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September 10, 2021[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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9/11 Twenty Years Later: Lee Hamilton and Tom Kean Look Back and Ahead [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]“I think you follow what works. It worked. We had a tough job, but five Republicans and five Democrats who didn't know each other before we got together, over a period of time made recommendations that made the country a lot safer and that were accepted in a bipartisan manner,” said Tom Kean, Chair of the 9/11 Commission in this interview.
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The Global Impact of 9/11: Twenty Years On Hindsight Up Front: Implications of Afghanistan Withdrawal for China and Russia
Nadia Oweidat, Assistant Professor of History and Security Studies, Kansas State University and Fellow with the Middle East program explains, “The war of ideas is still in full bloom, it is not over yet, because the grievances are still there." The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s return to power have major implications for two key U.S. competitors: China and Russia. What do developments in Afghanistan mean for their interests and for their relations with Afghanistan?
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[link removed] [[link removed]] 911/Twenty Years On
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the attacks on September 11th, 2001. Since then, the Wilson Center has engaged scholars, veterans, practitioners, and many more in analyzing the impact of these attacks both domestically and internationally. Pulling together events, essays, and reports over the past 20 years, this collection serves as a memorial and resource.
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Germany and Great Power Competition Turkey Strikes Yazidis in Iraq... Again
“What we can say is that the new movement in the debate, the new consensus among the German parties that is slowly emerging is that what we are facing is competition and cooperation amongst the backdrop of systemic rivalry,” says Janka Oertel, Director, Asia Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations, about Germany’s changing relationship with China. Amy Austin Holmes has been tracking attacks that Turkey has been making against Kurdish and Yazidi regions in Iraq and Syria for quite some time. And with so much going on in the world, many may have missed the fact that Turkey has struck again, this time killing a popular Yazidi leader within Iraqi territory.
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NOW Logo [[link removed]]The 19th Hijacker
“The Shanksville hijacker pilot was different in two really important ways. One, he was not Saudi Arabian… and two., he almost pulled out of the 9/11 operation about a month before 9/11 itself. And he almost did so because of a romantic relationship. I was instantly interested.”
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Upcoming Events
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The Abraham Accords One Year Later: Assessing the Impact and What Lies Ahead [[link removed]]Monday, Sept. 13 // 12–1pm (ET)
AI and Allies in the Indo-Pacific: Enhancing Shared Security and Defense [[link removed]]Tuesday, Sept. 14 // 10–11am (ET)
Confronting the China Conundrum: Perspectives Beyond the United States [[link removed]]Thursday, Sept. 16, // 9–10:30am (ET)
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Wilson In the News
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The U.S. and Mexico Take Steps to Strengthen Ties (The Hill) [[link removed]]
Anthony Wayne makes the case for improved cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico: “If you grouped together the U.S. and Mexican border states, they would amount to the third largest economy in the world.”
Threat Assessment Today (The World) [[link removed]]
Robin Wright tells PRI’s The World : “The stunning thing is that many in the military and some at very high levels have said to me, is that the United States never really understood Afghanistan. I think personally, that is mirrored throughout the Middle East.”
An Undebated Aspect (Dawn) [[link removed]]
“The world has perceived the Afghan exodus in recent days as a rejection of repressive Taliban ideology. But this oversimplified narrative ignores the reality that ideology itself is a luxury for many Afghans—many are fleeing in search of food, medicine and jobs.” Huma Yusuf makes the case for addressing climate change in Afghanistan.


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