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September 22, 2023[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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Storm in the Indo-Pacific: Fallout From Canada’s Clash With India [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]“A reduction in the flow of Indian immigrants, which constitute almost one in five of all recent immigrants to Canada, could be even more devastating than a deterioration of trade relations.” -Xavier Delgado
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Five US Citizens are Free After Prisoner Swap with Iran Combating Green Corruption: Fighting Financial Crime as a Driver of Environmental Degradation
“This prisoner swap is a step in a potential diplomatic opening, but it is only a step—and a tiny step—in what is a very long and rocky road.” -Robin Wright "Fighting climate change and the degradation of our planet is going to be hard enough, we simply cannot allow poor governance and corruption to undermine the little, hard-fought progress that we’ve made." -Georg Sparber, Liechtenstein Ambassador to the US
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[link removed] [[link removed]] VideoWhat Ukraine’s Candidate Status Means for the European Union
“Currently the EU has a pretty flat structure. Every member state is treated equally in terms of voting rights,” says Baroness Catherine Ashton. “If you’re looking at treaty change, you’re opening up all those questions, and the fear that many countries will have, is that some are more equal than others.”
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Women and Suicide in Afghanistan The 10th Anniversary of the BRI: Local Implications A Decade On
World Health Organization studies suggest that, across the world, men are twice as likely as women to take their own lives. But in Afghanistan, approximately 80% of all suicide attempts are from women. Learn more with Ambassador Mark A. Green’s latest Stubborn Things blog. “Now, 10 years after the inception of the BRI, the effects of Chinese investment into Duisburg have slowly deteriorated. In late 2022, Huawei and Duisburg ended their technological cooperation and their desire to make Duisburg a smart city based on Huawei technology.” -Lea Thome
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NOW Logo [[link removed]]From Bestseller to Blockbuster: The J. Robert Oppenheimer Story
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist Kai Bird—a former Wilson Center Fellow—discusses his book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer . Co-authored with Martin J. Sherwin, it’s been called the definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, and served as the inspiration for the recent blockbuster film Oppenheimer .
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Upcoming Events
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A Conversation with President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso [[link removed]]Monday, Sept. 25 // 3–4:00 pm (ET)
Challenging Autocracy from the Front Lines [[link removed]]Wednesday, Sept. 27 // 10–11:00 am (ET)
Nation and Proletariat: Reimagining the Russian Empire in Fedor Reshetnikov’s Ethnographic Fictions [[link removed]]Wednesday, Sept. 27 // 11:30 am–12:30 pm (ET)
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Wilson In the News
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Canada says India was Involved in Sikh Leader's Death. Allies Haven't Condemned India (NPR) [[link removed]]
“It certainly does feel like Canada is taking an enormous risk here. I think the allies are just going to be cautious until Canada is able to provide clear and convincing evidence linking the Indian government to this killing.” -Xavier Delgado
Kim Jong Un Leaves Russia After Meeting with Putin (Fox New Lives) [[link removed]]
“The tables have turned since their first meeting four years ago. Now, arguably Putin needs Kim as much as Kim needs Putin,” says Professor Sung-Yoon Lee “I think the train ride home must’ve been quite a happy occasion.”
Freedom for Five Americans Doesn’t End Flash Points with Iran (New Yorker) [[link removed]]
“The release of Namazi and four other Americans, as part of a prisoner swap that culminated two years of plodding diplomacy, will almost certainly not bring an end to an Iranian tactic that has spanned more than four decades and imprisoned almost a hundred US citizens.” -Robin Wright
Canada Not Trying to Provoke India, Urges Investigation Over the Killing of Sikh Leader (CNN) [[link removed]]
“For many years, the Sikh issue has been the albatross around the neck of the Canada-India relationship. But they’ve been able to get around that,” says Michael Kugelman. “But what we’re starting to see now, is that the tensions are so high that it’s seeping into other aspects of the relationship.”


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