Wilson Weekly

The Primacy of Sanctions: An Assessment of U.S. Sanctions on Russia

Global Fellow Daniel Ahn says sanctions on key financial, legal and technical services “may account for a relatively small amount of value added,” but have “an outsized impact upon the Russian economy.”

Asia's Expectations for the Biden Administration

“I do think that with every new U.S. president, there is a brief window of opportunity with the North Koreans when they first take office,” observes Korea Center director Jean Lee.

Welcome Ambassador James F. Jeffrey

Ambassador James F. Jeffrey – who recently served as the State Department’s Special Representative for Syria Engagement and Special Envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS – is the new Chair of the Center’s Middle East Program.

The United States and Canada: Outlook for Bilateral Relations in 2021

“We have developed a very strong common understanding of our bilateral trading relationship… and everybody is fairly conversant with the degree to which we need each other,” says Kirsten Hillman, Ambassador of Canada to the United States.

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

When it comes to violence against women, journalist Christina Lamb observes that in “every case I found where there had been a successful conviction, there had been a woman on the bench—a woman judge or a woman prosecutor.”

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