While the United States and China are starting to decarbonize food production, it is not yet an area of significant bilateral collaboration or dialogue. In this new publication, experts from the China Environment Forum and The Ohio State University examine the complex climate footprint from US and Chinese agriculture and highlight opportunities for cooperation.
Africa’s Growing Cities: Challenges and Opportunities
“South Africa could end up with a change in government for the first time in its democratic dispensation, and an even greater probability that even if the ANC is able to cling to government, it will lose its majority and will need a coalition to govern.” -Hon. Geordin Hill-Lewis, Mayor of Cape Town, South Africa
Despite growing tensions with China, voters gave a historic third consecutive win for Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party. The Asia Program hosts a panel of experts to discuss what the results mean for the future of Taiwan and its people, the future of US-Taiwan ties, and implications for Washington’s relations with Beijing.
Wilson Center Latin America Energy Transition Initiative
In a recent event, leading experts helped launch the Latin America Program’s Energy Transition Initiative in Santiago, Chile. This initiative looks to highlight critical minerals and renewable energy investment opportunities in the Americas, improve the investment climate for these projects, and encourage greater support for efforts to expand the region’s role in clean energy supply chains in the Western Hemisphere.
The History and Public Policy Program and the American Historical Association are pleased to announce the Spring 2024 Washington History Seminar lineup. From the history of putting refugees to work to the unmaking of the liberal order to US foreign disaster aid in the 20th century, there’s something for everyone.
Soviet Legacies in the Kremlin’s Take on Women’s and LGBTQ+ Rights
“The Soviet model of women’s emancipation recognized women’s rights to education and paid work, while also ensuring abortion access. While post-Stalinist Soviet family planning was never explicitly feminist in its reasoning, abortion on demand was its cornerstone.” -Read more in the latest from The Russia File.
This week the prosecutor investigating the recent armed takeover of a TV studio in Ecuador was shot dead in Guayaquil. It is the latest act of violence in a wave of criminal activity that spurred President Daniel Noboa to declare a State of Emergency in Ecuador. Former President of Colombia, Iván Duque Màrquez, comments on Noboa's response to the crises.
US–China Climate Leadership: Can the “Food Superpowers” Collaborate?
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW Jennifer Turner of the Wilson Center's China Environment Forum, and Karen Mancl from The Ohio State University discuss a new joint project that engages with relevant US and Chinese experts to both illustrate the complex climate footprint from US and Chinese agriculture and highlight opportunities for bilateral cooperation to reduce agriculture’s climate footprint.
“The escalation—and the inherent dangers for the future—reflects a merger of crises in the Middle East. Ten conflicts among diverse rivals or in different arenas over disparate flash points and divergent goals are now converging.” -Robin Wright
The Indian leader fulfills a signature promise with his consecration of the controversial landmark—just as elections approach. Find out more from Michael Kugelman in this week’s South Asia Brief.
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