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Weekly World News Update – June 7, 2017

The Tennessee World Affairs Council is a member of the 95 council strong network of nonpartisan, grassroots educational organizations that work to educate and inspire Americans to know more about the world.  We are pleased to share the Weekly World News Update, produced by the national office of the World Affairs Councils of America.

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Quote of the Week:

“The fact that our friend and ally [the U.S.] has come to question the very worth of its mantle of global leadership puts into sharper focus the need for the rest of us to set our own clear and sovereign course. For Canada that course must be the renewal, indeed the strengthening, of the postwar multilateral order.” 

— Chrystia Freeland, Foreign Minister of Canada, in a speech on June 6 to her nation’s legislature.
Retreat of U.S. Leadership?
“Goodbye to Values” — The Economist, June 3, 2017

“Pence Affirms U.S. Commitment to NATO, Collective Defense” Ashish Kumar Sen — Atlantic Council, June 5, 2017

“A Turning Point for Trumpinology” William A. Gallston — Wall Street Journal, June 6, 2017
The Future of Our Planet
“Trump Pulling Out of the Paris Climate Agreement Is Great News… for China” Zeeshan Aleem — Vox, June 3, 2017

“Trump’s Decision to Ditch the Climate Agreement Will Help America Negotiate Better Deals” Nicolas Loris — The National Interest, June 6, 2017

“Trump’s Catastrophic Climate Decision Imperils the Planet — and Hasten’s American Decline” Stewart M. Patrick — CFR, June 1, 2017

“A Conservative Free Market Approach for Renegotiating the Paris Climate Agreement” Jeffrey Dorfman — Forbes, June 7, 2017

“Climate Change Will Mean More Rain for Some and None for Others” Kendra Pierre-Louis — Popular Science, June 1, 2017
Gulf States Cut Ties with Qatar
“Will Qatar’s Diplomatic Exile Spark the Next Great War?” Simon Henderson — Foreign Policy, June 5, 2017

“Squeezing Qatar to Make Hamas Scream” Walter Russell Mead — Hudson Institute, June 6, 2017

“Hacking, Bots, and Information Wars in the Qatar Spat” Marc Jones — The Washington Post, June 7, 2017

“Saudi – Qatar’s True Battleground Is Asia” David Fickling — Bloomberg Gadfly, June 6, 2017
Britain Goes to the Polls
“Everything You Need to Know about Tomorow’s Important UK Election” Chris Graham — The Telegraph, June 7, 2017

“The Middle Has Fallen Out of British Politics” — The Economist, June 3, 2017

“Theresa May’s Incredible Shrinking Poll Numbers” Samuel Earle — The Atlantic, June 7, 2017

“Gaming Out the British Elections” Ben Stansall and Niklas Hallen — Stratfor, June 7, 2017
Afghanistan Erupts
“Afghanistan Has Collapsed into Chaos” Ben Anderson — Vice News, June 7, 2017

“Why More Troops Won’t Help Afghanistan” Barnett Rubin — The New Yorker, June 5, 2017

“Afghanistan’s Bloody Week Lays Bare Rifts in the ‘Unity Government’” Daud Khattak — The Diplomat, June 6, 2017
South China Sea
“U.S. Escalates Pressure on China over South China Sea and North Korea” Ben Doherty — The Guardian, June 5, 2017

“Beijing Aims to Place Warplanes in the South China Sea, U.S. Says” Tom Hancock — Financial Times, June 7, 2017
70th Anniversary of the Marshall Plan
“The Marshall Plan Speech at 70 – and the Lessons It Can Provide for Today’s Challenges” Effie G. H. Pedaliu — London School of Economics, June 5, 2017
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