Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 11, 2020


AFP: The global spread of the coronavirus: Where is it?

The new coronavirus that emerged in central China at the end of last year has killed more than 1,000 people and spread around the world.

The latest figures from China show there are more than 42,600 people infected in the country.

Outside mainland China, there have been more than 460 infections reported in nearly 30 places. There have been two deaths, one in the Philippines and the other in Hong Kong.

Here are the areas where 2019-nCoV, the virus's provisional scientific designation, has been confirmed:

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 11, 2020

How dangerous is the new coronavirus? -- Al Jazeera

Has coronavirus shaken China’s confidence? -- David P. Goldman, Asia Times

How Xi Jinping’s “Controlocracy” Lost Control -- Xiao Qiang, Project Syndicate

On Trump’s demand that Japan pay more for security -- Scott Foster, Asia Times

Turkey's options dry up in Syria as Russia backs Assad push -- Tom Allinson and Imane Mellouk, DW

Syria War: Why is Idlib back in the news? -- BBC

And the Oscar Goes to… A Simplified Story of Syria’s Civil War -- Robert F. Worth, New York Review Of Books

Yemen: World's biggest humanitarian emergency nears breaking point -- Lyse Doucet, BBC

Delhi election losses: The beginning of the end for PM Modi? -- Murali Krishnan, DW

Why Mali has opted for dialogue with jihadists -- AFP

Sudan ex-leader Omar al-Bashir headed to International Criminal Court? -- DW

Who are those wanted by the ICC over Darfur? -- Al Jazeera

Why Egypt and Ethiopia Can't Agree on How to Manage Water Resources -- Michael Greco, National Interest

Ireland's Nationalists Break Through -- Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic

Are the Democrats Headed for Civil War? -- Kelly Sadler, RealClearPolitics

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