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August 9, 2024[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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Former Nigerian President H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo on African Leadership [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]Former Nigerian President H.E Olusegun Obasanjo kicks off a new series from the Africa Program that invites public figures and former heads of state from the continent to share their perspectives on Africa's leadership role in the evolving global arena.
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Arab Barometer 2024 Gender Report Launch Should the United States Prioritize Energy Security in its Venezuela Policy?
Pro gender equality views, including those on women in the workplace, women in politics, and women’s household decision-making, have declined across the Middle East. These findings and more were discussed during the 2024 Arab Barometer Gender Report launch. This new report by Francisco Monaldi, the director of the Latin America Energy Program at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, discusses the influence, and limits, of US sanctions policy on Venezuela’s oil sector and the need for broader structural changes to return the industry to its prior glory.
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Summer 2024The Great Population Shakeup
As regional demographic trends collide, policymakers worldwide must consider new risks—and opportunities.
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One Year Later: The Path Forward for US-ROK-Japan Trilateral Relations Ukraine at the Paris Olympics is a Symbol of Hope and Determination
Last year’s US-ROK-Japan Trilateral Summit brought in a new age of expanded and enhanced cooperation. However, recent geopolitical events remind us of the importance of close cooperation between the three countries. Moving forward, the partners must chart a path forward to address opportunities and challenges amid intensifying regional and international security dynamics. “Ukrainian athletes who continue to compete in sports must contend with the impact of the war—and with competitors from the enemy country. Among the fifteen Russian athletes participating in the Paris 2024 Olympics as Individual Neutral Athletes, at least ten have violated Ukrainian territorial integrity and publicly supported the Russian war against Ukraine.” -Read more from Alina Niamtsu
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NOW Logo [[link removed]]The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq
“I was a reporter who covered Iraq on and off, but I discovered that the question of what Saddam was thinking might be answerable because he kept records and tape recordings of his leadership conversations that documented what he was saying and thinking. That became the launching pad for this project.” -Steve Coll
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The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq
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Sheikh Hasina Leaves Behind Complicated Legacy (Foreign Policy) [[link removed]]Bangladesh’s democracy hangs in the balance after the prime minister fled Dhaka. Learn more from Michael Kugelman in this week’s South Asia Brief.
Maduro Declared Winner and Concerns Over Election Results (CNN) [[link removed]]"As this evidence accumulates, the views of the Venezuelan people and the international community can be shaped to put quite a lot of pressure on the government." -Benjamin Gedan
Pentagon Sounds Alarm Over Russia-China Cooperation in the Arctic (NPR) [[link removed]]“China sends its research ice breakers to the Arctic every year ostensibly to collect climate data. But, of course, they're also collecting intelligence data and mapping submarine cables, and those kinds of things because everything they do is dual use.” -Rebecca Pincus
Venezuela's Controversial Election (CNN’s GPS) [[link removed]]“What Maduro did was to read out a different result and is trying to impose a massive fraud on the Venezuelan people’s will,” says Leopoldo Lopez. “He threatened to have a blood bath and a civil conflict, and that’s what he’s doing.”


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