This week on The Elucidators: Decoding Global News, we’re going to discuss a big, symbolic diplomatic move that occurred in the Middle East last week: the normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, two countries that have been in a formal state of hostilities for decades.

In one of the few successes the Trump Administration can claim for its foreign policy, it looks like the Arabs and Israelis may be putting aside their longstanding enmity to confront the nascent Iranian threat.

We’re also going to delve into the situation in Belarus, which might just be on the brink of a democratic “color revolution” after a fixed election, and we’ll also talk about how an Arctic heat wave is causing scientists to bump up their timelines for climate change — and not in a good way.

Episode Photo by Sander Crombach on Unsplash

Further Reading:

1. Bahrain, Sudan May Follow UAE In Making Peace With Israel, Minister Says
2. “We Were Locked Up in One Country and Released Into Another”: Horror and Hope as Protests in Belarus Continue — The New Yorker
3. The First Arctic Summer Without Ice Is Coming in Just 15 Years

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