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October 25, 2019
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Vice President Michael R. Pence on the U.S.-China Relationship [[link removed]]
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Delivering the Wilson Center’s inaugural Frederic V. Malek Public Service Leadership Lecture, Vice President Pence stated that “the United States does not seek confrontation with China. We seek a level playing field, open markets, fair trade, and a respect for our values.”
Conflict Prevention in a Changing World: The Role of International Organizations [[link removed]]
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“Being a member of the EU, NATO, Council of Europe, I’m set to say that most of these organizations are underperforming now,” said Miroslav Lajčák, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Slovak Republic. “And it’s not the organizations to blame, it’s us to blame – the member states or the participating state.”
The Nixon Forum on U.S.-China Relations [[link removed]]
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A day-long gathering convened leading experts, many of whom contributed to President Richard Nixon’s China policy in the 1970s, or the subsequent development of U.S.-China relations, to assess the current state of affairs between the two global superpowers.
The Story of Evacuees in the USSR During WW II: Impact and Legacy [[link removed]]
[link removed] [[link removed]] Adolf Hitler’s Operation Barbarossa not only posed a serious threat to the government of the Soviet Union. The German invasion of 1942 also compelled millions to flee in its wake. In our latest Wilson Center NOW, we speak with Natalie Belsky, former Kennan Title VIII Research Scholar who has studied the wartime experiences of Soviet evacuees and their interactions with the local communities at sites of resettlement.
Wilson in the News
High Expectations for a New Imperial Dawn (Arab News) [[link removed]]
Shihoko Goto observes that Japan’s new emperor “has shown keen interest in environmental issues… since his student days, which would dovetail with the Japanese government’s own efforts to promote policies to combat climate change.”
America’s Ally in Syria Warns of Ethnic Cleansing by Turkey (The New Yorker) [[link removed]]
In conversation with Robin Wright, Syrian Defense Forces general Mazloum Kobani Abdi says the abrupt U.S. withdrawal “will be awful for Kurdish and American interests in the region.”
Did Canada’s election reveal a more divided nation? (CGTN) [[link removed]]
Eric Miller discusses whether the latest ballot in Canada reflects that nation’s growing diversity, or increasingly-wide divisions and fractures in its politics.
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