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186871
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At the time of writing this Editor's Note, it has been but a few weeks since the horrifying school shooting in Uvalde, Texas on May 24, 2022, that killed 19 children and two teachers, and the supermarket massacre of ten people in Buffalo, New York ten days earlier. Both lone gunmen were 18 years old and both used legally acquired AR-15-style weapons (Edmondson 2022). The events catapulted gun control debates again into the headlines and culminated in swift legislation proposals in Congress. On June 8, 2022, a bitterly divided House—voting largely along party lines—approved a stricter gun control bill package by 223 to 204 votes but also revealed the partisan chasm that continues to afflict passing effective firearms control legislation in the United States. Among other things, the bill would ban under-21s from legally purchasing semiautomatic rifles, increase requirements for gun storage in private households, and prohibit the sale of magazines holding over 15 rounds (Edmondson 2022). The acrimonious arguments in the House were predictably partisan with Democrats focusing on protecting children from gun violence while Republicans highlighted that the proposal would violate Second Amendment rights. Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH; cited in Edmondson 2022), opined that protecting children “is important—it sure is. But this bill doesn't do it. What this bill does is take away Second Amendment rights, God-given rights, protected by our Constitution, from law-abiding American citizens.”
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At the time I am writing, we are witnessing unparalleled global uncertainty; social distancing; health system overload; rampant negative media sensationalism; enforced lockdown in Europe, the United States, and many other regions; and lasting economic upheaval across the world as a result of the rapid global spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. There is a slim possibility that, by the time this issue of the journal goes to press, the immediate situation may have relaxed a very little in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere, as it appears to have done in Wuhan, China, where the virus originated. But projections indicate more than a little relaxation is extremely unlikely in the West, and unthinkable in other regions that have yet to face the worst onslaught—often with far fewer resources and woefully inadequate infrastructure. If lockdowns are relaxed, we can expect a series of waves of new infections in consequence for months to come—mitigated only by the hoped-for success of leveling-out strategies to alleviate, periodically, the pressure on our overburdened health systems and their tireless, courageous employees.
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186383
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We begin this second, expanded issue in the 185th (2022) volume of World Affairs journal (WAJ) on a most somber note with a powerful response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. In early March of this year, the journal received an urgent open letter to the German government by 96 experts on Eastern Europe and international security subtitled “Peace and Stability in Europe Depend on Ukraine's Destiny” (Umland et al. 2022). The letter was published in WAJ's OnlineFirst shortly thereafter and leads this summer 2022 issue. Its numerous and distinguished authors—academics and policy experts—call resoundingly for more resolute action from the international community. The letter focuses on a much greater need for action in favor of regional security in Europe as a matter of its utmost self-interest. It also highlights the precursor events underpinning the escalation of military aggression toward Ukraine for the last two decades. The 96 signatories warn that toothless policies and sanctions will do (and are doing) little to quell the humanitarian tragedies occurring in Ukraine and beyond as tens of thousands of refugees flee to neighboring countries, witnessing and experiencing carnage and destruction and fearing for the safety of loved ones left behind. Among those affected are a member of WAJ's editorial board and a regular contributor to the journal, originally based in Kyiv.
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