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April 2, 2021[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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Forging Continental Connections [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]The 5G future is upon us. Will the U.S., Mexico, and Canada be ready? A blueprint crafted in a workshop hosted by the Wilson Center urges detailed planning, continued innovation and evolution, and better use of trilateral forums to find a “North American Method to the 5G Madness.”
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Building Ocean Resilience in the Face of Climate Change Discussion on a Grand Strategy of Democratic Solidarity
Sophie Mirgaux, Belgium’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, says that ocean-based solutions for public health and climate mean that “we owe it to the ocean to help it to continue helping us.” Global Fellow Charles Edel says the world’s democracies under threat from autocracies must unite and adopt a common program to “shield [them] from authoritarian pressure while enabling them to exert selective counter pressure on their own.”


[link removed] [[link removed]] Africa: Battleground for Earth's Climate
With a growing population and rapid urbanization, Africa will play a key role in combating the climate crisis. Will its young population reach for a green future for the continent?
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Equity, Violence, and the Law: Policing Lessons for Europe and the United States Reappraising the "Wild" 90s in Russia: Looking Back After 30 Years
University of St. Thomas Professor Artika R. Tyner says greater equity requires “radically transforming our values around the sanctity of life… Do we turn everything into a policing issue, or are there other options on the table?” Independent scholar Ekaterina Mishina recalls the exhilaration she felt in returning to Russia in the early 1990s. “I could feel the freedom from a distance. That was a completely new feeling.”


NOW Logo [[link removed]]Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria
Washington Post correspondent and former Public Policy Fellow Joby Warrick discusses his new book, Red Line , about a U.S. mission to find and destroy chemical weapons to prevent their acquisition by the Islamic State.
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Upcoming Events
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Environmental Protection in Antarctica: What Should be the Priorities for the new Biden Administration? [[link removed]]April 5, 2021 // 1–2:30pm
Ukraine’s Economic Development: A 30-Year History [[link removed]]April 6, 2021 // 10–11:30am
Building Resilience in the Sahel in an Era of Forced Displacement [[link removed]]April 8, 2021 // 9:30–11am
Vaccine Passports: A Public Health Solution or Ethical & Legal Minefield? [[link removed]]April 8, 2021 // 10–11am
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Wilson In the News
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The Future of Afghanistan (C-SPAN/ Washington Journal) [[link removed]]
Earl Anthony Wayne says questions about the Taliban’s commitment to peace mean that “there are a number of very serious consequences that could follow if the U.S. were to pull all of its troops out at this moment.”
Biden Doesn't Plan To Meet With Kim Jong Un, White House Says. What's Next For North Korea? (WBUR / Here and Now) [[link removed]]
“What we’re seeing on the Washington side is the Biden administration saying, ‘There’s a new sheriff in town,” says Jean Lee. “This is not going to be that era of summit diplomacy.”
China and Iran Announced a New Economic and Security Partnership. That’s Not as Alarming as it Sounds. (The Monkey Cage/ Washington Post) [ [link removed]]
Lucille Greer writes that “While the newly signed [agreement] with Iran does portend increased security cooperation, China has in no way promised a steadfast military alliance.”


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