Wilson In the News
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Russian President Vladimir Putin Denounces Wagner Group Leader, Now Exiled in Belarus (WBUR)
“The timing of this mutiny could not have been worse because it comes just two weeks before the NATO summit, and the big decisions that 30 powerful Western nations will make... and when you think of the venue of the NATO summit, in Vilnius, Lithuania, which is a former Soviet Republic, this in itself is an in-your-face affront to Putin.” -Robin Wright
Prigozhin’s Mutiny Is the Beginning of Putin’s End (Foreign Policy)
“There is another similarity to World War I that Putin did not mention: corruption and incompetence in the Russian military, as well as the inhumane treatment of its own soldiers. Anger with Russia’s top brass has not been limited to Wagner, and Prigozhin’s rage may well extend to the ranks of the Russian military.” -Lucian Kim
China Owns 380,000 Acres of Land in the US. Here's Where. (NPR)
"That ability by the government to gain access to information is one of the reasons why people view the risk of dealing with a Chinese corporation similar to what they would view as the risk of dealing with the Chinese Communist Party or the government." -Mark Kennedy
Could a US-backed Afghanistan Have Survived? (Frankly Fukuyama)
In this probing, nearly hour-long interview with Francis Fukuyama, Asia Program Senior Fellow Nader Nadery reflects on the collapse of the American-backed Afghan state, and the problems he encountered in trying to create a modern Afghan bureaucracy while director of Afghanistan’s civil service under former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. You’ll want to bookmark this one!
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