June 5, 2020

Wilson Weekly

The Unseen Side of Pregnancy

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

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.”

EVENT | VIDEO & QUOTES

Violent Extremism in West Africa: Are Current Responses Enough?

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.”

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.”

PODCAST | NEED TO KNOW

The Big Five-Oh

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

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.”