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Weekly World News Update: July 25, 2018

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 3:13 PM | Anonymous

July 25, 2018

Weekly World News Update

Iran Twitter War; NATO Summit Reverberates; Pakistan Goes to the Polls; Fixes Come to Ease Trade War Consequences; President Xi Jinping Tours Africa

Quote of the Week

"COLOR US UNIMPRESSED: The world heard even harsher bluster a few months ago. And Iranians have heard them —albeit more civilized ones—for 40 yrs. We’ve been around for millennia & seen fall of empires, incl our own, which lasted more than the life of some countries. BE CAUTIOUS!"

-- Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's Foreign Ministerin a tweet on Monday.

Iran Twitter War

Trump’s Angry Iran Tweet” Ashish Kumar Sen -- Atlantic Council, July 23, 2018.

Does the United States Have a Strategy to Contain Iran in the Middle East? Michael Young --Carnegie Middle East Center, July 19, 2018.

On Trump’s Decision to Withdraw from the Iran Deal Nader Granmayeh -- Foreign Policy Association, July 24, 2018.

Will Trump Pull a North Korea on Iran?” Nahal Toosi -- Politico, July 23, 2018

NATO Summit Reverberates

Why NATO Matters Matthew Continetti -- National Review, July 21, 2018

"The NATO We Have and the NATO We Seek" Diana Ohlbaum -- Lobe Log, July 25, 2018

What If NATO Really IS Obsolete? George Paik -- Foreign Policy Association, July 23, 2018.

Pakistan Goes to the Polls

Will Pakistan Elections Mark a Turnaround?” Farhan Bokhari -- Gulf News, July 24, 2018

Charges of Rigging, Intimidation Mar Pakistan Campaign Kathy Gannon -- Chicago Tribune, July 24, 2018

The Dirty Politics of Pakistan's Censored Democracy Xari Jalil -- The Wire, July 24, 2018

Pakistan Election Raises Fears of 'Creeping Coup' M Ilyas Khan -- BBC, July 23, 2018

"Is Imran Khan the Pakistani Military's 'Favorite Son'?" Michael Kugelman -- Al Jazeera, July 23, 2018

Fixes Come to Ease Trade War Consequences

To Ease Pain of Trump’s Trade War: $12 Billon in Aid for Farmers Julie Hirschfield Davis and Ana Swanson -- New York Times, July 24, 2018

Trade in Services Agreement: A Way Out of the Trade War? Barbara C. Matthews and Earl Anthony Wayne -- Atlantic Council, July 23, 2018

Xi Jinping, Trade War and the Curse of the Strong Leader Kerry Brown -- Chatham House,

July 24, 2018

Will Trump-Juncker Meeting Defuse a Trade War?” David Wemer -- Atlantic Council, July 24, 2018

President Xi Jinping Tours Africa

Xi Jinping Is Visiting Africa This Week. Here’s Why China Is Such a Popular Development Partner.” Deborah Bräutigam -- The Washington Post, July 24, 2018

Rwanda Hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian PM Narendra Modi Bukola Adebayo and Stephanie Busari -- CNN, July 23, 2018

China's Latest Trade Partner in Africa Could Help It Export to the US Justina Crabtree – CNBC, July 23, 2018



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