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March 14, 2025

Wilson Weekly

Getting Points on the Board: A Playbook for Near-term Improvements to the Competitiveness of American Shipbuilding Starting with Polar Icebreakers

This new report, based on a series of engagements with industry leaders, explores the strategic role government procurement programs can play to help US shipyards to improve their ability to deliver commercial and military vessels at lower costs, higher quality, and faster speeds for both the US government and customers around the world.

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Smart Take

Mark Carney to Lead Canada Amid Rising Trade Tensions With US

“One of the biggest questions facing Carney is how he's going to differentiate himself from his predecessor, Justin Trudeau,” says Xavier Delgado. “In his victory address at the Liberal leadership convention, Carney announced that he would ax the national carbon tax. He would not implement a capital gains tax hike, and that he would cap immigration at pre-pandemic levels, at least until Canada is able to invest and build more housing and infrastructure to support a larger immigrant population.”

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Publication

Kennan, Roberts, and the Special Relationship: Lessons for the Strategic Contest with Moscow

George Kennan had recently arrived in Moscow in the later stages of World War II and met a comrade in arms, Frank Roberts, then the deputy chief of mission in the British Embassy. Together they shared ideas on what US and British policy towards Moscow should look like. Times have changed, but their ideas and dialogue still offer a valuable model for today.

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Event Video

Celebrating Refugee Host Country Leadership: Moldova and Uganda

"We recognize that often the host communities themselves, these neighboring countries, have limited resources and are facing their own development challenges. In fact, the latest statistic is that it is low and middle-income countries that host 71% of all the world’s refugees.” -Michelle Bekkering, National Engagement Director, US Global Leadership Coalition

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Analysis

From Partner to Ally: Sweden’s First Year in NATO

“Sweden’s leadership in establishing forward land forces in Finland and troop deployment in Latvia demonstrates its commitment to regional security and enhances NATO’s eastern flank presence.” -Jason C. Moyer

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Situation Update

Tensions Escalate in South Sudan

In recent weeks, clashes in the South Sudan’s northeast threaten to undo a fragile peace process started in 2018. Find out more in this update from the Africa Program.

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China-US Relations: From Cold War to Trade War

 In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, Robert Daly, Director of the Wilson Center’s Kissinger Institute on China and the United States discusses the latest developments in the China-US trade dispute. He highlights key sectors where both countries are most vulnerable in an extended economic conflict and explains how the Trump administration will face a more prepared Beijing than during the first Trump term.

China-US Relations: From Cold War to Trade War

Upcoming Events

Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima, and the Surrender of Japan

Monday, March 17 // 3–4:30 pm (ET)

Film Screening: The Shark Fin Hunters

Wednesday, March 26 // 12–1:30 pm (ET)

The North American Tariff Landscape

Thursday, April 3 // 10:30am–12:00 pm (ET)

Documentary Screening: Artifact War

Friday, April 4 // 10:30am–12:30 pm (ET)

Wilson in the News

Rebecca Pincus on US National Security and Greenland (C-SPAN)

“I think there’s a conversation to be had about our security interests and the best way to meet them in the current era. We are in a new generation of military technology where we’re dealing with hypersonic missiles and delivery systems, new space-based threats—there's an important satellite station in Greenland—so it’s part of a broader conversation when you think of the new era of missile defense.” -Rebecca Pincus

Claudia Sheinbaum’s Success with Donald Trump (The World)

“She has been very keen to take clear steps to demonstrate to the United States that Mexico is not only its top trading partner but a key ally in terms of combatting organized crime, stopping synthetic opioids, and stemming the flow of illegal migration, and I think that has earned her a lot of respect.” -Lila Abed

The Trump Administration is “Focused’ on the Middle East: Former US Ambassador (Fox News)

“It all fits under the larger plan of containing Iran. It has been defeated in this regional war, that we, Israel, and other countries have done since October 7...the Trump administration is moving up very, very quickly. Forget about a pivot to Asia, they are focused on the Middle East, and they should be.” -Ambassador James Jeffrey

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