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CNN ... FAREED'S GLOBAL BRIEFING
Insights, analysis and must reads from CNN's Fareed Zakaria and the Global Public Square team, compiled by Global Briefing editor Chris Good
June 8, 2022
Waiting for Germany
“There are countries we are waiting for delivery from and countries we are tired of waiting for,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told the Italian daily La Repubblica, at the end of May, when asked about soldiers in the Donbas awaiting weapons promised from abroad. “Germany belongs to the second group.”
Why has Germany been slow to deliver? Noting the above quote, a multi-bylined Der Spiegel article sharply criticizes Chancellor Olaf Scholz (and notes the same from opposition MPs), citing hemming and hawing in Berlin over what weapons to offer Ukraine and what exports to approve.
Life in Kharkiv, After the Siege
Ukraine has successfully defended the eastern city of Kharkiv, but Der Spiegel’s Christian Esch and Maxim Dondyuk illustrate that life has not returned to normal: Russian shells still land—one person was killed and three wounded yesterday—while an immense rebuilding effort looms. (Warning: the Der Spiegel story contains a disturbing image.)
A recent New Lines Magazine piece by Tom Mutch supplies more detail: “While authorities recently went about plans to reopen a substantial part of the metro network” for transportation, “thousands of people have been left homeless … and still rely on the stations for shelter. Others are afraid to emerge … They call themselves ‘passengers,’ a nod not just to the normal use of the stations but also the hope that their stay below ground is temporary.”
Mutch continues: “Despite being Ukraine’s second-largest city and a Russian-speaking one, Kharkiv has suffered more devastation than any other city, with the exception of Mariupol. As we passed burned home after burned home, Sergey,” a volunteer delivering food and aid to hard-hit areas, “would gesture out the window and say ‘Russkiy mir’ (Russian world). It has become a regular phrase among residents, especially in southern and eastern Ukraine, who use it to mock Putin’s contention that these regions would prosper under Russian rule.”
The US and Saudi Arabia: Together Again
The trip has been postponed until July, but on a Middle East swing, US President Joe Biden will visit Saudi Arabia, despite having criticized Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the grisly murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. (MBS, as bin Salman is known, has denied he ordered it but has said he bears responsibility.)
In a Foreign Affairs essay, Dalia Dassa Kaye writes: “For those who saw Biden as a champion of human rights, it is a grave disappointment … But the problem is not just that a presidential visit to Riyadh would so obviously illustrate a compromise on principles. It is also that Biden probably will not gain anything meaningful in return.”
In April, Fareed argued that boosting Saudi oil production stands as the best opportunity to limit energy costs while shunning Russian oil and gas. Kaye questions the potential impact, citing already-tight oil markets; it’s also unlikely Biden can turn Saudi Arabia away from Russia and China politically, Kaye argues.
To Be Gay Online in Malaysia
At the MIT Technology Review, Megan Tatum writes that for LGBTQ citizens in Malaysia, online spaces like Facebook offer opportunities for community and activism—but in a conservative Muslim country where homosexual sex is punishable, that comes with risks.
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June 8, 2022
Waiting for Germany
“There are countries we are waiting for delivery from and countries we are tired of waiting for,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told the Italian daily La Repubblica, at the end of May, when asked about soldiers in the Donbas awaiting weapons promised from abroad. “Germany belongs to the second group.”
Why has Germany been slow to deliver? Noting the above quote, a multi-bylined Der Spiegel article sharply criticizes Chancellor Olaf Scholz (and notes the same from opposition MPs), citing hemming and hawing in Berlin over what weapons to offer Ukraine and what exports to approve.
Life in Kharkiv, After the Siege
Ukraine has successfully defended the eastern city of Kharkiv, but Der Spiegel’s Christian Esch and Maxim Dondyuk illustrate that life has not returned to normal: Russian shells still land—one person was killed and three wounded yesterday—while an immense rebuilding effort looms. (Warning: the Der Spiegel story contains a disturbing image.)
A recent New Lines Magazine piece by Tom Mutch supplies more detail: “While authorities recently went about plans to reopen a substantial part of the metro network” for transportation, “thousands of people have been left homeless … and still rely on the stations for shelter. Others are afraid to emerge … They call themselves ‘passengers,’ a nod not just to the normal use of the stations but also the hope that their stay below ground is temporary.”
Mutch continues: “Despite being Ukraine’s second-largest city and a Russian-speaking one, Kharkiv has suffered more devastation than any other city, with the exception of Mariupol. As we passed burned home after burned home, Sergey,” a volunteer delivering food and aid to hard-hit areas, “would gesture out the window and say ‘Russkiy mir’ (Russian world). It has become a regular phrase among residents, especially in southern and eastern Ukraine, who use it to mock Putin’s contention that these regions would prosper under Russian rule.”
The US and Saudi Arabia: Together Again
The trip has been postponed until July, but on a Middle East swing, US President Joe Biden will visit Saudi Arabia, despite having criticized Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the grisly murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. (MBS, as bin Salman is known, has denied he ordered it but has said he bears responsibility.)
In a Foreign Affairs essay, Dalia Dassa Kaye writes: “For those who saw Biden as a champion of human rights, it is a grave disappointment … But the problem is not just that a presidential visit to Riyadh would so obviously illustrate a compromise on principles. It is also that Biden probably will not gain anything meaningful in return.”
In April, Fareed argued that boosting Saudi oil production stands as the best opportunity to limit energy costs while shunning Russian oil and gas. Kaye questions the potential impact, citing already-tight oil markets; it’s also unlikely Biden can turn Saudi Arabia away from Russia and China politically, Kaye argues.
To Be Gay Online in Malaysia
At the MIT Technology Review, Megan Tatum writes that for LGBTQ citizens in Malaysia, online spaces like Facebook offer opportunities for community and activism—but in a conservative Muslim country where homosexual sex is punishable, that comes with risks.
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