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August 7, 2020
Wilson Weekly

Polar Perspectives
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A growing fascination with Antarctica has led to a surge in visitors. Now only 32 percent of Antarctica is classified as pristine and free from human interference. In the first of a new series of reports, Global Fellow Peter Carey asks: “Is it time for a paradigm shift in how Antarctic tourism is controlled?”



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Realism in the Arctic
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“The importance of the Arctic to Russia simply cannot be underestimated,” says Global Fellow Kenneth S. Yalowitz. “Eleven percent of its GDP comes from the oil, gas, and minerals there. Twenty-two percent of its exports originate in the Arctic.”


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Evolving the Security Playbook for Managing Ones, Zeroes, and Everything in Between
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“Adversaries…don’t necessarily come in knocking on the front door,” says Christopher C. Krebs, Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “What they understand are some of the dependencies between organizations, and will exploit some of those trusted relationships.”


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Economic Growth and Environmental Protection: Latin America’s Role in Global Conservation Efforts
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Sylvia A. Earle, President & Chair of Mission Blue, says that “we don’t have another 50 years, or maybe even ten, to take to heart, to take seriously, the knowledge that we now have that we are in trouble. Earth is in trouble.”


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Pandemic Immigration Consternation for the United States and Canada
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Meena Rafie, Managing Attorney at the Erickson Immigration Group, believes “countries like Canada, India, and China are going to benefit greatly” from a “negative idea of what it’s like to immigrate to the United States.”

Collection
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years On
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A milestone anniversary of the two detonations that ended the Second World War offers an opportunity for reflection on eight decades of life in the shadow of nuclear weapons – and the long battles to prevent their further use. Dive into a compendium of Wilson Center resources on the history of nuclear age – as well as present and future challenges.


NOW
Already Cool U.S.-China Relations Are Heating Up
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Wilson in the News

After Twin Explosions, an “Apocalypse” in Lebanon (The New Yorker)
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"The blasts could not have come at a worse time for the country,” observes Robin Wright. “They may mark the end of modern Lebanon as we know it.”

We’re All Connected: The Importance of Global Literacy (Aspen Ideas to Go)
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Wilson Center Director, President, and CEO Jane Harman says that U.S. overreliance on hard power – as opposed to soft power – in the global war on terror means that “we have shortchanged ourselves” in response to the threat.

Erdogan’s Culture Wars (War on the Rocks)
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Nicholas Danforth examines the bold moves by Turkey’s president to reshape his nation’s cultural landscape – and what it may portend for future relations with the West.

The US-China Relationship Is a Shakespearean Tragedy (The Diplomat)
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“In many Shakespearean tragedies,” writes Zheng Wang, “the looming disaster could very well be avoided through third-party mediation or truth-telling, but the indifference of bystanders makes the tragedy inevitable.”

UPCOMING EVENTS

Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
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August 17, 2020 // 4:00 – 5:30 pm

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Globally: Where We Are and Where We Are Going
[[link removed]]August 25, 2020 // 10:00 – 11:30 am

Deforestation in the Time of COVID-19 [[link removed]]
August 27, 2020 // 10:00 – 11:15 am

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