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January 22, 2021[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
The Hundred Day Mistake [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]The incoming Roosevelt administration tackled the Great Depression with a bold plan for immediate legislative action. The concept has framed new U.S. presidencies ever since. But Alasdair Roberts argues that “in our more complex and fractious world, holding leaders to that standard may only produce frustration and disharmony.”
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U.S.-Pakistan Relations in the Biden Era: A Conversation with Moeed Yusuf What Black America Means for Europe
“The U.S.-Pakistan relationship has to be candid, has to be honest, and has to be realistic,” says Dr. Moeed Yusuf, Pakistan's National Security Advisor and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister. Kehinde Andrews, Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University, observes that “Racism is deeply embedded in the structure of what the society is. This isn’t about individuals.”


[link removed] [[link removed]] Meet New Mexico Institute Director Andrew Rudman
Andrew I. Rudman arrives at the Center with vital regional experience in both the public and private sector, including the U.S. State Department and the Commerce Department (where he coordinated the U.S.-Mexico Partnership for Prosperity Initiative) and as Managing Director at Monarch Global Strategies LLC.


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Is NATO Prepared for the Future? Reflections on NATO 2030 Navalny Returns to Russia
“Biden is absolutely an internationalist,” says Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA). “He is absolutely committed to the sacred nature, from his point of view, of the trans-Atlantic alliance.” Sergey Parkhomenko says a last-minute decision to divert a prominent dissident’s return flight made clear that authorities would not risk “allowing the plane to land at an airport full of Navalny's supporters, ready to greet him enthusiastically.”


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The Old Order Changeth: What to Expect From the New Congress
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Malign Creativity: How Gender, Sex, and Lies are Weaponized Against Women Online [[link removed]]January 25, 2021 // 1pm – 2pm
Ninth Annual US-Mexico Security Conference: Part 1 [[link removed]]January 26, 2021 // 10am – 12pm
2021 Journalists' Guide to Energy & Environment [[link removed]]January 27, 2021 // 1pm – 3pm
Arab Views on Great Power Competition: Unpacking Arab Barometer Surveys [[link removed]]January 28, 2021 // 10am – 11:30am
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Wilson In the News
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Biden Doesn’t Need a New Middle East Policy (Foreign Policy) [[link removed]]
James F. Jeffrey writes that “by keeping American aims limited…Trump avoided the pitfalls encountered by his predecessors while still advancing American interests.”
Biden Faces More Aggressive Rivals and a Fraying World Order (The New Yorker) [[link removed]]
“What really worries the former spymasters, however,” observes Robin Wright, “is the type of ‘hybrid war’ that blurs the lines between war and peace and is a growing danger in the twenty-first century.
Key Issues Between the U.S. and China (BBC World News) [[link removed]]
"Over the last four years we've seen this tightening within China of its definition of security," says Rui Zhong. "This can include conventional definitions of national security, but also political security."


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