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February 19, 2021[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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Tracing A Movement [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]Why has the essential role of African-American women in Cold War activism been ignored? In the latest International History Declassified podcast, Georgetown University Professor Dayo Gore says her research reveals a cohort of activists that collectively helped shape and sustain movements of the era.


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U.S. Counter-Drug Policy in the Western Hemisphere: Is it Working? Global Perspectives | Turkish-Russian Relations
“Something that has changed in Mexico very significantly over the past decade,” says former CISEN official Alejandro Hope, “is that in terms of drug production, we have shifted increasingly from plant-based substances to synthetic substances.” “Democracy promotion [by the U.S.] will not be welcomed” and may push Turkey closer to both Russia and China, says Habibe Ozdal, Assistant Professor in International Relations at Istanbul Okan University.


[link removed] [[link removed]] New ReportOpen Source to the Rescue
Shortages in personal protective equipment at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic were met by virtual networks using open source hardware to fill the demand. A new report from the Open Hardware and COVID-19 Roundtable convened by the Science and Technology Innovation Program (STIP) and the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU Law explains how it happened.


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A Conversation with President Francisco Sagasti of Peru Military Rule Returns to Myanmar
Peru’s interim President has battled a political crisis and COVID-19. He observes that “we need a complete regeneration of the political system, and to return to a situation in which politicians are elected to serve the country, and not to serve themselves.” Global Fellow Prashanth Parameswaran says that Myanmar’s decade-long experiment of sharing power with a civilian government has not gone well, and that “the military has effectively decided that it wants to take back control.”


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The Quest for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the U.S. Workplace
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Revisiting the Arab Uprisings at 10: Beyond Success and Failure [[link removed]]February 24, 2021 // 11:30am–1pm
Environment, Peace, and Conflict: Opportunities and Risks for the New Administration [[link removed]]February 24, 2021 // 12–1:30pm
Rethinking Brazilian Development: The Political Economy of Democratic Brazil [[link removed]]February 24, 2021 // 2–3:15pm
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RED LINE | The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World [[link removed]]February 26, 2021 // 11am–12pm
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Wilson In the News
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Speaker Pelosi is Right that We Need Commission to Look into Capitol Riot (The Hill) [[link removed]]
Wilson Center Director, President, and CEO Jane Harman writes that any commission on the events of January 6, 2021 "should build upon sound recommendations on how to update our idea of the relationship between speech and violence."
Protests Continue in Myanmar After Coup (NPR) [[link removed]]
Lucas Myers observes that "the new charges against Aung San Suu Kyi seem designed to ensure that she remains in detention indefinitely."
No, China is Not the EU’s Top Trading Partner (Politico) [[link removed]]
"U.S. and European commercial ties with China are akin to a two-lane highway," writes Daniel S. Hamilton, "whereas their commercial ties with each other are more like a twelve-lane Autobahn."
The Death of the Carbon Coalition (Foreign Policy) [[link removed]]
"The carbon economy has been in decline for decades," notes Thomas Oatley, "but the knock-on effects in politics are only now becoming visible."


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