Oxford's COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Takes a Big Leap Forward, Showing Success in Early Trials” Jeffrey Kluger -- TIME, July 20, 2020 “ How Long Does COVID-19 Immunity Last?” Derek Thompson -- The Atlantic, July 20, 2020 “ The People With Hidden Immunity Against COVID-19" Zaria Gorvett -- BBC, July 20, 2020 “ Russia Is Trying to Beat the West to a COVID-19 Vaccine” Ilya Arkhipov; Yuliya Fedorinova; Stephanie Baker -- Bloomberg, July 18, 2020 “ Geopolitics of Public Health: The One and Only WHO" Alex Berezow -- American Council on Science and Health, July 20, 2020

Unifying the Union

“ The EU Struck a Big Rescue Deal on COVID-19. But It Might Have Dealt a Blow to Democracy" Luke McGee -- CNN, July 22, 2020 “ Coronavirus Has Weakened the West’s Nationalists” Ishaan Tharoor -- The Washington Post, July 17, 2020 “ The Future of Transatlanticism Is Up to Europe" Sigmar Gabriel -- Project Syndicate, July 17, 2020

Technology Tests Trust

“ Return of the Transatlantic Privacy War” Kenneth Propp -- Atlantic Council, July 20, 2020 “ We Need Tougher Action Against Disinformation and Propaganda" Emma Briant -- Brookings, July 15, 2020 “ The UK’s Huawei Decision: Why the West Is Losing the Tech Race" Yu Jie and Joyce Hakmeh -- Chatham House, July 17, 2020 “ China’s Tech Ambitions Threaten to Fundamentally Change How the Internet Functions" Shane Tews -- American Enterprise Institute, July 17, 2020

Moves and Countermoves

“ China Is Ready for a Space War” Shay Stautz -- The National Interest, July 21, 2020 “ There Is No Arctic Axis" Elizabeth Buchanan -- Foreign Policy, July 21, 2020 “ The Strange Defeat of the United States” Robert Zaretsky -- Foreign Affairs, July 20, 2020 “ Restoring Strategic Competence” Van Jackson -- Center for a New American Security, July 20, 2020 “ After the 2020 Polish Presidential Elections: The State of Central European Democracies” Adrian Basora and Nikolas Gvosdev -- Foreign Policy Research Institute, July 21, 2020

Human Rights at Risk

“ UK Accuses China of ‘Gross’ Human Rights Abuses Against Uighurs” BBC, July 19, 2020 “ Egypt: Apparent COVID-19 Outbreaks in Prisons” Human Rights Watch, July 20, 2020 “ Stuck at Venezuela’s Border With COVID-19 All Around” Tamara Taraciuk and Kathleen Page -- Caracas Chronicles, July 15, 2020 “ Colombia’s Disappeared" Forrest Hylton -- London Review of Books, July 16, 2020

Economic Upheaval Around the World

“ Colombia Sees Bouts of Looting as Coronavirus Fallout Puts People Out of Work” John Otis -- NPR, July 17, 2020 “ The Economic Effects of Working from Home” Anshu Siripurapu -- Council on Foreign Relations, July 16, 2020 “ South African Banks Buckle Up for a Bumpy Ride” Mushtak Parker -- African Business Magazine, July 22, 2020 “ We Are Sleepwalking Toward Economic Catastrophe" Emily Stewart -- Vox, July 20, 2020