USMCA at One

Wednesday, June 30 // 2–3:15pm (ET)

July 1 will mark the first year anniversary of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The COVID-19 pandemic made the implementation of the USMCA more challenging than previously hoped. However, this past year also highlighted the critical need for collaboration among the United States, Mexico, and Canada to implement the USMCA; a key component of the North American partnership.

Join the Wilson Center's Mexico and Canada Institutes for a conversation with the trade ministers from the United States, Mexico, and Canada. This event will focus on the biggest lessons learned from the first year of USMCA, as well as on the top priorities for North American collaboration in the years ahead.

Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy’s America in Black and White

Monday, June 28 // 4–5:30pm (ET)

In most accounts of the Civil Rights Movement and the 1960s, Robert Kennedy is seen as marginal, at best, to the racial reckoning of that decade. By centering Kennedy’s public life in relationship to the Black Freedom struggle that crested in the sixties, Sullivan demonstrates how Kennedy responded to the deep racial inequities and divisions it brought to the fore, to emerge as a transformative leader in a nationwide fight for racial justice.

Venezuela’s Authoritarian Allies: The Ties That Bind?

Tuesday, June 29 // 9:30–11am (ET)

A new book published by the Latin American Program, Venezuela’s Authoritarian Allies: The Ties That Bind? explores the international dimensions of regime survival in Venezuela. Specifically, the book examines the ways that international allies of Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian government have assisted it in surviving a calamitous period of economic decline, punishing U.S. economic sanctions, and internal pressures for political change. Join the Latin American Program, Asia Program, Kennan Institute, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, and Middle East Program for a round-table discussion with regional and U.S. experts on Venezuela’s international allies.

Pax Transatlantica: America and Europe in the Post-Cold War Era

Tuesday, June 29 // 10–11:30am (ET)

Is the West finished? In recent years, observers have begun pointing to signs that the transatlantic community is eroding in all manner of ways. Nationalism on the rise. Its economic twin, protectionism, resurgent. Europeans unwilling to cooperate with the U.S. when it comes down to the use of military force. Since 2016, following the twin shocks of Brexit and Trump’s election, the concept of a unified transatlantic community seemed to become a relic. But, in Pax Transatlantica, the international historian Jussi Hanhimäki explains why the West is far from over.

Ocean and Climate Ambition from COP25 to COP26 and Beyond – International Partnership on MPAs, Biodiversity, and Climate Change

Tuesday, June 29 // 10–11 am (ET)

Join the Wilson Center's Latin American Program and Environmental Change and Security Program, the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center and Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, Mission Blue, and the Chilean Embassy in the United States, for a public discussion on the importance of the ocean in climate change and biodiversity negotiations.

Report Launch | Building a Better Lebanon

Wednesday, June 30 // 9–10:30 am (ET)

For almost a year and a half, Lebanon has been assailed by compounded crises—specifically, an economic and financial crisis, followed by COVID-19, and lastly, the explosion at the Port of Beirut. A confluence of government malpractice, economic instability and external interference has driven Lebanon’s devastating crisis. Without significant change, there are concerns it could persist indefinitely. Join us for a virtual conference to mark the launch of a report on this topic

Venezuela’s Democratic Unity Platform and the Search for Democratization

Wednesday, June 30 // 11–11:45 am (ET)

In recent years, Venezuela has witnessed an economic, humanitarian, political, and social collapse. The COVID-19 pandemic has further devastated the Venezuelan economy, leading to even deeper poverty and deprivation. Join us for a discussion with leading representatives of the Venezuelan opposition about the prospects for, and path toward, a democratic outcome in Venezuela.

Austrian World Summit 2021: Healthy Planet, Healthy People

Thursday, July 1 // 4–11am (ET)

The Wilson Center's Global Europe Program is partnering with the upcoming Austrian World Summit under the chairmanship of former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

American Perspectives on Transatlantic Data Flows

Thursday, July 1 // 10–11am (ET)

How do U.S. views on privacy rights and data flows compare with European understandings? What might a “comprehensive deal” look like between the U.S. and the EU? What are the fundamental roadblocks and how can they be overcome? Has the appetite for stricter regulations increased in the U.S.?

Legislating U.S.-China Policy: The Strategic Competition Act of 2021

Thursday, July 1 // 2–3pm (ET)

Hundreds of bills aiming to shape U.S.-China policy have been introduced on Capitol Hill over the past five years. The most ambitious, the U.S. Innovation & Competition Act (which includes the Strategic Competition Act), was passed by the Senate in early June, lending impetus to corresponding efforts in the House. While its legislative fate is unknown, Senate passage of the bill provides an excellent opportunity to analyze the bipartisan consensus on China and the many strategies American policymakers are considering as Sino-U.S. competition expands.