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June 18, 2021[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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Deterring Cyber Disaster [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]Nonstate actors—allied at times with state sponsors—are the primary culprits in ransomware attacks and other cyber-crimes committed against the United States. FBI Director Christopher Wray sees “lots of parallels” between such attacks and post-9/11 terrorism challenges. In a new essay, Meg King and Robert Litwak argue that the state-based strategy that countered Al Qaeda also could deter this new security threat.
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The Ties That Bind: Supply Chain Security Mexico: Results of the Midterm Elections
Sen. Ben Cardin (D- MD) observed that “the Belt and Road initiative is founded in corruption and ignoring the rule of law, and we saw during COVID-19 our vulnerability here [in the United States].” “At the federal level,” says Mexican commentator Leo Zuckermann, “if this was a soccer game, then the winner would have been [AMLO’s] Morena, because it scored more goals [and] won more representatives.”


[link removed] [[link removed]] Congressional TestimonyNuclear Confidence and Strategic Uncertainty
Asia Program Director Abraham Denmark told the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission that “U.S. allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific are keenly attentive to the intricacies of U.S.-China competition, and their views of American credibility are similarly complex.”
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The Refugee Question in the Middle East: Towards Sustainable Solutions Lumbering Towards Disaster? Lumber Prices, Canada and Supply Chains
“I think it's really important to think about refugees not just as a burden on society,” says Richard Albright, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration “but…as consumers and contributors, because they actually add to economic growth.” “The conscientious consumer increasingly wants transparency about where what they buy comes from,” says Christopher Sands, Director of the Canada Institute. “That could become a Canadian benefit.”


NOW Logo [[link removed]]U.S.-China Relations Temperature Check
In a contentious landscape of COVID-19 origins, trade, and supply chains, U.S.-China relations are now front and center for the White House. Robert Daly, Director of the Kissinger Institute, offers his insights on the state of play almost six months into the Biden administration’s navigation of the greatest geostrategic challenge for the United States.
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Upcoming Events
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U.S.-EU Relations After the Summit: A Conversation with EU Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis [[link removed]]Monday, June 21 // 11am–12pm (ET)
Iran’s Pivotal Presidential Election [[link removed]]Tuesday, June 22 // 10:30am–12pm (ET)
LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Seats of Power: How the Incorporation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Issues and Community Members Makes for Better Diplomacy [[link removed]]Tuesday, June 22 // 2–3pm (ET)
Ending Wildlife Crime to Protect Animals, Human Health, and the Planet [[link removed]]Wednesday, June 23 // 9–10:30am (ET)
Book Discussion | Transforming Our World: President George H.W. Bush and American Foreign Policy [[link removed]]Thursday, June 24 // 11–12pm (ET)
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Wilson In the News
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Iran Moves Toward a One-Party State (New Yorker) [[link removed]]
Robin Wright observes that Iran’s elections won’t offer voters a panoply of choices: “Five of the seven candidates approved were hard-liners deeply hostile to the West.”
Putin Has Bedeviled American Pesidents. Biden Can Learn From Their Mistakes. (Washington Post) [[link removed]]
“Senior administration officials have said there are ‘parallels’ between cybercrime and terrorism, and that ‘all options’ are on the table to deal with the threat,” writes Matthew Rojansky.
How President Biden Can Better Defend the U.S. From Russian Hacks (The Edge / Dark Reading) [[link removed]]
"You need to have security engineering on the front end,” says Meg King. “It can't all be down to users."
For Generations, the U.S. President and his Russian or Soviet Counterpart Have Turned to Diplomacy (CBS News) [ [link removed]]
“Staring down into the [abyss of nuclear war in 1962]…subsequent administrations really did value arms control,” observes Matthew Rojansky.


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