Wilson in the News
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The US Confronts Middle Eastern Militias But Not Iran’s Long Game (New Yorker)
“Since the Iranian Revolution—which marks its forty-fifth anniversary this week—the US has never really understood Iranians. It didn’t during the Shah’s era, either, and that is why Washington was surprised by the end of a regime that had been a pillar of its foreign policy.” -Robin Wright
The Cuban Regime’s Triple Threat (The National Interest)
“Cuba observed sixty-five years since Fidel Castro’s violent seizure of power in 1959. While a new generation of Americans may not realize how dangerous he was, his brand of tyranny is still all too real to so many Cubans and others who continue to suffer today under a brutal dictatorship,” writes Eddy Acevedo, who makes a case for the Havana dictatorship to be held accountable for its destabilizing behavior.
How Upcoming Elections in South Asia Will Test Democracy in the Region (PBS)
“Quietly, Russia has been a key player in South Asia. It has a close relationship with India, it has a growing relationship with Pakistan, and it also has energy cooperations set up with Bangladesh. The US feels a need to strengthen engagement with the countries of South Asia to push back against this growing influence of China and Russia.” -Michael Kugelman
Latin America’s “Voto Castigo” (The Global Americans)
“Across Latin America, voters are increasingly casting a ‘punishment vote’ against their elected officials and political elites. This voto castigo reveals the public’s growing frustration with incumbent governments who seem unable—or unwilling—to address the region’s continuing complex challenges,” writes Beatriz García Nice. “Driving this need for voracious change is the people’s desire to exert some control—and using their vote to achieve it.”
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