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24 mayo, 2020
por Felipe Sahagún
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US-China tensions escalate (Taiwan, WHO, Hong Kong…) -GPS

Fareed Zakaria✔@FareedZakaria

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What does the @WHO say to accusations by Pres. Trump & allies that it mishandled Covid-19 & was afraid to offend China? And as Trump threatens to pull funding, could it function w/o the US?
I asked one of the org’s top officials, Stewart Simonson, who leads its office in NYC.
 

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On China, Democrats are falling into a familiar trap: Republicans take a legitimate challenge & pump it up into a mortal danger, exaggerating the threat & accusing Dems of appeasement. Instead of standing their ground, Democrats get scared & join in the scare-mongering.

The changing nature of Chinese diplomacy. Unilateralism and a one-size-fits-all approach have replaced the Zhou and Deng strategy of persuasion and compromise. thehindu.com

Chinese diplomacy has taken a sharp turn, writes fmr Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-changing-nature-of-chinese-diplomacy/article31626501.ece?homepage=true …

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Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters as thousands thronged the streets to protest against Beijing’s plan to directly impose national-security laws on the city reut.rs/3cYbJt7

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24 mayo, 2020
por Felipe Sahagún
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Hiroshima after 75 years

Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands (CNN) — It’s a discolored concrete slab, molding in the tropical humidity. But on this slab, not much bigger than the footprint of a beach cabin, history changed.
What was once a doorway is obvious, as are the bases for a couple interior walls and an opening for a larger garage-like entrance.
I walk through the doorway, through the interior and out the garage. As I do, my guide puts these few steps in extraordinary perspective.
«You’re walking the path of the atomic bomb.»
This slab is where the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago were put together. It’s the assembly point for the dawning of the atomic age.
Now it sits, essentially ignored, on the Pacific island of Tinian, from where the US Army Air Force B-29 bombers that performed those atomic strikes on Japan departed.
 

22 mayo, 2020
por Felipe Sahagún
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Challenges of Global Governance Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Overview 

The novel coronavirus has infected millions, killed hundreds of thousands, and affected the well-being of billions more. The COVID-19 pandemic is a transnational threat that requires a global response, but the outbreak has laid bare divergent national approaches to managing global epidemiological interdependence and exposed broader structural weaknesses in the global governance system. Nationalist and inward-looking policies could lead to the loss of millions of lives and global economic disaster. The world needs national governments, regional organizations, and international institutions to act in the same cooperative spirit to effectively mitigate the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Challenges of Global Governance Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic paper series includes contributions from thirteen Council of Councils institutes. Eight of these papers consider the broader implications of the pandemic for international cooperation and the trajectory of the global system. The remaining five papers examine major gaps in the international management of global public health emergencies and propose reforms to increase the capacity of the multilateral system and national governments to better prevent and anticipate, detect, and respond to future pandemics.

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19 mayo, 2020
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Protests in the Middle East and North Africa Out of the frying pan into the fire?

  • Covid-19 brought an abrupt halt to months of mass anti-government protests in the MiddleEast and North Africa, but this is likely to be a short-lived hiatus.
  •  Social tensions will re-emerge as pandemic conditions ease, restrictions are lifted and theeconomic fall-out becomes apparent.
  • Civil unrest could spread across the region once again during the summer months or fall,threatening the established order and adding further complexity to a troubled region.

Covid-19 brought an abrupt halt to months of mass anti-government protests in the Middle East and North Africa, but this is more likely to be a short-lived hiatus rather than a long-lasting reduction in social tension. The underlying factors that drove anti-government sentiment in 2019 and early 2020 remain at large and social tensions are already bubbling back to the surface as pandemic conditions ease, restrictions are lifted and the economic fall-out becomes apparent. If anything, Covid-19 will act as a conflict multiplier in the region pitching citizens against governments and fanning the flames of regional rivalry. Another major storm could be brewing that could sweep across the Middle East and North Africa during the summer and fall of 2020.

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