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July 23, 2021[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
Gaining Hindsight Up Front [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]As the U.S. leaves Afghanistan, that nation’s future is more uncertain than ever. The Wilson Center’s new initiative will keep you informed about where Afghanistan and its people are headed – and why it matters in the region and beyond.
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Ransomware Everywhere: Advancing Responsible State Behavior in Cyberspace Nicaragua's Simmering Crisis and the U.S. Policy Response
“We have not, in any way, established deterrence,” says U.S. Rep. Jim Himes. “A sense that these adventures will be met with very costly responses." “All these countries [such as Nicaragua] are close to us,” says U.S. Rep. Albio Spires, Chair of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. “Yet we're not close to those countries. And


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Summer 2021Conflict/Resolution
The Summer 2021 issue of The Wilson Quarterly examines treaties and negotiations. What’s next for global collaboration in a moment of polarization, hypernationalism, and political violence?
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[link removed] [[link removed]] Podcast | NEED TO KNOWNicaragua's Election Quagmire
Global Fellow Eric L. Olson notes that Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega “is seeking yet another term in office, despite the fact that he’s very unpopular.”


NOW Logo [[link removed]]Can Cities Survive and Thrive in a Post-Pandemic World?
Can U.S. cities use the pandemic to increase their sustainability and resilience? Distinguished Fellow Blair Ruble and Allison Garland, Project Director for the Urban Sustainability Laboratory, discuss how COVID-19 has spurred a reimagining and reevaluation of cities and urbanization.
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Upcoming Events
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Arctic Security Dialogues IV | Progress on the Department of the Air Force Arctic Strategy [[link removed]]Tuesday, July 27 // 11:30am–12:30pm (ET)
Hindsight up Front: Ambassador Mark Green in conversation with Gen. David Petraeus and Sir John Scarlett [[link removed]]Wednesday, July 28 // 10–11am (ET)
Jordan's Digital Future: A Conversation with Jordanian Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship [[link removed]]Thursday, July 29 // 9–10am (ET)
Moving Day: Nearshoring Opportunities in Latin America [[link removed]]Thursday, July 29 // 9–10:30am (ET)
Going Digital: The Future of Digital Trade in Latin America [[link removed]]Thursday, July 29 // 11am–12pm (ET)
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Wilson In the News
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Iran’s Kidnapping Plot Exposes Its Paranoia (The New Yorker) [[link removed]]
Robin Wright observes that Iranian-born journalist and activist Masih Alinejad “didn’t believe the F.B.I” when it warned her about plots “to kidnap or kill her” in exile in the United States.
Afghanistan: Echoes of Vietnam? (The Ellsworth American) [[link removed]]
In both conflicts, “the U.S. ended up negotiating a ‘peace settlement’ directly with their battlefield adversaries and the U.S. partner governments were left out of the process,” writes Marvin Ott.
USAID Must Protect the Integrity of its Humanitarian Aid Programs (Devex) [[link removed]]
Bill Steiger urges the Biden administration to “increase funding to support the important structural reforms at USAID that improved the agency’s vetting of partners.”


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