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June 14, 2024

Wilson Weekly

Israel, Lebanon, and Impending Doom: The US and Ending the Cycle of Violence

The rising conflict between Israel and Hezbollah follows a familiar pattern. There is a way to avoid a full-blown war, but it requires American activism, realism, persistence, and recognition that the strategic foe is in Tehran, not Beirut. Read more from David Hale.

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Publication

Competition, Climate, and Resilience: Securing the EV Supply Chain in America

The EV supply chain highlights manufacturing complexities in the energy transition: the need for effective regulation, adequate financial incentives, and innovation. This new report delves into the challenges and opportunities for the US amid increased competition with China.

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The Russia File

Facing Stalemate, Putin Talks Up Nuclear Weapons Use and Supporting West’s Foes

“In a carefully scripted public conversation on the main stage of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Putin rejected the need for nuclear weapons use at this stage of the war. However, his interlocutor, Russia’s chief proponent of nuclear strikes, Sergei Karaganov, was given a unique platform to outline his doctrine to a large international audience." -Maxim Trudolyubov

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Smart Take | Video

The Far-Right Expands Its Turf in the EU Parliament

In the recent EU parliamentary elections, far-right parties made significant gains, including in France, Italy, Germany, and Austria. In reaction, French President Emmanuel Macron called for snap elections after his centrist party's poor performance against the right-wing National Rally. Learn more in this Smart Take from the Global Europe Program’s Maša Ocvirk.

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Event | Video

Zhou Enlai: A Life

Hear from distinguished historian Chen Jian, whose new book Zhou Enlai: A Life, is the first archive-records-based English-language biography of China’s 27-year premier. He offers a nuanced portrait of Zhou’s dilemmas-ridden life as a revolutionary, eminent and pragmatic statesman, diplomatic giant, and, in the final analysis, a person with his own vision and aspiration who did much to make China, and the larger world, what it is today.

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New Security Beat

Methane Emissions: Can the United States and China Find Common Ground?

“Whether working in partnership or going it alone, both the United States and China will face intensifying pressures to improve their methane records in coming years. Ongoing advances in measurement precision will make it increasingly difficult for individual nations, states, or firms to continue disguising their actual methane release records with lowball estimates.” -Read more from Barry Rabe

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Dispelling Myths and Misconceptions about North Korea

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, Sung-Yoon Lee, Fellow with the Wilson Center’s Indo-Pacific Program, discusses his project at the Wilson Center, “The Pyongyang Playbook: North Korea’s Provocations, Peace Ploys, Propaganda, and Unification Policy.” Lee explains that while many in the West often mock North Korea and the Kim regime, we need to take the self-isolated, totalitarian state much more seriously.

Dispelling Myths and Misconceptions about North Korea

Upcoming Events

What to Expect from the Washington Summit: A Conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

Monday, June 17 // 11:00 am–12:00 pm (ET)

Forced Displacement in MENA and Its Gendered Impacts

Tuesday, June 18 // 9:30–10:45 am (ET)

Road to AGOA Reauthorization: The Future of US-Africa Trade and Investment

Tuesday, June 18 // 12:10–1:30 pm (ET)

World Refugee Day: Celebrating Refugee Talents and Host Country Leadership

Thursday, June 20 // 10:30 am–12:00 pm (ET)

Wilson in the News

Channels for Arctic Diplomacy (Issues in Science and Technology)

Disease surveillance in the thawing Arctic requires international cooperation, but fractured relations between Russia and the other Arctic states demand deliberate approaches to science diplomacy. Read more from Natalya Shok and Katherine Ginsbach.

The Looming Danger of Transatlantic Disunity (Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)

The formidable success of the US and its allies in achieving unity and cohesion in the aftermath of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has become endangered as fatigue, disagreements between allies, and Donald Trump’s long shadow set in. Read more from Klaus Larres.

What Modi 3.0 Means for the World (TIME)

“India has traditionally navigated great power rivalry by doubling down on its core foreign policy principle of strategic autonomy, balancing ties with competing powers and avoiding alliances to maximize flexibility. But if current trends hold, and geopolitical competition and instability keep intensifying, Modi may find himself under growing pressure to get off the fence.” -Michael Kugelman

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