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November 13, 2020[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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What Does the World Expect of President-elect Joe Biden? [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]Wilson Center experts will host a spirited conversation on the foreign policy expectations and challenges confronting the next President of the United States.
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[link removed] [[link removed]] President-elect Biden’s Victory Spells Trouble for Saudi Ruler
President-elect Joe Biden has promised a reassessment of the U.S.-Saudi relationship that may “lead to a long-avoided confrontation” between the two nations, writes David Ottaway. But the world will watch to see if “strident talk in defense of democracy will translate into action or be overtaken by realpolitik.”


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Ramifications of the US Elections for Change in the EU’s Eastern Neighborhood Voting Going Viral: COVID-19 and Electoral Best Practices from Saskatchewan
Stefan Meister, Head of the Tbilisi Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, observes that for the nations of a region increasingly feeling the impact of interventions by regional powers, “what is important is who can balance Russia?” “While I believe we took every reasonable step to make our polls safer, this really wasn’t enough,” says Michael Boda, Saskatchewan’s Chief Electoral Officer. “We also had to ensure that voters knew that the polls would be safe.”


[link removed] [[link removed]] Kenneth Slater and Slater Family Transformational Gift
A generous $1 million contribution will enable the Wilson Center to enhance its nonpartisan research and provide funding for a new Slater Family Fellowship. Anya Prusa, Senior Associate with the Brazil Institute, has been named the first recipient of the new award.


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America’s Two “Normalcies” and Moscow’s Choice What Will a Biden Presidency Mean for the Korean Peninsula?
Maxim Trudolyubov writes that “Moscow seems to prefer the unilateralist and isolationist [leadership] exemplified by Trump to the liberal internationalist variety that Biden is widely seen to represent.” “If North Korea doesn’t figure in President-elect Biden’s list of foreign policy priorities quickly,” notes Jean H. Lee, Kim Jong-un may see provocation as a way “to get back on Washington’s radar.”


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5G Technology and National Security: Vulnerabilities and Best Practices
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Upcoming Events
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Making the Woman Worker: Precarious Labor and the Fight for Global Standards, 1919-2019 [[link removed]]November 16, 2020 // 4pm – 5:30pm
What Does the World Expect of President-elect Joe Biden? [[link removed]]November 17, 2020 // 2:30pm – 4pm
Czech and Slovak Freedom Lecture: The Role of Czech and International Scientists in the Fight Against the Pandemic [[link removed]]November 18, 2020 // 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Styrofoam Beach Snow: A Global Ocean Plastic Debris Challenge [[link removed]]November 19, 2020 // 9am – 10:15am
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Wilson In the News
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Here are the world leaders who have congratulated Biden (Situation Room/CNN) [[link removed]]
Matthew Rojansky says that Biden’s election will shake up U.S.-Russia relations: “[The U.S.] is really going to push on democracy promotion. It’s a nightmare from Moscow’s perspective.”
Biden's leadership will enhance relations with Mexico and Canada (The Hill) [[link removed]]
“[T]he prospects are good for a more strategic and coordinated approach to Canada and Mexico, who touch more daily U.S. lives than any other countries,” writes Earl Anthony Wayne.
What a President Biden would mean for India and world (India Daily) [[link removed]]
Michael Kugelman observes that “Biden's approach to South Asia—pursuing a strong partnership with India, a workable but cautious relationship with Pakistan, and a military withdrawal from Afghanistan—is similar to Trump's.”


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