Wilson Weekly

Charting New Currents

A new U.S. Presidency has a global impact. Navigate the new landscape with our Wilson Center map of world reaction to Joe Biden’s inauguration as the 46th President of the United States. Our sweeping coverage is aggregated by topic and region to assess the new administration’s far-flung influence on foreign policy.

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On the Horizon |
What to Watch in 2021

A new year finds the world still in the grip of a powerful confluence of crises. Wilson Center experts look at what to expect in 2021 across the globe as nations grapple with pandemic, disrupted economies, and political tumult.

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EVENT | Video & quotes

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

Watch Wilson experts debate the global shifts that will test a new administration: The stakes for the U.S. and Russia in mutual stability. Latin America’s perceptions of democratic failure. Restoring credibility in Africa. Renewing the transatlantic ties.

Podcast | Need to Know

Jane Harman on Reconciliation for the Future

Wilson Center Director, President, and CEO Jane Harman says President-elect Joe Biden is poised to seize opportunities to bring the country together: "He has reconciliation and healing in his bones."

Back to the Future?

The new Wilson Quarterly examines President-elect Joe Biden's options for rolling back Trump White House policies from NATO to Iran to Mexico to Asia to climate change.

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Watch & Listen

The Biden Administration: Environmental Change and Security and Polar Issues

The Biden Administration: North American Relations

Upcoming Events

What Black America Means for Europe

January 19, 2021 // 9am – 10am

U.S.-Pakistan Relations in the Biden Era: A Conversation with Moeed Yusuf

January 21, 2021 // 9am – 10am

Malign Creativity: How Gender, Sex, and Lies are Weaponized Against Women Online

January 25, 2021 // 1pm – 2pm

Wilson In the News

How Will Biden's Strategy On South Asia Differ From Trump's? (Eurasia Review)

"The prospect of even modestly improved U.S. relations with Iran would be a net positive for both New Delhi and Islamabad," writes Michael Kugelman, "which value commercial cooperation with Tehran and prefer a relaxed U.S. sanctions regime."

Capitol Riot: The “Third World” Trope Offends, Misreads History (PBS)

"The good news is that President Biden knows Latin America," says Lucía Dammert. "Most Latin American researchers and experts have expectations of a more multilateral agenda of the U.S. towards Latin America."

“Disinformation Laundering” Got Us Here (Marketplace)

Nina Jankowicz says some legislators have not played their part in countering disinformation: "They’ve kind of laundered these narratives in the halls of Congress, given them legitimacy, rather than debunking and disavowing them."