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Latvia’s Frontline Perspective on Europe’s Eastern Flank: A Conversation with President Zatlers [[link removed]]
Monday, September 23 // 10:00–11:00 am (ET)
Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has forever changed Europe. In no place has this change been more acutely felt that in the three Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Latvia has regularly been a top contributor of aid to Ukraine relative to GDP and has received a large share of refugees relative to its overall population. It spends 2.4% of its GDP towards defense, with plans to reach 3% by 2027, and recently introduced mandatory military service. As a frontline state, Latvia offers a unique perspective on Russia’s war in Ukraine and has warned of Russian aggression for decades.
Join us for a unique and timely conversation with Latvia’s former President, Valdis Zatlers, for his perspective on how Latvia has adapted to meet Europe’s increasingly uncertain security environment.
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The Poverty of the World: Rediscovering the Poor at Home and Abroad, 1941-1968 [[link removed]]Monday, September 23 // 4:00 –5:30 pm (ET)
In The Poverty of the World, Sheyda Jahanbani brings together the histories of US foreign relations and domestic politics to explain why, during a period of unprecedented affluence, Americans rediscovered poverty and supported major policy initiative to combat it.
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Ukraine’s Energy Front: A Conversation with Volodymyr Kudrytskyi [[link removed]]Tuesday September 24 // 10:00 –11:00 am (ET)
The Russian assault on Ukraine’s electrical generating capacity and transmission grid as part of its full-scale war again Ukraine, is unprecedented in the history of warfare. Wilson Center’s Global Europe Program and its Ukraine in Europe initiative, have the privilege to welcome Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, the former CEO of Ukraine’s electric grid operator, who led the company as it was implementing its synchronization with the European integrated transmission system ENTSO-E, balancing the grid and mitigating damage inflicted by Russian missile strikes. We will discuss the grave challenges facing Ukraine’s energy system for the upcoming winter and beyond as well as lessons for Ukraine and other nations going forward.
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Book Talk | Seeing Red: Russian Propaganda and American News [[link removed]]Tuesday, September 24 // 2:00 –3:00 pm (ET)
To understand Russian propaganda, it’s critical to know how the Kremlin formulates and transmits its view of the world. Seeing Red: Russian Propaganda and American News (Sarah Oates and Gordon Neil Ramsay, Oxford University Press) uses human content analysis and AI to show how Russian propaganda content and tactics infiltrate the US media. Author Sarah Oates will highlight research on Russian messaging across three recent pivotal moments in US history — the 2020 elections, the Capitol insurrection, and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine — to suggest ways that democracies can identify and counter foreign disinformation, particularly as American citizens approach a momentous election this November. This talk will also analyze ways that American political messages can be used by Russian propagandists to promote their view of the world and attack the United States.
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How Can the Economic System Drive Decarbonization? [[link removed]]Wednesday, September 25 // 10:00 - 10:45 am
How can we engineer an economic system that produces net-zero emissions at a global level by incentivizing freely made decisions that lead towards that goal? A system where companies would compete to offer lower emissions products and services up and down the value chain with ultimate decisions being made by the end-consumer based on clearly communicated cost, quality, and emissions value-propositions. A system where investment capital would flow towards promising climate-friendly technologies, potentially creating scale efficiencies. A solution that retains individual economic rights to self-actualization.
Join us for an interview between WISC Director Mark Kennedy and Karthik Ramanna, Professor of Business and Public Policy at University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government to explore his ideas on how to make such a system possible.
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Supervising Democracy: Venezuela, Guatemala, and the State of Electoral Observation in the Americas [[link removed]]Thursday, September 26 // 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Please join the Wilson Center’s Latin America Program on Thursday, September 26, 2024, from 2:00 pm to 3:30pm, to discuss the importance of electoral observation in the Americas and the challenges to assuring consistent election monitoring, including inadequate and inconsistent international funding. This is the second event in a new Latin America Program initiative, Restoring Confidence in Elections in Latin America.
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Perspectives on Researching and Practicing Anti-nuclear Activism: How Academics and Activists Think About Disarmament [[link removed]]Friday, September 27 // 10:00 - 11:30 am
In this panel discussion, nuclear historians Luc-Andre Brunet and Anna-Mart van Wyk join Alicia Sanders Zakre of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning NGO ICAN (the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) to discuss how academics and activists approach the topics of nuclear disarmament and anti-nuclear activism. They will also explore the opportunities and challenges around academics and NGOs working together, showcasing recent collaborations on the history of anti-nuclear activism ranging from academic outputs to public education.
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