March 3, 2021

Weekly World News Update

Biden Administration Balances Foreign and Domestic Policies; Handling of the Jamal Khashoggi Report; Myanmar Coup Continues; India's Border Disputes; and Hong Kong Detentions

Quote of the Week

"More than any other time in my career — maybe in my lifetime — distinctions between ‘domestic’ and ‘foreign’ policy have fallen away. Our domestic renewal and our strength in the world are completely entwined. And how we work will reflect that reality.” -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, outlines aspects of the national security strategy in a speech at the State Department on Wednesday.

Biden Administration Balances Foreign and Domestic Policies

"Colossus Constrained: Renewal at Home Requires Restraint Abroad" Charles Kupchan -- Foreign Affairs, March 2, 2021 Charles Kupchan speaks TODAY at 2:00 PM ET for WACA's Cover to Cover - it's not too late to register! “What Were the Legal (and Strategic) Grounds for Biden’s Syria Airstrikes?” Jonah Shepp -- New York Magazine, February 27, 2021    “Biden’s Syria Strikes Fuel New Debate on War Powers” Robbie Gramer; Jack Detsch -- Foreign Policy, February 26, 2021    “Blinken Speaks with Ethiopian Leader About Human Rights Concerns in Tigray” Laura Kelly -- The Hill, March 2, 2021    "Biden Meets Virtually with Mexican President as Border Apprehensions Spike" CBS News, March 1, 2021 "Biden Administration Sanctions Russia Over Navalny Poisoning and Arrest" Natasha Bertrand -- Politico, March 2, 2021

Handling of the Jamal Khashoggi Report

“How Biden’s Jamal Khashoggi Report Could Backfire” Michael Rubin -- 1954, February 28, 2020     “Analysis: Biden Retreats from Vow to Make Pariah of Saudis” Ellen Knickmeyer -- Associated Press, March 2, 2021  “A Realist Reset for U.S.-Saudi Relations” Richard Haass -- Project Syndicate, February 27, 2021    “How Saudi Arabia Gets Away With Murder” Stephen Cook -- Council on Foreign Relations, February 25, 2021    “Murderers Should Be Called Murderers” Graeme Wood -- The Atlantic, February 26, 2021

Myanmar Coup Continues

“Myanmar Poll Results Invalidated as Shots Fired in Yangon” Al-Jazeera, February 26, 2021    “Myanmar's Suu Kyi Faces Two New Charges in Court, Appears in Good Health: Lawyer” The Straits Times, March 1, 2021    “Facebook Takes a Side, Barring Myanmar Military After Coup” Paul Mozur; Mike Isaac; David Sanger; Richard Paddock -- The New York Times, March 1, 2021     “Why the Tanks Keep Rolling: Militaries Are Getting Better at Overthrowing Elected Governments” Joshua Kurlantzick -- The Washington Post, February 25, 2021    "The Coup in Myanmar and the Threat to ASEAN Centrality” Aaron Connelly -- International Institute for Strategic Studies, March 1, 2021

India's Border Disputes

“America Can’t Ignore the Next Indo-Pakistani Crisis” Sameer Lalwani -- War on the Rocks, February 26, 2021    “Pakistan, India Agree on Strict Observance of all Agreements, Ceasefire Along LoC: ISPR” Dawn, February 25, 2021    “Did India Just Win at the Line of Actual Control?” Harsh Pant; Yogesh Joshi -- Foreign Policy, February 24, 2021  “China-India Border Dispute: Ministers Speak for First Time in 5 Months, Urge More Talks” Sarah Zheng -- South China Morning Post, February 26, 2021     “China Appears to Warn India: Push Too Hard and the Lights Could Go Out” David Sanger; Emily Schmall -- The New York Times, February 28, 2021

Hong Kong Detentions

“With New Mass Detentions, Every Prominent Hong Kong Activist is Either in Jail or Exile” Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin; Theodora Yu -- The Washington Post, February 28, 2021    “Protesters Swamp Hong Kong Court After Pro-Democracy Figures Charged” Helen Davidson -- The Guardian, March 1, 2021    "China’s Expanding Toolbox to Quell Hong Kong Dissent" Karen Leigh -- Bloomberg, March 3, 2021