Weekly World News Update – July 5, 2017

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Quote of the Week: “Self-restraint, which is a choice, is all that separates armistice and war.”  — General Vincent Brooks, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea, Combined Forces Command, and the United Nations Command, in remarks following North Korea’s ICBM launch on July 4. North Korea Raises the Stakes “Experts: North Korea’s Missile Was a ‘Real ICBM’ – and a Grave Milestone” Joby Warrick — The Washington Post, July 4, 2017 “North Korea’s ICBM Test Isn’t a Game Changer” Robert E. Kelley — The National Interest, July 5, 2017 “Breaking the Impasse with North Korea” Hitoshi Tanaka — East Asia Forum, July 4, 2017 “President Trump Needs to Explore a Diplomatic Resolution with North Korea” — Independent, July 4, 2017 Trump’s First Face-to-Face with Putin “Despite High Tensions, Trump, Putin Seek to Reestablish a Broken Dialogue” Mike Eckel and Robert Coalson — Radio Free Europe, July 5, 2017 “Trump-Putin Talks Raise Anxiety Ex-Spymaster Will Get Upper Hand” — Bloomberg, July 5, 2017 “Aides’ Biggest Worry on Trump’s Europe Trip: A Meeting With Putin” Julie Hirschfield Davis and Glenn Thrush — The New York Times, July 5, 2017 U.S. Leadership and Global Equity in Focus at G20 Summit “Trump Wants a Do-Over in Europe” Thomas Wright — Politico, July 4, 2017 “What’s at Stake at the G20 Summit” — Council on Foreign Relations, July 3, 2017 “Could the G20 Summit Usher in a New Globalization Order?” Henrik Bohme — Deutsche Welle, July 4, 2017 “Strategic Moment: Why China’s Xi Visited Russia Right Ahead of the G20 Summit” — Sputnik International, July 5, 2017 “It’s Time for G20 Leaders to Embrace Civil Society” Cathal Gilbert — Al Jazeera, July 3, 2017 “A G20 Refugee Agenda” Syed Munir Khasru — Project Syndicate, July 5, 2017 ‘Winning’ Afghanistan “On July 4 Visit to Kabul, GOP Senators Say U.S. Needs to Win in Afghanistan” Pamela Constable — The Washington Post, July 4, 2017 “Four Ways America Can Fix Afghanistan” James P. Farwell — The National Interest, July 4, 2017 “U.S. Senators: Military Surge Alone Will Not Win Afghan War” Ayaz Gul — Voice of America, July 4, 2017 Qatar-Gulf Crisis “Saudi-Led Group: Qatar Not Serious About Demands” — Al Jazeera, July 5, 2017 “Qatar’s Diplomatic Crisis” Stephen A. Cook; James M. Lindsay; Robert McMahon — The Council on Foreign Relations, June 30, 2017 [Podcast] Demanding Justice for Turkey “The Death of Democracy in Turkey” Soner Cagaptay — The Washington Institute, June 29, 2017 “March for ‘Justice’ by Erdogan Opponents Gains Momentum and Alarms Government” Karim Faheem — The Washington Post, July 3, 2017

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