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August 4, 2023[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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Four Months of War in Sudan: Civilians Trapped and Negotiations Out of Sight [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]“Food prices have increased sharply, and many have limited access after the army hit many markets in Khartoum and Omdurman, killing dozens of civilians, including women and children.” -Read more from Zeinab Mohammed Salih.
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Barbie and Blockchain Cracks in the BRICS as Putin’s Legal Exposure Grows
As Barbie fever takes over the world, we rerelease our Blockchain Explained interview with Jordan Walbesser, Mattel's Director of Legal & Business Affairs. Barbie and other iconic toys have long loomed large in American and global culture. Walbesser discusses how NFTs and other digital collectibles compare to the unopened toys of yesteryear. He explains how they're blending digital and physical play for the next generation, and more! A crisis was avoided when Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to take part in the recent BRICS summit remotely, saving South Africa from having to turn him in to the International Criminal Court. It was Putin’s first major brush with international law since his invasion of Ukraine, but as Will Pomeranz posits, it most likely will not be his last.
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[link removed] [[link removed]] Video | Smart TakeIndependence Day in Niger Marked by Worsening Crisis
“As the crisis in Niger deepens, the regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States, has threatened to use all means necessary, including force, if President Bazoum is not reinstated by August 6th.” Learn more from Africa Program Director Oge Onubogu, who provides crucial context about the latest developments.
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Increasing Competitiveness by Building a Better US-Mexico Border Implications of Trudeau’s Cabinet Shuffles for the United States
“The ten border states—six Mexican and four US—combined would be the fourth largest economy in the world,” says Mexico Institute Director Andrew Rudman. “And the border region is much more than that.” From new technologies to better information sharing, discover how the region is becoming more competitive. As Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau shuffles his cabinet in anticipation of the next election, Canada Institute Director Christopher Sands sheds light on what the shifts mean, and how they will—or will not—affect the US.
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[link removed] [[link removed]] ViewpointsIran: The Morality Police Are Back—or Are They?
“Rather than the severe response to the defiance of the hijab that led to last year’s protests, the regime pretended to be trying a softer approach, a new ploy, that nobody believes will succeed.” -Learn more from Haleh Esfandiari.
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NOW Logo [[link removed]]Israel Divided Over Judicial Reform: Is the Nation Headed for a Constitutional Crisis?
“There was so little effort to engage the public, or the experts, and professional lawyers, let alone the NGOs like the Israeli Democracy Institute, that it seemed to be an effort to fundamentally alter Israel’s political system.” -Aaron David Miller
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Argentina Elige: A Conversation with Martín Redrado, Former Central Bank President and Economic Adviser to Presidential Candidate Horacio Rodríguez Larreta [[link removed]]Tuesday, Aug. 8 // 10:30–11:30 am (ET)
A Conversation with Henrique Capriles, Presidential Candidate for Venezuela’s Primero Justicia Party [[link removed]]Wednesday, Aug. 9 // 11:00 am­–12:00 pm (ET)
LAUNCH | Lancet Commission on Peaceful Societies Through Health and Gender Equality [[link removed]]Thursday, Sept. 7 // 9–11:00 am (ET)
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Wilson In the News
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The Summer of US-China Reengagement Can be a Win for the Entire World (The Hill) [[link removed]]
“The US and the world are currently engaged in a complex economic and geopolitical dance with China, one that touches the lives of billions. The relationship is at a pivot point—it can go in any one of several directions,” writes Sadek Wahba, who also recommends a next move.
Attack Raises Specter of Election Violence in Pakistan (Foreign Policy) [[link removed]]
The Islamic State-Khorasan claims responsibility for a deadly attack in Pakistan, Bangladesh’s political opposition calls for a caretaker government, and China’s vice premier visits Islamabad. This and more in the latest South Asia Brief from Michael Kugelman.
Blinken Heads to Tonga, Australia, New Zealand to Boost US-Pacific Ties (VOA) [[link removed]]
“The United States is actually coming in a little late to that game, countries like Japan have been much more proactive in understanding the importance of these countries.” -Shihoko Goto
Commerce Secretary Raimondo Plans August China Trip as Tensions Over Tech Controls Simmer (Bloomberg) [[link removed]]
“At a high level, we need to do business with China wherever we can,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said at the Wilson Center. “We need to promote wherever we can. But we need to protect where we must.”


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