Weekly World News Update – June 14, 2017

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Quote of the Week: “We met a couple times maybe… but we never functioned, frankly, Mr. Chairman, as a coherent team.”  — Attorney General Jeff Sessions, testifying Tuesday before the Senate Intelligence Committee, about the Trump campaign’s foreign policy team, which he headed. Russian Interference in U.S. Election “Forget Comey: The Real Story Is Russia’s War on America” Molly McKew– Politico, June 11, 2017 “Senators Strike Comprehensive Deal to Increase Russia Sanctions” Karoun Demirjian — The Washington Post, June 12, 2017 “From Russia with Chaos” David Satter — The Wall Street Journal, June 12, 2017 Cuba – U.S. Relations “An Isolated Cuba Will not Be a Free Cuba” Bonnie Kristian — Real Clear World, June 9, 2017 “Race to Influence the President on Cuba Policy Heats Up” Mimi Whitefield — Miami Herald, June 13, 2017 “Who Is Trump Trying to Help on Cuba?” Juan Carlos Hidalgo — CATO Institute, June 13, 2017 “Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Cuba” Carolyn Kenney and John Norris– Center for American Progress, June 14, 2017 China’s Tightening Grip on Power “China’s Emerging Power: Cooperation, Competition, or Conflict?” Anthony H. Cordesman — CSIS, June 12, 2017 “Course Correction: How to Stop China’s Maritime Advance” Ely Ratner — Foreign Affairs, July/August, 2017 “China Walks the Tightrope in Hitting Taiwan Without Gutting the Economy” Ting Shi — Bloomberg, June 13, 2017 “Unite to Shape Hong Kong’s Future” — South China Morning Post, June 14, 2017 “China’s Cult of Stability of Killing Tibetans” Kevin Carrico — Foreign Policy, June 13, 2017 Aftermath of the British Elections “Theresa May’s Weak and Wobbly Outfit” Roger Cohen — The New York Times, June 13, 2017 “Theresa May Running Out of Time for EU Withdrawal Talks, Europe’s Chief Negotiator Says” Jon Sharman — Independent, June 13, 2017 “Theresa May’s Failed Election Gamble” Ashish Kumar Sen — The Atlantic, June 9, 2017 “Political Support Grows for Cross-Party Approach to Brexit Negotiations” Matthew Weaver — The Guardian, June 13, 2017 Puerto Rico Seeks Statehood “Puerto Rico Will Seek Statehood Again” Erin Blakemore — Smithsonian, June 12, 2017 “The Voters of Puerto Rico Have Spoken” Jose Aponte-Hernandez — The Hill, June 12, 2017 Furthering Democracy “How to Hate Each Other Peacefully in a Democracy” Shadi Hamid — The Atlantic, June 11, 2017 “Has Western-Style Democracy Become Too Expensive for Capitalism?” Michael Power — Financial Times, June 13, 2017 “Facebook Needs to Be More Open About Its Effect on Democracy” John Gallacher and Monica Kaminska — The Guardian, June 12, 2017

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