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March 19, 2021[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
Meet New Wilson Center Director Mark Green [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]Ambassador Mark Green brings impressive achievements in diplomacy, politics, and administration to his new role as President, Director, and CEO of the Wilson Center. Hear him speak directly about the agenda of global engagement he is setting for the Center.
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Minsk II and the Donbas Conflict: Six Years Later The Fall of Reza Shah: The Abdication, Exile, and Death of Modern Iran’s Founder
Analyst Brian Milakovsky observes that "economic conditions in the non-government-controlled parts of the Donbas…are catastrophic and they’re degrading at such a rate that if that dynamic doesn’t change soon, a political settlement that comes potentially much later could be moot." Historian Shaul Bakhash says Reza Shah’s neutrality policy failed because of "risks posed to the Allies by the large German presence in Iran," but also because of that nation’s key geopolitical importance after Hitler’s invasion of the USSR.


[link removed] [[link removed]] Jihadi Extremists and Islamist Parties In 2021
The 2011 Arab uprising sparked Islamism’s spread across the Middle East as both a political and military force. A decade later, how are Islamist parties and militant groups faring? A new series explores the strengths and weaknesses of Islamist groups across the spectrum.
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The State of Peacebuilding in Africa: Lessons Learned for Policymakers and Practitioners Beating COVID-19: Transatlantic Scientific Cooperation during the Pandemic
Global Fellow Terence McNamee says "it's not getting easier to build peace over time, and that is somewhat surprising because peacebuilding has been at the top of the global agenda since at least the end of the Cold War." "Transatlantic cooperation sometimes is a bit of an anemic slogan," says Martin Weiss, Austrian Ambassador to the U.S. "But really we know how strong it makes us both… COVID-19 is only one example."


NOW Logo [[link removed]]Three-Fifths of a Democracy: America's Original Sin
How did the Three-Fifth’s Compromise of 1787 become a key tenet of our democracy? Wilson Center NOW host John Milewski explores a new multimedia project from the Media Policy Center that explores its continuing pernicious effects on U.S. politics.
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Building Back Diplomacy: The Biden Administration Strides into Asia [[link removed]]March 22, 2021 // 9:30–11:30am
The Future of Violent Extremism in the Middle East [[link removed]]March 22 2021 // 10:30am–12pm
New Technologies in the Administration of Justice [[link removed]]March 23, 2021 // 11am–12:30pm
Launch of the Transatlantic Economy 2021 Report [[link removed]]March 24, 2021 // 9am–12pm
Realities of Life in the 49th State [[link removed]]March 25, 2021 // 4–5:30pm
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Wilson In the News
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Plugged In - U.S.-Russia Sanctions and Policy (VOA) [[link removed]]
"[President Biden} has talked about the threat from Russia," observes Matthew Rojansky. "He's talked about…important business that needs to get done. And…he's gotten that done by pursuing a five-year extension of the New Strategic Nuclear Arms Treaty."
Insanity Is Not Destiny: Opportunities in National Security (Real Clear World) [[link removed]]
President Emerita Jane Harman writes that "American leaders did not realize soon enough that the institutions and habits formed during the Cold War were no longer effective in an increasingly multipolar world transformed by digital technology and driven by ethno-sectarian conflict."
Russian Intelligence Report (The World/PRI) [[link removed]]
Nina Jankowicz says that "The Russian [election] interference was the most extensive among those [interventions] that were laid out in the report."


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