Wilson Weekly
October 4, 2019

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A State of Un-Peace: the EU’s Response to Asymmetric Threats

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“‘Un-Peace’ is not the name of some new, snazzy UN agency,” observes Sir Julian King, European Commissioner for the Security Union. “Rather, it’s the state of international relations that has much in common with other words sharing the same prefix – unease, unrest, uncertainty.”


Deep Dive: IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

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“Ocean-based climate solutions can deliver up to one-fifth of the annual cut to greenhouse gas emissions needed by 2050 to keep global temperature rise below one-and-a-half degrees Celsius. That is the equivalent of taking two-and-a-half billion cars off the road,” said Ambassador Kåre R. Aas of Norway during an event on the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s first-ever Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate.


Myths and Realities of Japan’s Security Policy

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Global Fellow Narushige Michishita offers new insights in Japan’s global security stance. “Pacifists don’t support any use of force,” he observed. “Japan supports the use of force that it considers to be legitimate.”

Revolts, Realignments, and Reckonings in the Middle East

Wilson Center NOW

From the Arab Spring to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, the Middle East has experienced pervasive and violent tumult in recent decades. In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we speak with Middle East Fellows and authors Marina and David Ottaway about their new book, A Tale of Four Worlds: The Arab Region After the Uprisings – an indispensable analysis of the region’s profound upheavals.

 

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Communist Party Celebrates 70 Years of Power in China (BYU Radio Top of Mind)

Rui Zhong says that the anniversary of the foundation of the People’s Republic of China is an occasion for President Xi Jinping to cement his place as “as the architect of China’s next chapter.”

Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder Haunts Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince (New Yorker)

Robin Wright observes that “Khashoggi’s cold-blooded killing and the kingdom’s troubled war in Yemen have intensified doubts in Congress about Saudi Arabia.”

Whistleblower: Ukraine Felt It Needed to “Play Ball” with U.S. (CNN)

“Zelenskyy was trying to make a friend, trying to maybe shore up rhetorical support for the hot war Ukraine is fighting against Russia,” says Nina Jankowicz.

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