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December 4, 2020

Wilson Weekly

Surveying the Arctic

Opportunity and activity are burgeoning in the Arctic. And a new initiative –The Arctic Infrastructure Inventory (AII) – aims to track all the projects happening there. The inventory already boasts nearly 8,000 projects (with thousands more to come), offering a tool and resource for all regional stakeholders.

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Women and Work: The Impact of Gender-Based Violence

“You have to have a long breath to change things,” observed author Rana Husseini. “And you have to lobby the government [at] the right time and in a very smart and strategic way.”

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Seawomen of Iceland

In conducting her research, Margaret Willson relates that it often took “a couple cups of coffee” and some persistent questioning in conversations to find women who made fishing their trade in Iceland.

Battling Gender-Based Violence

Wilson Center discussions on national security, domestic violence, and the workplace have marked the United Nations’ 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Visit our events page to see what’s happened and watch upcoming programs on protections for women and the connection between GBV and war crimes.

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Launching the Arctic Infrastructure Inventory: A Resource to Inform Arctic Economic Development

Heidar Gudjonsson, Chairman of the Arctic Economic Council, said that a lack of tangible information has created “all these misconceptions, all these misunderstandings” about the region.

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Countering Domestic Violence: A Talk with Leslie Morgan Steiner

“I was very fortunate… that the key people in my life knew enough about the complex dynamics of abuse to understand what I was going through,” said author Leslie Morgan Steiner.

Watch & Listen

Wildlife Trade: From Tiger King to COVID-19

How to Distribute 7 Billion Vaccines

Upcoming Events

The Plastic First Mile: Closing the Loop on Plastic Waste in Asia

December 7, 2020 // 8am – 9:15am

Asia's Expectations for the Biden Administration

December 9, 2020 // 10am – 11:30am

The War Crime No One Wants to Talk About: A Conversation with Christina Lamb

December 10, 2020 // 4pm – 5pm

U.S.-Russia Relations in the Biden Administration

December 11, 2020 // 1pm – 2pm

Wilson In the News

I Helped Negotiate the Iran Nuclear Deal. Here's How Joe Biden Could Revive It (Time)

Baroness Catherine Ashton writes that “there will be resistance to further ‘asks’ of Iran — especially if the U.S. is not offering more in return.”

The China-Australia Standoff (The Big Picture - Sirius XM)

Australia’s call for an independent scientific study of COVID-19’s origins may have been a final straw for Beijing, says Robert Daly: “Since then, China has been hitting Australia very very hard” on trade and in the media.

Climate Change and Nuclear Policy Are Dangerously Disconnected: Biden Can Fix That (Morning Consult)

“When viewed together, it’s clear that climate and nuclear trends are converging to reshape the world order,” writes Sherri Goodman.

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