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June 12, 2020

Wilson Weekly
Flagged: Disinformation News, Distilled

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Each Wednesday, Flagged—a new newsletter from the Science, Technology, and Innovation Program—breaks down the most important news on disinformation around the world and how to counter it. Read our latest issue and subscribe.


GROUND TRUTH BRIEFING | AUDIO & QUOTES
China's COVID-19 Diplomacy in the Middle East
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COVID-19 is the newest tie that binds both China and the Middle East. Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council Jonathan Fulton argues than the relationship is far more complex that simply “Chinese consumer products [in exchange] for oil.”


EVENT | VIDEO & QUOTES
Pay the Piper: Latin America’s COVID-19 Response and Prospects for Recovery
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Latin America is the new global epicenter for COVID-19 and its economies are feeling the pain. Former finance minister of Colombia Mauricio Cárdenas says of the region: “We’re not in a position where we can do whatever it takes… We all have limitations.”



EVENT | VIDEO & QUOTES
Summits, Allies and US-Russia Relations
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Multilateral institutions and summits have played a significant role in shaping the evolution of U.S.-Russia relations, explains experts Angela Stent and James Goldgeier.



EVENT | VIDEO & QUOTES
Superpower Showdown
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Public Policy Fellow and Senior Editor at the Wall Street Journal Bob Davis says the U.S.-China relationship “is one of the most important relationships in the world.” Davis and WSJ reporter Lingling Wei tell the inside story of the U.S.-China trade war in their recently-released book Superpower Showdown.

ALUMNI NEWS2011 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award Winner Nabeel Rajab Freed from Prison
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Nabeel Rajab, former Policy Ion Ratiu Scholar in 2011 and human rights defender, was freed from prison in Bahrain on June 9th to serve the rest of his five-year sentence at home.


WATCH & LISTEN
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Hong Kong, COVID-19, and the State of US-China Relations

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Wilson in the News

Why George Floyd protests do not mark the death of US soft power, despite China’s glee (South China Morning Post) [[link removed]]
Robert Daly writes that global protests show America’s pluralistic society and values remain attractive, and says “If it wants the limelight, China needs to offer the world something better and something different than the story it tells to itself.”

Afghanistan update-COVID-19 (VOA)
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Michael Kugelman observes “we don’t really know the magnitude and the full extent of the pandemic in Afghanistan” but current indications are worrisome, and the country’s fragile health sector is ill-equipped to manage the outbreak.

A political and economic diagnosis of Brazil in critical times (CNN en Español)
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Paulo Sotero discusses the latest political and economic developments in Brazil under the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro, including the worsening COVID-19 crisis and protests over racial injustice.

U.S. security starts in the Arctic (The Hill)
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“The nearly complete lack of U.S. Arctic marine infrastructure remains a critical vulnerability for Alaska and the nation,” writes Mike Sfraga, noting that congressional funding is essential if the U.S. is to respond to security challenges and capitalize on economic opportunities in a changing Arctic Ocean.

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