January 20, 2021

Weekly World News Update

Recrafting American Foreign Policy; Democracy as It Stands in the World Today; 10 Years Post Arab Spring; Navalny's Return to Russia; and Navigating a New Relationship Post Brexit.

Quote of the Week “To heal, we must remember. It's hard sometimes to remember, but that's how we heal. It's important to do that as a nation."    --President-elect Joe Biden spoke last night at the Covid-19 Memorial to urge remembrance of the 400,000 lives lost.

Recrafting American Foreign Policy

“The Post-Trump Reconstruction of America and the World” Kemal Derviş -- The Brookings Institution, January 19, 2021 “America and the World: How to Build Back Better” Jonathan Tepperman; Fareed Zakaria -- Foreign Policy, January 15, 2021  “Biden Doesn’t Need a New Middle East Policy” James Jeffrey -- Foreign Affairs, January 15, 2021  “America’s Troubles Ahead in the Asia-Pacific" Hadrien Saperstein -- The Interpreter, January 14, 2021   “Biden’s North Korea Challenge” Naoko Aoki -- East Asia Forum, January 17, 2021   “U.S. Declares China's Actions Against Uighurs "Genocide"” Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian -- Axios, January 20, 2021

Democracy as It Stands in the World Today

“COVID-19 Batters Asia’s Already-Struggling Democracies” Joshua Kurlantzick -- The Japan Times, January 13, 2021  "Madeleine Albright: 'Us vs. Them' Thinking Is Tearing America Apart. But Here's Why I'm Still Hopeful About the Future" Madeleine Albright -- TIME, January 15, 2021 "In Uganda, Museveni Steamrolls to a Sixth Term. Billions in U.S. Aid Help Him Stay in Power” Max Bearak -- The Washington Post, January 16, 2021  “Latin American Lessons for the U.S.’ Damaged Democracy: Donald Trump and the Violent Use of the Public Space” Agustino Fontevecchia -- Forbes, January 19, 2021  “The Future of Democracy and State Building in Postconflict Armenia” Laura Delcour -- Carnegie Europe, January 19, 2021 “Maria Chaplia: In Ukraine, We Should Talk More About Ideas” Maria Chaplia -- Kyiv Post, January 13, 2021

10 Years Post Arab Spring... Looking Back and Forward

“A Decade After the Arab Spring, We Can See How We Failed It” Doug Saunders -- The Globe and Mail, January 14, 2021  “Egypt 2011: ‘We Did Not Know We Would Be Documenting History'” Alessio Romenzi -- Al Jazeera, January 17, 2021  “In Tunisia, Some Wonder if the Revolution Was Worth It” Vivian Yee -- The New York Times, January 19, 2021  “Special Briefing: The Arab Spring a Decade on” Fatima Abo Alasrar; Mietek Boduszyński; Paul Salem; Mohammed Soliman; Hafsa Halawa; Dima M. Toukan; Emiliano Alessandri; Ibrahim Al-Assil; Jessica Agostinelli -- Middle East Institute, January 14, 2021

Navalny’s Return to Russia

“After Arrest, Kremlin Critic Navalny Calls On Supporters To 'Take To The Streets'” Lucian Kim -- National Public Radio, January 18, 2021  “What Alexei Navalny’s Return to Russia Means for Vladimir Putin” Felix Light -- New Statesman, January 18, 2021  “Navalny Video: Putin Palace Claims Reach Millions for Jailed Critic” Steve Rosenberg -- BBC, January 20, 2021

Navigating a New Relationship Post Brexit

“Britain’s Foreign-Policy Debate Is Back” Ben Judah -- The Atlantic Council, January 14, 2021  “The UK and EU Are Heading for Bad-Tempered Rivalry, Unless We Can Avert It” Timothy Garton Ash -- The Guardian, January 14, 2021  “A Brexit Lesson: EU’s Benefits, Largely Invisible, Hurt to Lose” John Lichfield -- Politico, January 19, 2021