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October 2, 2020[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
21st Century Diplomacy: Foreign Policy is Climate Policy [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]Climate change will upend the 21st century world order—from how we live and work, to global systems of production, trade, economics, and finance. The global response must be equally ambitious. This new project from the Environmental Change and Security Program, in partnership with adelphi, explores the critical intersections between climate and international security, good governance, and geopolitics.
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USMCA: Mexico's Perspective on Labor Provisions and Mexico's Labor Reforms The United States-Colombia Growth Initiative: A New Phase in Bilateral Relations?
Economy Secretary Graciela Márquez and Labor Secretary Luisa María Alcalde discussed the Mexican government’s ambitious plans and progress towards implementing the labor law reforms required under the USMCA. U.S. Ambassador Philip S. Goldberg affirmed during the event that Colombia has made significant progress in addressing security and the rule of law, but noted that “the work isn’t complete.”


[[link removed]] Recognizing Service in the Common Good
The Wilson Center presented Woodrow Wilson Awards for Public Service to The Honorable Steven F. Mnuchin, Her Excellency Christine M. Lagarde, Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) at a ceremony on September 30. The awards are given to those individuals whose actions and accomplishments, either in their careers or through service, reflect President Woodrow Wilson’s belief that “there is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.”


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21st Century Diplomacy: Foreign Policy is Climate Policy What Does China’s Belt and Road Initiative Mean for the U.S. Afghanistan Strategy?
Climate change is already upending traditional great power politics, shifting the balance of power and creating opportunities for new coalitions and ambitions. A U.S. withdrawal and peace deal could “cede ample ground to its top rivals in Afghanistan—China but also Russia and Iran,” writes Michael Kugelman; but he also notes that “these countries—through shared infrastructure development—could create the very outcomes supported by the United States.”


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Wilson Center’s Global Europe Program Welcomes New Director
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Upcoming EVENTS
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Seeking Strategic Advantage: How Geopolitical Competition and Cooperation Are Playing Out in Space [[link removed]]October 6, 2020 // 10:30am–12:30pm
What Does the Taliban Want? [[link removed]]October 6, 2020 // 10:00am–11:30am
Books at Wilson | Managing Nuclear Risks [[link removed] ]October 9, 2020 // 11:00–12:00pm
Books at Wilson | The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III [[link removed] ]October 9, 2020 // 2:30pm–3:30pm
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Wilson In the News
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Is Congress reasserting itself? (The Hill) [[link removed]]
Don Wolfensberger writes that there are signs Congress is wanting to reclaim some level of bipartisanship and “push back against an overbearing executive branch.”
Jean Lee: “It was such a devastating show of a lack of respect” (ABC / The World) [[link removed]]
Jean Lee discusses the state of U.S.-North Korea diplomacy during the Trump administration, her perspective on the first U.S. presidential debate, and the implications of the U.S. elections for the bilateral relationship.
Former Colonial Williamsburg head looks at the upcoming challenges U.S. could face (The Virginia Gazette) [[link removed]]
In an interview, Mitchell Reiss says that “How the U.S.-China relationship is managed will not only determine the security and prosperity of America, but also influence the shape of the international order.”
Wilson Center Fellow Warns of "Disinformation Laundering" (Axios) [[link removed]]
In an Axios virtual event, Nina Jankowicz warned that malicious actors are using more sophisticated forms of disinformation in 2020 that targets false ideas or conspiracy theories—what Jankowicz calls “disinformation laundering.”


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