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February 12, 2021[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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A Year of Insight & Impact [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]The Wilson Center's first interactive annual report relates how our community of scholars and staff stayed on top of the headlines and on top of the trendlines in 2020. It highlights the Center’s ability to adapt to unprecedented circumstances and shift seamlessly to virtual operations to reach bigger audiences than ever.


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Barred at the Border: Compassionate Policy Options for Safe Family Reunification From Sea to See: How Satellites Can Help Identify and Combat Plastic Marine Debris
“In the new era with the new administration, there is a renewed hope,” says Let Us Reunite! Co-Founder Devon Weber. “A renewed energy that we can actually get movement on this issue.” “The pandemic has exacerbated this crisis [in marine plastics] in ways that we don't fully yet comprehend,” says State Department Foreign Affairs Officer Grayson Shor, “as the disposal of single-use plastics such as gloves have skyrocketed.”


[link removed] [[link removed]] New Security BeatFour International Water Stories to Watch in 2021
As 2021 brings greater awareness of water risks for businesses and immediate need to restore ecosystems, what political and public health questions will draw the most global attention in the coming year?


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Asian Interests and the Path Forward in the New Arctic Tried Plan C - What's Plan D? The Navalny Phenomenon Inside and Outside Russia
“If we want to have cooperation, we have to act cooperatively,” says Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) “If we want peace in a region, then we have to be able to have dialogue with people in the region, and those who are not in the region but who are watching the region.” Global Fellow Yuval Weber says that Navalny’s sense of humor is put in the service of “one clear message: anti-corruption.”


NOW Logo [[link removed]]Watch & Listen
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Freedom to Serve: An Initiative of Maxwell Air Force Base and Montgomery Alabama Inspired by the Legacy of Rosa Parks
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Upcoming Events
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MENA's Economic Outlook 2021: Challenges and Opportunities [[link removed]]February 16, 2021 // 10—11:15am
U.S. Counter-Drug Policy in the Western Hemisphere: Is it Working? [[link removed]]February 17, 2021 // 9:30—11am
Transatlantic Tranquility? Considering the Future of U.S-European Relations in a Farewell Event for the Hon. Jane Harman [[link removed]]February 17, 2021 // 10—11am
Assessing the Alliance: What Lies Ahead for the Korean Peninsula—A Farewell Event for the Hon. Jane Harman [[link removed]]February 17, 2021 // 7:30—8:30pm
A Conversation with President Francisco Sagasti of Peru [[link removed]]February 18, 2021 // 4—5pm
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Wilson In the News
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A U.S.-Pakistan Reset Just Got a Lot Harder (Foreign Policy) [[link removed]]
“There’s never a good time for convicted terrorists to be acquitted,” writes Michael Kugelman, “but the ruling has spoiled a rare bright spot in an often-troubled U.S.-Pakistan relationship.”
Do You Dislike Executive Orders? Congress Must Play Its Own Part (The Hill) [[link removed]]
Aaron Jones observes that “[t]hose who liked those more than 250 orders from Clinton may have been shocked at the more than 290 orders from Bush. It seems that everyone simply points the finger of executive overreach at each other.”
Assessing U.S.-Turkey Relations (Ibrahim Haskologlu/You Tube) [ [link removed]]
“The main American problem with Turkey is the S-400 purchase,” notes James Jeffrey. “There's no way that relations will improve dramatically until that is fixed. That's simply the reality.”
How Lies and Algorithms Fueled the U.S. Capitol Insurrection (Bloomberg Quicktake) [[link removed]]
“What we’re seeing a lot is what I call ‘conspiracy convergence,’” says Nina Jankowicz. “Q-Anon…is kind of a lint ball. It kind of picks up everything in its track.”


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