The “yellow vest protests” in France continue into a third week, Mexico and Spain see changes in political leadership, and Qatar leaves OPEC.
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“The Chinese government has proved it will do whatever it takes to achieve global economic prowess, even if it means forcibly detaining entire minority populations to quell any possibility of internal resistance.”
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“Profit has replaced patriotism as mercenaries return to the forefront of warfare, with dire implications for global stability.”
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Last week, EU leaders approved Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan, the President of Taiwan resigned from leading her party, and an American missionary was killed by the Sentinelese after circumventing Indian military patrols to visit the island inhabited by the tribe.
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Last week across the world saw deadly floods in Italy, Ethiopia appointing its first female President, and electricity returns to residents of the Gaza Strip.
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“Climate politics, as an existential turning point for the earth, may just as well be an existential turning point for “the normal way of things” in international relations.”
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“Trump’s comments have called into question NATO’s credibility, however, and have damaged US relations with other allies as well. Now, because of the President’s actions, NATO may no longer be able enforce the ‘New World Order.’”
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“On January 23, 2017, merely three days after his inauguration, President Trump signed a newer, broader version of the Mexico City Policy into action. Last year’s ruling applies not just to family planning clinics, but to almost all types of healthcare facilities in countries receiving US aid.”
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This past week, far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro won the Brazilian presidential election, over 30 missiles were fired into Israel from the Gaza, and the Koreas officially demilitarized the Joint Security Area.
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“While many are praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push to reform India’s public healthcare system via NHPM, critics question whether such an ambitious program is achievable. Economists estimate the program will cost the government billions of dollars to operate, which is much greater than is accounted for under Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s current allocations. "How they're going to pay for this is puzzling all of us," said Dipa Sinha, professor of economics at Ambedkar University in New Delhi.”
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“The Japanese government evidently wants the crimes that they committed during WWII, including the Rape of Nanking, forced labor at Hashima Island, and the subjugation of the comfort women, to be forgotten. That is why these women, even as their numbers dwindle, continue to fight for the recognition of what happened to them.”
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“Millions of people in Kosovo, Serbia, Iraq, Armenia, and elsewhere remain divided by broken and contested borders. History, identity, and theories of rights converge to present pressing questions about the concept of belonging, and most agree they ought to be answered with the best interests of those involved in mind.”
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“Indonesia’s war on terror is escalating, and the government is desperate to show its citizens that no nine year old girl will have to strap a bomb to her back in the future. The bombings in Surabaya have the nation gearing up once again to thwart the immense fear and panic necessary for terrorist groups to flourish.”
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“It is not controversial to say that U.S.-Russian relations are at their lowest point since the 1980s. President Trump’s bizarre affinity for President Putin aside, the U.S. security establishment is squarely at odds with Moscow, while the Kremlin largely opposes American interests.”
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Last week, a Saudi-American journalist and the Chinese head of Interpol went missing, and many suspect at the hands of their respective governments. This week’s foreign policy recap discusses the disappearances, the upcoming Brazil elections, and more.
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Last week across the world, a tsunami in Indonesia killed an estimated 1,000+ residents, Macedonia continues to battle Greece and Russia in its quest to join the European Union, and another particularly fiery round of Gaza protests results in the deaths of six Palestinian demonstrators.
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“Despite the detractors, though, a trade war pursued in the right fashion has the potential to fulfill American economic interests and ensure an even playing field for US companies within international markets.”
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A Ugandan MP returns home to face charges of treason, Cuba continues to deny involvement in mystery illnesses of American Embassy employees, the EU denies the Brexit Chequers Plan, and the Maldives hold elections that could decide the fate of a burgeoning democracy.
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“Most economists are not thrilled with category-defying hodgepodge economies. But behavioral economist and Nobel laureate Richard Thaler is world-renowned for embracing the outliers.”
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“It is both ahistorical and asinine to claim that Poland, and the Polish people, did not play any role in the destruction of European Jewry.”
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