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June 5, 2020

Wilson Weekly

The Unseen Side of Pregnancy [[link removed]]


A new Wilson Center report surveys the rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases, their effect on women of reproductive age, and potential solutions to a growing problem.

EVENT | VIDEO & QUOTES
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EVENT | VIDEO & QUOTES
Violent Extremism in West Africa: Are Current Responses Enough?
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Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Scholar Osei Baffour Frimpong says the region must “begin to harness existing local peacebuilding mechanisms in order to bolster resilience at the community level.”


Bilateral Cooperation During the H1N1 Pandemic: Lessons from the U.S.-Mexico Border
Former Acting Ambassador to Mexico Leslie Bennett says that nation’s “quick actions” in the H1N1 Pandemic spurred a “global response that essentially protected a much larger population of vulnerable people.”


GROUND TRUTH BRIEFING | AUDIO & QUOTES
A Stronger International Regime for the Arctic Ocean?
Ambassador David Balton believes effective management of the Arctic Ocean “ is not an easy thing to accomplish, but it is something that has been accomplished for other marine areas of the planet.”
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PODCAST | NEED TO KNOW
The Big Five-Oh
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Need To Know , the Wilson Center’s innovative non-partisan policy podcast from the Office of Congressional Relations, uses its 50th episode to recap a busy year breaking down global issues.

COMMENTARY
Tiananmen Can Happen Here

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In Foreign Policy , Rui Zhong writes that “the weight of Tiananmen is received in the United States not as a warning to treasure civic society but as a relic of another place that lost a piece of it irreparably.”


WATCH & LISTEN
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Will the Impact of COVID-19 on the US Congress Lead to Lasting Change?



Wilson in the News

Fury at America and Its Values Spreads Globally (The New Yorker)
[[link removed]]Robin Wright observes that protests around the world over the killing of George Floyd “reflect a broader global despair about the failure of the American experiment—and what that means for the rest of the world.”

Government Uses Esports Methods to Expand Its Mission (FedTech)
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Elizabeth Newbury notes that “[g]ames can be a powerful tool for education, outreach and research, and there is a growing community of practice within the federal space that is employing games.”

Twitter Says White Nationalist Group is Responsible For Calls for Violence (KCBS New Radio)
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Nina Jankowicz assesses how white nationalists used social media to foment violence in the name of antifascist groups – and how platforms battle these disinformation practices.

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June 9, 2020 | 10:00 am -11:00 am

GROUND TRUTH BRIEFING | China's COVID-19 Diplomacy in the Middle East
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