Wilson In the News
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The US has a Strong Case Against Canada’s Online Streaming Act (The Hill)
Digital technologies make it easy to share ideas across borders and collaborate in real-time. Ironically, [Canada’s online streaming act] is a tortuous read, precisely because digital sharing defies many of the outdated categories the legislation so desperately wants to retread from the heyday of legacy media.” -Global Fellow Marc L. Busch
Syria Returns to Arab League After 11-Year Absence (Washington Post)
“The Arabs looked at this and said, ‘Wait. This is an Arab state. The main outside players, Iran, Russia, Turkey, Israel, and the United States aren’t Arab countries. So why don’t we get involved?’” -Ambassador James Jeffrey
Russian Court Extends Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich's Detention by Three Months (Wall Street Journal)
“What’s next is a trial, and it will be in secret. He will not be able to make any firm arguments. And there is in Russian criminal law, a 99% conviction rate for criminal cases... obviously there’s the possibility of exchange, but such an exchange will not take place until Gershkovich is convicted, and that could take up to a year.” -Kennan Institute Director Will Pomeranz
Shihoko Goto on the G7 Meeting in Hiroshima (BBC News)
“The fact that we have seen so much discussion about China is a reminder of the concern about the power that China wields on the global economy, and the biggest concern at the moment is about Chinese coercion.” -Director for Geoeconomics and Indo-Pacific Enterprise, Shihoko Goto
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