Hello, everyone. Today at WPR, we’re covering recent anti-Trump protests in the U.S. and a growing water scarcity issue in Europe. |
But first, here’s our take on today’s top story: |
 | | U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks with Indian PM Narendra Modi during a meeting in New Delhi, April 21, 2025 (Indian Prime Minister’s Office via AP). |
U.S.-India: U.S. Vice President JD Vance began a four-day visit to India yesterday that has so far included talks with PM Narendra Modi and a speech on bilateral business ties in Jaipur. Statements from both leaders’ offices said the U.S. and India are making significant progress in negotiations toward a bilateral trade agreement. (Reuters) |
Our Take: Before Vance landed in New Delhi yesterday, it wasn’t clear what side of current U.S. foreign policy he would represent. On one hand, U.S. President Donald Trump has... |
This past Saturday, many Americans once again took to the streets to oppose a range of actions and policies of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. |
What do political scientists know about the effects of such protests? If Americans continue to take to the streets to demonstrate that they oppose Trump’s policies, it could be politically significant not only in pressuring the administration but in signaling to audiences abroad that Trump does not represent many Americans in his approach to trade, international law or world order. |
But research also shows that resistance must be sustained in order to be effective, and protests alone usually aren’t sufficient to force change, columnist Charli Carpenter writes. |
| | | | | By Charli Carpenter | Activists in the U.S. have shown they can organize nationwide protests against Trump. Now they must sustain them. |
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The latest available data on the state of Europe’s water network, recently published by Eurostat, has revealed worrying trends regarding the future resilience of the continent’s water supplies. The problem of water scarcity, traditionally confined to southern Europe, now affects 34 percent of the EU population and almost 40 percent of the bloc’s land area. |
With critical industries set to triple consumption by 2030, water scarcity is fast becoming one of the most urgent challenges facing the EU and its member states, John Boyce writes. |
| | | | | By John Boyce | Driven by climate change, aging infrastructure and increased demand, water scarcity is becoming one of the most urgent challenges facing the EU. |
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Question of the Day: Paraguay’s political opposition recently accused the government of President Santiago Pena of procuring $12 million worth of what goods via the unrelated budget of the country’s Itaipu Dam, thereby bypassing normal congressional oversight? |
Find the answer in the latest WPR Weekly Quiz, then read James Bosworth’s column on the scandal. |
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said yesterday she would push for legislation that bans foreign propaganda through mass media after the U.S. broadcast anti-migration ads in the country. The TV spots, which have aired nationally in Mexico during primetime in recent weeks, feature U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with a warning not to migrate to the United States. |
The controversy over the ads, which Sheinbaum’s government “invited” broadcasters to stop airing, throws a wrench in the U.S.-Mexico partnership on cross-border migration. As Daniela Díaz and Joshua Collins reported in January, migration across the Mexican border into the U.S. has fallen dramatically over the past year in large part because Mexican authorities are stopping, delaying and detaining record numbers of migrants. |
| | |  | | | | By Daniela Díaz and Joshua Collins | Jan. 2, 2025 | Mexican authorities are stopping, delaying and detaining record numbers of migrants en route to the U.S. border. |
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Suspected militants opened fired on a group of tourists in India-controlled Kashmir today, reportedly killing at least 24 people. The attack marks the deadliest on civilians in the disputed and historically restive region in years. |
Violence in Kashmir had seemingly declined after 2019, when the Indian government stripped the region of its semi-autonomous rule, but recent months have seen an accelerating rise in militant attacks there. As Shweta Desai wrote in 2023, the apparent post-2019 calm had been enforced by an extraordinary level of state surveillance and intimidation, making it inherently unsustainable. |
| | |  | | | | By Shweta Desai | Jan. 18, 2023 | India’s BJP government is cracking down on Jammu and Kashmir after revoking Article 370, thereby removing its semi-autonomous status. |
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U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday he stood by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following new reporting that he had shared details of planned attacks on Houthi rebels in a second Signal group chat, this one including his wife, brother and personal lawyer. |
The initial “Signalgate” revelations last month drew intense criticism of Hegseth over his sharing of classified information in the messaging app. But as Benjamin H. Friedman and Rose Kelanic wrote, lost in the uproar over the scandal is a bigger issue: the Trump administration’s misguided decision to attack the Houthis in the first place. |
Chinese authorities have arrested Li Gang, a former senior anti-corruption official, on suspicion of taking bribes, the latest in Beijing’s decade-long crackdown on graft. President Xi Jinping has long railed against corruption, blaming it for many of China’s economic problems. But as Mary Gallagher wrote last year, corruption in the country is in many ways a result of the incentives set up by China’s development model. |
Read all of our latest coverage here. |
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