WORLD ROUNDUPChina’s Iron Fist Reaches Across the Globe | Keeping Senegal’s Success Story Alive | The Axis of Denial, and more
· The Axis of Denial
The debate over support for Ukraine has become a microcosm of the broader “democratic recession”
· Rule of Law: EU Reprimands Poland and Hungary
The European Commission will withhold funds from Poland and Hungary as punishment for breaches cited in its annual rule of law report this week.
· Keeping Senegal’s Success Story Alive
Senegal’s has one of the most stable democracies in Africa, and the current leadership should keep it that way
· 2 Options to Prevent the Next Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Will it be NATO membership or the Israel model?
· The Long Reach of China’s Demographic Destiny
China’s one-child policy, which was in place from 1980 to 2016, has had a profound effect
· Taiwan to Expand Presence in India Amid Growing Economic Ties
Business ties between the two countries have been expanding in recent years
· China’s Iron Fist Reaches Across the Globe
China is trying to intimidate and capture dissidents who have fled to democratic countries
· Germany Sends Troops to Australia in a First as Berlin Shifts Focus to Indo-Pacific
In recent years, Germany has had a greater military presence in the Indo-Pacific
The Axis of Denial (Slavoj Zizek, Project Syndicate)
On both the left and the right, populist politics today rests on a foundation of denialism and bad-faith arguments made supposedly on the behalf of the working class. In many ways, the debate over support for Ukraine has become a microcosm of the broader “democratic recession.”
Rule of Law: EU Reprimands Poland and Hungary (Bernd Riegert, DW)
European Commissioners Vera Jourova and Didier Reynders took pains not to mention Poland and Hungary too often by name when presenting their annual report on the rule of law on July 5. As the officials responsible for assessing values, transparency and justice of member states, they preferred to speak in general terms about those that are causing concern.
As if to deny Hungarian or Polish leadership of any reason to complain about unfair treatment from Brussels, Reynders stressed that all 27 European Union member states are scrutinized under the same criteria. Both states are currently subject to proceedings under Article 7 of the European treaties for violations of the rule of law, which could theoretically lead to suspension of their EU membership.
Keeping Senegal’s Success Story Alive (Macky Sall, Project Syndicate)
Notwithstanding Senegal’s recent civil unrest and attacks on its institutions, the country has one of the most stable democracies in Africa, and today’s leaders have the opportunity to leave a great legacy. But to do so, they must remember that Senegal is greater than any one individual.
2 Options to Prevent the Next Russian Invasion of Ukraine (Peter Feaver, Foreign Policy)
Whenever Russia’s war on Ukraine ends, the challenge of securing the latter from aggression will just be getting started. Ukraine has a powerful neighbor that fundamentally rejects its sovereignty and is willing to inflict enormous costs on itself to snuff Ukraine out. Unless the war ends in some comprehensive peace settlement, which is unlikely, and as long as Russian President Vladimir Putin or anyone like him remains in power, Ukraine will need some effective means of deterring Russia from resuming the war in the future. (Cont.)
