2022 World Affairs Council of the Year
Network of Independent World Affairs Councils of America
In this episode Dick and Pat review these topics in the news:
1 – Covid-19 – What’s going on around the world?
2 – U.S. Role in International Organizations
3 – Iraq – What’s going on in the politics of this pivotal Middle East country
4 – USS Theodore Roosevelt and Covid, what are the national security implications
5 – Global Economy and Environment – can we have both economic recovery and compliance with the Paris Accord?
LINKS
1 – COVID UPDATE
Religious Bigotry in India
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/world/asia/india-coronavirus-muslims-bigotry.html
China Medical Supply Chains and Broader Trade Issues – Congressional Research Service
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46304?fbclid=IwAR0VK6CPcJ6GzFuUL7Yw-Szjrlmt4psS4YAsOkds9WrLFbJXDq1s_yO3iJM
2 – U.S. ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
The U.S. Role in International Organizations’ Response to COVID-19 – US State Department
https://www.state.gov/the-u-s-role-in-international-organizations-response-to-covid-19/
3 — IRAQ – WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE POLITICS
Intel: US signals support for Iraq’s latest prime minister-designate
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/04/intel-us-signal-support-iraq-prime-minister-kadhimi.html#ixzz6JbGL604y
4 — USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND COVID, WHAT ARE THE NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS
Michael O’Hanlon – “Why Crozier was Correct” Brookings
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/04/07/why-crozier-was-correct/
5 — GLOBAL ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT – CAN WE HAVE BOTH ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE PARIS ACCORD?
Japan Minister: Paris Accord under threat if coronavirus trumps climate change
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-japan/japan-minister-paris-accord-under-threat-if-coronavirus-trumps-climate-change-idUSKCN21V13T