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May 1, 2020
Wilson Weekly

Combating Gender-Based Violence in Mexico [[link removed]]

Protests to highlight gender-based violence in Mexico are growing. What concrete action might result? In the inaugural episode of a new podcast, Spotlight: Justice for Women , Olivia Soledad seeks insights from EQUIS Public Policy Coordinator Isabel Erreguerena.



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U.S.-Russia Engagement in Unprecedented Times

Thomas Graham, Distinguished Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations says that “we need to figure out how to restore normal functioning diplomatic relations” in order to advance vital U.S. interests.

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Confronting COVID-19 in Brazil
Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. observes that U.S. investment in Brazil’s medical sector has created “a real opportunity for private/public partnership between the United States and Brazil.”


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Where in the World Is KJU?
Our latest Need to Know asks Asia Program Director Abraham Denmark for his take on mysterious doings in North Korea. Where is Kim Jong Un anyway? And if his rule is at an end, what does succession look like in an authoritarian monarchy?

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COVID-19: Magnifying the World’s Inequities
The global spread of COVID-19 has laid bare inequities of race and gender in the U.S. and throughout the world. A panel of experts explores why the pandemic has not been a so-called “Great Equalizer.”


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WATCH & LISTEN

Refugees and Migrants: Pandemic and Vulnerable Populations
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China's Role in the Coronavirus Pandemic (C-SPAN)
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Robert Daly says unearthing COVID- 19’s origins will require cooperation in a time of conflict: “We cannot have an effective investigation unless the [WHO]—and especially China—is also part of it.”

Where is Kim Jong-un? Speculation intensifies over North Korean leader’s health (Today)
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An untimely disappearance during a global pandemic has sparked rampant speculation about the health of Kim Jong Un. Jean Lee offers a road map for what course North Korea may take if he is incapacitated.

We Need 1 Billion Points of Data (Real Clear World) [[link removed]]
Meg King and Anne Bowser see citizen science as a force multiplier in our connected world: “Monitoring the environment is no longer an abstract political challenge; it’s about human life or death.”

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