May 29, 2020

Wilson Weekly

To Reopen or Not to Reopen: That is the Border Question

In this Need to Know episode, Canada Institute Director Christopher Sands assesses how America’s northern neighbor is tackling the recommencement of its economic activity – and possible effects on North America’s supply chains.

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Violent Non-State Actors and COVID-19: Challenge or Opportunity?

Deputy Director of the Asia Program Michael Kugelman observes that “the coronavirus poses a small challenge for the Taliban, but it offers a much larger opportunity.”

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Healthcare in a Post-COVID-19 Brazil: Pathways for Public-Private Partnerships

Leandro Fonseca, former director of Brazil’s National Agency of Supplemental Health, says Brazilians are “becoming aware that prosperous nations are the ones who provide better health care for their populations.”

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Zelensky’s First Year in Office: Successes, Failures, and Outlook for the Future

“There have been no major concessions to the Kremlin so far,” says Mikhail Minakov, Kennan Institute Senior Advisor on Ukraine, about the fears of some who did not support Volodymyr Zelensky in last year’s poll.

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A Pandemic of Violence: COVID-19 and Gender-Based Violence

COVID-19 has led to a shadow pandemic of domestic violence and rising femicide in some parts of the world. A panel of global experts assesses the scope of the problem and possible solutions.