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New Book: U.S. Strategy in the Asian Century: Empowering Allies and Partners

In U.S. Strategy in the Asian Century, author Abraham Denmark offers a vital perspective on the future of power dynamics in the Indo-Pacific, focusing on the critical roles that American allies and partners can play.

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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Globally: Where We Are and Where We Are Going

“Achieving true progress on sexual and reproductive health and rights requires a comprehensive approach and a commitment to tackling deeply entrenched inequities and injustices, of which marginalized communities continue to bear the brunt,” says Herminia Palacio, President and CEO of the Guttmacher Institute.

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Blinded by Silence: Foreign and Security Policy Discourse in Pakistan

“Pakistan is under a lot of stress. It has nothing to do with the pandemic, but a fast-paced journey toward authoritarianism, oppressive politics, and silencing of people that started much before COVID-19—and it’s bound to increase,” says keynote lecturer Ayesha Siddiqa, Research Associate at SOAS University of London.

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Deforestation in the Time of COVID-19

“While COVID-19 has brought…the whole world to a standstill, the pandemic has actually served to accelerate commodity-driven deforestation,” says Jennifer Turner, Director of the Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum.

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Book Chat: U.S. Strategy in the Asian Century

Abraham Denmark, Director of the Wilson Center’s Asia Program, argues in his new book U.S. Strategy in the Asian Century that the United States needs to maintain its principles and stay focused on its interests as China’s power rises.

COMMENTARY | Cynthia J. Arnson

What Covid-19 is Revealing About Latin America’s Politics

"In the face of crisis, preservation of democracy may be low on the list of public priorities" as Latin America "heads into the next super-cycle of presidential and legislative elections," cautions Cynthia Arnson, Director of the Latin American Program.

NOW

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Can Downstream Problems Be Solved?

Wilson in the NEWs

GPS with Fareed Zakaria: Unrest in Belarus over Longtime Leader (CNN)

Nina Janowicz tells Fareed Zakaria that “many people have been beaten and even tortured over the past couple weeks. That is what is continuing to drive people to streets. They want to have their voices heard and their votes counted—this is a simple democratic equation.”

House Goes Postal for One Day (The Hill)

Don Wolfensberger explores the political maneuvering surrounding the U.S. House of Representative’s postal protection bill, the “Delivering for America Act,” in his latest piece for The Hill.

Interview with Abraham Denmark (conversation six)

In an interview, Asia Program Director Abraham Denmark tells Ali Wayne, nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, that there are two core areas where the United States and China are competing: power and the future of the international order.

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