The World Next Week: Crimea Standoff Continues, Tibetans Commemorate Uprising Day, and the World Wide Web Turns Twenty-Five

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed Russia’s intervention in Crimea, Tibetan Uprising Day, and the World Wide Web’s twenty-fifth birthday.

[audio: https://www.cfr.org/content/publications/media/editorial/2014/20140306_T…]

The highlights:

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Crimea, Russia, and Ukraine: Richard Haass explains how to respond to Ukraine’s crisis. The New York Times reports that the EU is meeting as Crimea moves to join Russia and that the United States has imposed new sanctions in response to the crisis in Ukraine. Stewart Patrick argues that the future of world order is at stake in Ukraine. CFR’s Asia Unbound blog discusses implications for Asia of the crisis in Ukraine.

Tibetan Uprising Day: The Diplomat writes that creative solutions are needed to solve the problems between Tibet and China. In the New York Times, Tsering Woeser discusses Tibetan self-immolations. AFP reports that the Dalai Lama will lead U.S. Senate prayers. The Himalayan Times writes that police in Nepal are preparing to crack down on any activities commemorating Tibetan Uprising Day.

World Wide Web: Pew Research Center conducted a poll investigating the American view of the Internet over the past twenty-five years. PBS analyzes public opinion on the Internet and recalls the early days of the World Wide Web. The Guardian writes that Americans view social media differently than they view the Internet.