Wilson In the News
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Op-ed: Biden’s Arctic Drilling Go-Ahead Illustrates the Limits of Democratic Problem Solving (Environmental Health News)
“To balance a diverse set of goals, he found compromise. He endorsed drilling, even as his administration is investing massive amounts into the development of a fossil-fuel-free economy. If this were any conventional policy challenge, his judgment would be hailed as masterful. But there’s nothing conventional about this crisis.” -Ruth Greenspan Bell
Kevin McCarthy to Meet with Taiwan's President Despite Warnings (NewsNation)
“We’ve had a long history of having strategic ambiguity, and you will note that every time that President Biden has said we’d come to Taiwan’s defense, he’s also had his people backtrack that and say we aren't changing our commitment to our one-China policy.” -Mark Kennedy
Taiwan’s President Visits US as Macron Touches Down in Beijing (PRI)
“Xi and Putin are in very strong agreement, and in something close to an alliance, because neither of them wants to have their countries shaped by the United States. They see the United States as a twilight power that is clinging in a way that is dangerous and deluded to hang onto what’s left of its hegemony.” -Robert Daly
Experts Say It'll Be 'Very Difficult' to Get US Reporter Out of Russia (Scripps News)
"We've been trying to negotiate a deal with Paul Whelan, who has also been charged with espionage, and that hasn't happened. The charge of espionage is really a much greater charge in the Russian Federation than other charges, and I think that will make it very difficult to make a deal to get this journalist out." -William Pomeranz
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