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April 21, 2023[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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70 Years of the US-ROK Alliance: The Past and the Future [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]“The idea that the ROK-US Alliance would have the extraordinary success and the transformation that we’ve seen was unimaginable. When you look at the things that people were writing and saying at the time, you don't detect a sense of optimism that was anywhere near what has happened.” -Edgard D. Kagan, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for East Asia and Oceania at the National Security Council
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China’s Growing Presence in the Americas Nicaragua’s Political Crisis and Its Impact on the United States
An all-star lineup of Wilson Center experts discusses China’s growing presence in the Americas and the implications of Beijing’s economic and diplomatic engagement for US influence and relationships in Latin America. “President Ortega’s increasing repression on human rights and civil society has also included a brutal crackdown on religious communities’ abilities to practice and express their faith freely according to their consciousness.” -Stephen Schneck, Commissioner, US Commission on International Religious Freedom
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Spring 2023When Goods Cross Borders
Following issues on supply chains and strategic competition, the spring Wilson Quarterly examines how new trade and other agreements can bind countries together and help them rise. With authors and examples hailing from all parts of the world, this issue explores the history of trade attitudes, where today’s thinking is situated, and the potential for trade to bring the US and its allies both growth and stability at a crucial economic and geopolitical juncture.
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More Than 250 Killed in Sudan as 24-hour Ceasefire Begins Sustaining PEPFAR’s Success through Integration, Equity, and Inclusion
“The army now seems to be divided among itself, and it seems that those who dreamed of the war in the first place are not essentially the command of the army itself, but some Islamist elements within the army who provoked RSF into this fight.” -Ambassador Nureldin M. H. Satti, Co-Chair of the Wilson Center's Sudan Working Group “During the pandemic, PEPFAR programs made several adaptations such as multi-month dispensing and decentralized distribution of prevention and treatment services to ensure continuity of care. Programs were able to utilize and adapt the infrastructure in place for infection prevention and control of HIV and TB to provide testing and treatment for COVID-19.” Read more from Deekshita Ramanarayanan.
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[link removed] [[link removed]] Event | VideoSentencing of Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian Civil Society in Europe Responds
Following a trial that had all the markings of Stalin’s secret tribunals, the Russian political activist Vladimir Kara-Murza reasserted his belief in a Russia that will one day stop punishing dissent, cease being a threat to the world, and return to the family of nations. Our experts discuss the sham trial and what Russian political exiles are doing to help defeat the regime.
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NOW Logo [[link removed]]Responding to Challenges to US Economic and Global Leadership
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, Mark Kennedy, director of the Wilson Center’s Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition highlights that program’s mission to help strengthen the technological, economic and infrastructure underpinnings for America and its allies to deter aggression and secure the rules-based order.
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Upcoming Events
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US Environmental Diplomacy: A Conversation with Assistant Secretary of State Monica Medina [[link removed]]Monday, Apr. 24 // 11:00 am–12:00 pm (ET)
The Road Ahead for US-Japan Economic Security Partnership in the Indo-Pacific [[link removed]]Tuesday, Apr. 25 // 9–10:00 am (ET)
8 Billion Lives, Infinite Possibilities: DC Launch of the 2023 UNFPA SWOP Report [[link removed]]Wednesday, Apr. 26 // 9:30–10:45 am (ET)
Fulbright Arctic Initiative | Interdisciplinary Scholarship and Policy: Science Diplomacy in the Arctic [[link removed]]Thursday, Apr. 27 // 2–4:00 pm (ET)
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Wilson In the News
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Colombia’s President Is a Difficult US Ally—Except on Climate (Foreign Policy) [[link removed]]
Tensions are high between Colombia and the United States—but climate policy offers a way out. Read more from Benjamin N. Gedan, deputy director of the Wilson Center’s Latin American program, and Guy Edwards, a former senior consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank and a research fellow at Brown University.
What's Next for Evan Gershkovich, Wall Street Journal Reporter Detained in Russia? (CBS News) [[link removed]]
“He will have to be convicted under Russian law before there could be any possibility of an exchange, and the United States would have to identify somebody in US custody who could be exchanged for Mr. Gershovich. In the Greiner case there was someone... I don’t see who the immediate exchange person would be in this case.” -William Pomeranz
Nicaragua Welcomes the Kremlin but Not the Catholic Church (The National Interest) [[link removed]]
“It’s not just the Catholic Church being targeted. All Nicaraguans are living under a tyrannical regime that is constantly violating their human rights and denying basic freedoms... The question now is how the United States, and the rest of the international community should respond.” -Eddy Acevedo
Brazil’s Economic Ties with China Flourish Despite Political Shifts (USIP) [[link removed]]
“As China’s economic leverage has grown, its relationships with Latin American nations no longer depend on ideological affinities as was the case during the “pink wave” of left-wing governments in the region 20 years ago. Today, China’s relationships... are deeply rooted in economic interests.” -Francisco Urdinez


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