Wilson In the News
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U.S.-China Competition for Influence in Southeast Asia (CNBC International)
“Most of the countries in the region have China as their primary trading partner, and they benefit from that relationship… But while they like the economic relationship with China, they also are deeply suspicious of Beijing’s political motives and want the United States to be involved as an off-shore balancer.” – Robert Daly, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
Pakistan’s Friendship with the Taliban Is Changing (Foreign Policy)
“The Taliban’s dependence on Pakistan gave leverage to Islamabad, enabling it to influence Taliban behavior on the battlefield and, more recently, to bring the group to negotiations with the U.S. government. But such leverage is unlikely to endure now that the Taliban fully control Afghanistan and have declared the war over.” – Michael Kugelman, Deputy Director and Senior Associate for South Asia
Ask the Experts: What’s Happening in Mexico? (TPR “The Source”)
“They’re going to look and see is there a way that Mexico can increase some of the production that will help provide some of the supply chains in the future, and it will be right nearby, it won’t be somewhere over in East Asia, where most of the production is going on right now.” – Public Policy Fellow Earl Anthony Wayne
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