The World Next Week

The Group of Twenty (G20) holds a pivotal summit in Rome, Japanese citizens head to the polls for parliamentary elections, and the twenty-sixth Conference of the Parties (COP26) begins in Glasgow.

 

Articles Mentioned in the Podcast

 

Alice Hill, “A World Overheating,” CFR.org, October 18, 2021

 

Steven Mufson et al. “Russia allows methane leaks at planet’s peril,” Washington Post, October 19, 2021

 

Sheila Smith, “Japan’s Hard Choices,” Foreign Affairs, October 28, 2021

 

Podcasts Mentioned

 

Sheila Smith and Robert McMahon, “Quad Leaders Gather, Germany Holds Elections, and More,” The World Next Week, September 23, 2021

 

Reports Mentioned

 

Emissions Gap Report 2021, UN Environment Programme, October 28, 2021

 

Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, August 9, 2021

Americans remember former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Israeli and Russian leaders hold a summit in Sochi, and China undergoes a World Trade Organization policy review.

 

Articles Mentioned in the Podcast

 

Richard Haass, “Colin Powell: An American Life,” CFR.org, October 18, 2021.

 

Adam Posen, “The Price of Nostalgia,” Foreign Affairs 100, no. 3 (May/June 2021).

 

Ray Takeyh, “The Bomb Will Backfire on Iran,” Foreign Affairs, October 18, 2021.

 

Podcasts Mentioned

 

Adam Posen, “Trade Protectionism,” The President’s Inbox, September 21, 2021.

 

Matt Pottinger, “Beijing’s Grand Strategy,” The President’s Inbox, October 19, 2021.

 

Memos, Reports, and Speeches Mentioned

 

David Brisbee, “Trade Policy Review of the People’s Republic of China,” U.S. Mission to Geneva, October 20, 2021.

 

João Aguiar Machado, “EU Statement at the 8th Trade Policy Review of China,” Permanent Mission of the European Union to the WTO, October 20, 2021.

 

George Mina, “Australia’s Statement on China’s Trade Policy Review,” Twitter, October 20, 2021.

 

Colin Powell, Address to the United Nations on Iraq, Washington Post, February 5, 2003.

 

Katherine Tsai, “Remarks As Prepared for Delivery of Ambassador Katherine Tai Outlining the Biden-Harris Administration’s ‘New Approach to the U.S.-China Trade Relationship,” Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, October 4, 2021.

 

Resignation letter of Harold Hongju Koh [PDF], Politico, October 2, 2021.

 

WTO Secretariat’s report for China’s Trade Policy Review, September 15, 2021.

World Food Day is marked amid a rise in global food insecurity, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) defense ministers convene in Brussels, and a Libya in turmoil notes the tenth anniversary of Muammar al-Qaddafi’s assassination.

The World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund hold their annual meetings, the Czech Republic holds closely watched elections in the wake of the Pandora Papers leak, and the Group of Twenty (G20) convenes for an emergency summit on Afghanistan.

European Union and Balkan leaders hold a summit amid rising Kosovo-Serbia tensions, the U.S. Congress reaches a critical budget deadline, and the postponed Expo 2020 kicks off in Dubai.