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April 12, 2024[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
Mass Precision Strike: Designing UAV Complexes for Land Forces [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has led to extensive use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAV’s, to deliver precision strikes to a large area. Militaries around the world are watching from afar to determine how this relatively new tool might be deployed in future operations and how best to mitigate against their use. This new report from Justin Bronk and Jack Watling offers six critical conclusions.
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Promoting the Right to Health for Pregnant People Globally The Lay of the Land for Sustaining Climate-Smart Agriculture in the US and China
The leading causes of maternal death—hemorrhage, infection, pre-eclampsia, and complications from delivery—are mostly preventable and can be attributed to shortfalls in health care systems. Unfortunately, many women may not know about their rights to information, informed consent, and respectful healthcare, or how to demand them. Find out more in this post commemorating International Day for Maternal Health and Rights. As the world’s food production and consumption superpowers, the United States and China are major contributors to agrifood greenhouse gas emissions. Climate-smart agricultural practices could help the two countries reach net zero goals and ensure food security. Explore the issue with this China Town Hall panel, sponsored by the Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum.
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Winter 2024The G7 Alliance’s Expanding Effectiveness
“The Group of Seven major democratic powers is the smallest, swiftest ship with the most commonly committed and closely coordinated crew on the global governance seas today. In a world afflicted by military conflict, terrorism, and other security threats, it is the most ambitious and effective in addressing and achieving the goals that the global community now needs to meet.” Read more from John Kirton.
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The Role of the Private Sector in Geopolitics: A Conversation with George Logothetis How Does Cash Assistance Work?
The private sector and market-based solutions have the power to drive economic growth and innovation, but they also have the potential to influence geopolitics at large, including advancing democracy and human rights. Former President of Colombia Iván Duque and Executive Chairman of Libra Group George Logothetis discuss the power of the private sector and its connection to foreign affairs, especially in dealing with economic challenges and opportunities in Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East. Globally, approximately 690 million people still live below the international poverty line of $2.15 a day. In this Points of Clarity, GiveDirectly senior advisor Rory Stewart explains how the direct transfer of cash to families in need can help to end extreme poverty.
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[link removed] [[link removed]] Asia Dispatches | BlogThe Myanmar Junta Under Siege
“From a strategic perspective, it is increasingly evident that the military’s hold on power is slipping, but the resistance likely needs more leverage to achieve its Spring Revolution. The international community should therefore refrain from pushing the pro-democracy resistance to negotiate before it is ready.” Read more from Lucas Myers
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NOW Logo [[link removed]]China’s Rise and Russia’s Invasion: Challenges US Faces in New Cold Wars
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by White House and National Security Correspondent for The New York Times David Sanger, and Mary Brooks, researcher, writer, documentarian. Both are former Wilson Center fellows and discuss their new book, New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West . It’s being touted as an insider account that moves rapidly through 30 years of Washington's growing recognition of Vladimir Putin's and Xi Jinping's ambitions.
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China’s Rise and Russia’s Invasion: Challenges US Faces in New Cold Wars
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The OSCE in 2024: A Conversation with Ian Borg, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta [[link removed]]Monday, April 15 // 11:30 am–12:30 pm (ET)
LAUNCH | The Washington Forum on the Canadian Economy [[link removed]]Tuesday, April 16 // 1:15–2:15 pm (ET)
New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West [[link removed]]Wednesday, April 17 // 4–6:00 pm (ET)
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In From the Cold: Rebuilding Sweden’s Civil Defense for the NATO Era (War on the Rocks) [[link removed]]
“To meet the challenges of Europe’s deteriorating security climate, Sweden aims to have the supplies and capabilities to resist an armed attack for three months, and for households to have the preparedness to survive one week without any external help.” -Eric Adamson and Jason Moyer
How Pakistan Plays Into India’s Elections (Foreign Policy) [[link removed]]
Allegations that the Modi government orchestrated extrajudicial killings on Pakistani soil will give another boost to the ruling party. Read more from Michael Kugelman in this week’s South Asia Brief.
Biden to Host Leaders of Japan, Philippines in Trilateral Summit (VOA) [[link removed]]
“There are tremendous expectations for Japan. Japan has been a source of stability, and at the heart of many of these relationships. It is part of the QUAD, and obviously part of the US-Japan alliance, which is at the heart of regional security.” -Shihoko Goto


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