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November 13, 2020

Wilson Weekly

What Does the World Expect of President-elect Joe Biden?

Wilson Center experts will host a spirited conversation on the foreign policy expectations and challenges confronting the next President of the United States.

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.”

EVENT | Video & Quotes

Ramifications of the US Elections for Change in the EU’s Eastern Neighborhood

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?”

EVENT | Video & Quotes

Voting Going Viral: COVID-19 and Electoral Best Practices from Saskatchewan

“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.”

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.

Blog Post | Russia File

America’s Two “Normalcies” and Moscow’s Choice

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.”

Blog Post | Asia Dispatches

What Will a Biden Presidency Mean for the Korean Peninsula?

“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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Wilson In the News

Here are the world leaders who have congratulated Biden (Situation Room/CNN)

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)

“[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)

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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