June 8, 2022

Weekly World News Update

After 100 Days, the War in Ukraine Rages On; Gas Prices Forebode Future Economic Struggles; Summit for the Americas Off to a Shaky Start; Boris Johnson Survives No Confidence Vote; China's Base in Cambodia; Yemen Truce Holds; Nigerian Election Cycle Looms After Church Attack

After 100 Days, the War in Ukraine Rages On

"100 Days of War in Ukraine: How the Conflict Has Developed" Seán Clarke, Pablo Gutiérrez, and Monika Cvorak – The Guardian, June 1, 2022 "The Ukraine War Still Holds Surprises. The Biggest May Be for Putin" Thomas Friedman – New York Times, June 7, 2022 "Disinformation Fight Goes Beyond Ukraine and Its Allies" Adam Kowalski – Chatham House, June 8, 2022 "The Russians Are Gone, But Normal Life Is Yet to Return to Kharkiv" Christian Esch – Der Spiegel, June 3, 2022 “What If Ukraine Wins?” Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage – Foreign Affairs, June 6, 2022 "Can't Stop, Won't Stop: Why the Russian Public Is Tired of the War in Ukraine" Andrei Kolesnikov – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, June 7, 2022 Photo Getty Images

Gas Prices Forebode Future Economic Struggles

"As Gas Prices Break Records, World Bank Warns of 1970s-Style 'Stagflation'" Aila Slisco – Newsweek, June 7, 2022 "World Bank Slashes Growth Forecast, Warns of Stagflation" Sylvan Lane – The Hill, June 7, 2022 "Early Winter Gas Rush in Asia Signals Further Price Pain Ahead" Stephen Stapczynski and Nicholas Swee Yang Lua – Bloomberg, June 7, 2022 "Downside of High Gas Prices: Five Trends in Global Gas" Ben Cahill – CSIS, June 2, 2022 "Why $4.47 Gas in Mississippi Hurts More Than $6.37 Gas in California" Chris Isidore – CNN, June 7, 2022 Photo Getty Images

Summit for the Americas Off to a Shaky Start

"Biden Welcomes (Some) Leaders to the Summit of the Americas" Colm Quinn – Foreign Policy, June 8, 2022 “Biden’s Summit of the Americas Gets Off to Rocky Start with Mexico's Boycott. What to Expect” Rebecca Morin – USA Today, June 7, 2022 “Six Things to Watch During the Summit of the Americas” Nahal Toosi – Politco, June 6, 2022 “Six Things for Biden and Bolsonaro to Discuss on the Summit Sidelines” Daniel Runde and Ryan Berg – CSIS, June 6, 2022 "Trudeau Sidesteps Summit of the Americas Controversy as Mexico Snubs Biden" James McCarten – Calgary Herald, June 7, 2022 Photo Los Angeles Times

Boris Johnson Survives No Confidence Vote

"Boris Johnson Wins Vote But Suffers Large Tory Rebellion" Joshua Nevett – BBC, June 7, 2022 "Boris Johnson Survives, for Now" John Cassidy – New Yorker, June 7, 2022 "Ukraine's Zelenskyy 'Very Happy' at Boris Johnson Confidence Vote Win" Dan Sabbagh – The Guardian, June 7, 2022

China's Secret Base in Cambodia

"China Secretly Building Naval Facility in Cambodia, Western Officials Say" Ellen Nakashima and Cate Cadell – Washington Post, June 6, 2022 "Cambodia Breaks Ground on China-Funded Ream Naval Base Expansion" Shaun Turton and Bopha Phorn – Nikkei Asia, June 8, 2022 "A Chinese Naval Base in Cambodia Signals a New Era of Competition in the Asia-Pacific Region" Charlie Campbell – Time, June 7, 2022 "What the Cambodian Naval Base Brouhaha Overlooks" Sebastian Strangio – The Diplomat, June 8, 2022 "How China Is Contesting U.S. Influence in the Pacific" Patrick Cronin, Bonnie Glaser, and Brian Hanson – The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, June 2, 2022 Photo Reuters

Yemen Truce Holds as New Reports Reveal Depth of Crisis

"Saudi-Led Airstrikes in Yemen Have Been Called War Crimes. Many Relied on U.S. Support" Joyce Sohyun Lee, Meg Kelly, and Atthar Mirza – Washington Post, June 4, 2022 "Yemen Truce Extended for Two Months But Warring Sides Far Apart" Ali al-Sakani – Al Jazeera, June 2, 2022 "U.S. Envoy Urges Funding for Yemen's 'Ticking Time Bomb'" Eizabeth Hagedorn – Al Monitor, June 7, 2022 "U.S. Fails to Assess Civilian Deaths in Yemen War, Internal Report Says" Edward Wong – New York Times, June 7, 2022

Nigerian Election Cycle Looms After Church Attack

“There’s Violence Every Election Season in Nigeria: What Can Be Done to Stop It?” Samuel Oyewole – The Conversation, June 7, 2022 “APC Primary: Nigerian Ruling Party Choosing Presidential Candidate” BBC, June 7, 2022 “What Do We Know About the Deadly Church Shooting in Nigeria?” Steve Inskeep – NPR, June 7, 2022 “Nigeria Church Attack: What, Where, and Why?” Al Jazeera, June 6, 2022

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.