Wilson Weekly
February 7, 2020

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Defeating Disinformation: Social Media Regulation Around the World

Video & key quotes

Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) told attendees that “if you add up all that Russia spent interfering in our elections in 2016, if you add up all Russia spent in the Brexit vote, if you add up all they spent when they were so obvious in the French presidential elections when [Emmanuel] Macron was elected. Add that all together, those three interventions. It’s less than the cost of one new F-35 airplane.”


Brexit! What Now?

Audio & key quotes

Garret Martin, Professorial Lecturer in American University’s School of International Service, say Brexit poses “a significant choice” for the UK: “What kind of foreign policy identity do they want to take over in the forthcoming years?”


Joint Session: Congress and Experts

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The Wilson Center and the Library of Congress partnered to host a reception for members of Congress before the President’s State of the Union Address on February 4. The annual event in the Library’s Member’s Room is a chance for Wilson Center and the Library’s experts to share their knowledge of current events and foreign policy with a bipartisan group of Congressional members.

 

Need to Know Podcast: Not Just for Policymakers

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Aaron Jones is the Wilson Center’s Director of Congressional Relations. But as the creator and host of the Wilson Center’s Need To Know podcast, he aims to enlighten listeners on Capitol Hill and beyond with deep dives into crucial global issues – including the effects of U.S. trade policy highlighted in a recent series of podcasts called Trading Views.

 

 

Wilson in the News

RESOLVED: Abe’s Investment in His Relationship with President Trump Has Advanced Japanese Interests (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Shihoko Goto argues that “the benefits of the personal relationship between Abe and Trump are likely to be short-lived.”

Venezuela Opposition Leader Juan Guaidó Meets With President Trump At White House (NPR)

Cynthia Arnson tells NPR that despite Guaidó’s high profile U.S. visit, “everything that we've seen over the past year shows that [Venezuelan leader Nicola] Maduro has been able to consolidate his position.”

The Coming US-China Competition in Central Asia (The Diplomat)

Katie Stallard-Blanchette writes that the region is “shaping up to be a critical nexus of great power competition between the United States, Russia, and China.”

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