July 11, 2018

Weekly World News Update

The Contentious NATO Summit; Russia Relations with the U.S. and NATO; Syria Smolders On; Brexodus; Ethiopia-Eritrea Strike Peace

Quote of the Week

“Dear America, appreciate your allies. After all, you don't have that many.” 

-- European Council President Donald Tusk, in a press statement after signing the Joint Declaration on NATO-EU Cooperation on Tuesday.

The Contentious NATO Summit

"The West Will Survive Trump" Richard Fontaine and Vance Serchuk -- The Atlantic, July 11, 2018

"A Strategic Reset for NATO" Zalmay Khalilzad -- The National Interest, July 10, 2018

"Trump’s Misguided Attack on European Unity" Stewart M. Patrick -- Council on Foreign Relations, July 10, 2018

"NATO’s Binary Moment" Andrew A. Michta -- The American Interest, July 10, 2018

"An Inconvenient Truth: Addressing Democratic Backsliding Within NATO" Jonathan Katz and Torrey Taussig -- Brookings Institution, July 10, 2018

Russia Relations with the U.S. and NATO

"Ambassador Bill Taylor on Russia and NATO" William B. Taylor -- United States Institute of Peace, July 5, 2018 [Podcast]

"Trump, Putin, and the Elephants in the Room" Marwan Bishara -- Al Jazeera, July 11, 2018

"Can the Trump-Putin Summit Restore Guardrails to the U.S.-Russian Relationship?" Eugene Rumer; Dmitri Trenin; Andrew S. Weiss -- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, July 2, 2018

"Russia as It Is" Michael McFaul -- Foreign Affairs, July/August, 2018

"‘They Will Die in Tallinn’: Estonia Girds for War With Russia" Molly K. McKew -- Politico, July 10, 2018

Syria Smolders On

"Why Putin Won’t Throw Iran Under the Bus in Syria" Hamidreza Azizi -- Al-Monitor, July 10, 2018

"Trump Should Strike a Deal With Putin on Syria" Samuel Charap and Jeffrey Martini -- Foreign Policy, July 10, 2018

"Russia Stays in the Driver’s Seat in Syria" Ishaan Tharoor -- The Washington Post, July 10, 2018

"Putin-Bibi Summit, Southern Syria, and the Unlikely Stability of Israel’s Government – Compared to the UK" Sarit Zehavi -- Hadiyun, July 10, 2018 [Podcast]

Brexodus

"With 100 Days to Go Till the Brexit Deal Is Supposed to Be Done, Can the Country's Divisions Ever Be Reconciled?" Andy McSmith -- Independent, July 11, 2018

"The Brexit Crisis Finally Engulfs the Party That Started It" Jonah Shepp -- New York Magazine, July 11, 2018

"The Brexit Showdown" Ashish Kumar Sen -- The Atlantic, July 9, 2018

Ethiopia and Eritrea Strike Peace

"The Backstory of How Ethiopia and Eritrea Found Peace After 20 Years" Martin Plaut -- Quartz, July 11, 2018

"Hard Work Remains to Cement Peace Between Ethiopia and Eritrea" AFP -- Daily Nation, July 10, 2018