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October 4, 2024[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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Israel Weighs Retaliation After Massive Iranian Missile Barrage [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]“This is the all-out regional war scenario that the Biden administration and many of America's key allies in the region have been trying to avert and been warning against since day one.” -Merissa Khurma
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Supervising Democracy: Venezuela, Guatemala, and the State of Electoral Observation in the Americas Global Health and Gender Policy Brief: Drivers of Global Maternal Mortality
Amid democratic decline throughout the Americas, the role of election observers is increasingly important. In this second event of a new Latin America Program initiative titled, Restoring Confidence in Elections in Latin America, our experts discuss the importance of electoral observation and the challenges to assuring consistent election monitoring. In a new policy brief, the Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative examines the state of maternal deaths around the world and their key causes. They explore global trends that affect poor maternal health and offer recommendations to address the systemic causes of maternal deaths, and what is necessary to decrease maternal mortality.
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Summer 2024India’s People Power
Now the world’s most populous country, India has an opportunity to reach new heights. Read more from noted demographer Leela Visaria in the current issue of the Wilson Quarterly.
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Protecting Children from Polio. Or Not. Freed from Nicaragua
“Israel and Hamas recently paused their fighting in Gaza so polio vaccines could be distributed to children. In Afghanistan, the Taliban took steps to effectively suspend polio vaccinations.” -Ambassador Mark A. Green has the whole story in his latest blog. This month, Nicaraguan strongman Daniel Ortega released 135 political prisoners, including students and religious leaders. The United States played a key role in facilitating their resettlement in Guatemala. Host Benjamin Gedan is joined by two State Department officials who were directly involved in the prisoner release. They discuss the implications for Nicaragua’s future and US strategy to promote a return to democracy.
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NOW Logo [[link removed]]Global Migration and "The Route" to the US
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, and current Wilson Center Fellow Molly O’Toole. She discusses her upcoming book, The Route: How American Policy, a Billion-Dollar Black Market, and Indomitable Resilience are Bringing the World’s Refugees to the US Border which examines the mass movement of people around the globe in the face of climate change, civil unrest, and more.
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Global Migration and "The Route" to the US
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Upcoming Events
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Wilson Center Conference on US-Latin America Cooperation on the Global Energy Transition [[link removed]]Tuesday, October 8 // 8:30 am-12:30 pm ET
Claudia Sheinbaum: What’s Next for US-Mexico Relations [[link removed]]Tuesday, October 8 // 3-4:30 pm ET
Tackling the Root Causes: Food Insecurity and Forced Migration in Latin America [[link removed]]Wednesday, October 9 // 10:30 am-12 pm ET
Dr. Sadek Wahba on How Infrastructure Public Private Partnerships Can Reinvigorate America [[link removed]]Thursday, October 10 // 1-1:45 pm ET
Negotiated Inequality: Latin America and the Making of the Nuclear Club [[link removed]]Friday, October 11 // 3-4:00 pm ET

Wilson in the News
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How Israel’s "Never Again" Mentality Killed Hezbollah’s Leader: Former Lebanon Ambassador Explains (MSNBC) [[link removed]]“Their national security strategy before October 7 failed them. They are now groping for a new national security strategy, and we’re seeing what they’ve been preparing for in Lebanon probably for a long time, so this is a new approach.” -Ambassador David Hale
Mexico Swears in its First Female President (The World) [[link removed]]“Sheinbaum will need to find a way to make a mark of her own, and I say this because many still believe that AMLO will still be leading the government forward.” -Lila Abed
The Allure of the Strongman (Moment Magazine) [[link removed]]“Fighting criminal violence is why President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has become immensely popular. Is he an example of a “good strongman,” as some claim? While I have sympathy for the plight of average Salvadorans whose lives have been a misery because of gang violence, it’s hard to embrace the wholly undemocratic methods his government has employed.” -Cynthia Arnson


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