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February 26, 2021[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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A New Look at the Long Telegram at 75 [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]The Cold War may have started before the Long Telegram. But George F. Kennan’s epochal analysis of postwar U.S.-Soviet conflict—transmitted on February 22, 1946—framed the conflict for decades to come. Revisit this key document in video analysis, 75th anniversary events—and, of course, read the original Long Telegram itself.


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Revisiting the Arab Uprisings at 10 A Future for the OSCE?
Marina Ottaway observes that “One of the weaknesses of the protest movement in Arab countries is that the youth reject organization, reject hierarchies, they don’t want to have formal leadership.” New recommendations from a Global Europe Working Group point to the "unique virtues" of the OSCE, and conclude that it "remains a platform in which the unlike-minded could explore rules of the road in areas of security that remain relatively unexplored—if they choose to do so."


[link removed] [[link removed]] Black History Month at Wilson
Dive into our Center-wide examination of the global impact of the history, culture, and resilience of Black people in America through events, essays, and videos by Wilson scholars and other experts.
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Environment, Peace, and Conflict: Opportunities and Risks for the New Administration Rebooting Nuclear Diplomacy with North Korea and Iran
Wilson Center Global Fellow Cynthia Brady says that “environmental peacebuilding is the perfect frame” to bring together disparate military, development and diplomatic stakeholders. In tackling nuclear issues with Iran and North Korea, Wilson Center Senior Vice President Robert Litwak writes the White House must decide “whether the objective toward ‘rogue’ states should be to change their regimes’ behavior or to change the regimes themselves.”


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Jane Harman Steps Down: A Look Back on a Decade of Leadership and Achievement
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Upcoming Events
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A New Future for North America [[link removed]]March 2, 2021 // 1:30–4pm
Insanity Defense: Why Our Failure to Confront Hard National Security Problems Makes Us Less Safe [[link removed]]March 3, 2021 // 1–2 pm
Book Launch: The 19th Hijacker [[link removed]]March 4, 2021 // 11am–12pm
From Egypt to Iran: The History of Nuclear Politics in the Middle East [[link removed]]March 4, 2021 // 11am–12:30pm
Behind the Story: Black Journalists in Russia and Eurasia [[link removed]]March 5, 2021 // 10–11:15am
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Wilson In the News
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Biden Has No Good Options in Afghanistan (Foreign Policy) [[link removed]]
Michael Kugelman writes that a Biden policy review on the war in Afghanistan is almost complete, but is unlikely to yield a clear path forward: "No matter what [the White House] does, the intense violence in the country will likely increase."
North Korea: Inside the Mind of a Dictator (National Geographic) [[link removed]]
Jean Lee says Kim Jong-un’s time in the West shaped his initial vision for North Korea: "In the early days of his rule. I saw a desire for his country to be more worldly. For his people to be more worldly."
Prognosticating U.S. Polar Policies and Geopolitics under the Biden Administration (Polar Geopolitics) [[link removed]]
U.S. climate policy is woven into its polar policy, and Mike Sfraga sees the appointment of John Kerry as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate as “a signal to all of us who work on the Arctic as a good thing.”


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