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December 17, 2021[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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Iran’s Nuclear Challenge at a Crossroads: Dilemmas of a Threshold State [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]Negotiations between Iran and the world’s major powers are playing out against the backdrop of a new report that found Iran has breached the 2015 nuclear agreement, accelerated its nuclear program and, some experts say, could acquire enough material to produce a nuclear bomb in as little as three weeks. Robert Litwak offers options for policymakers.
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Biennial Lecture Series Hosts Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat. Inspiring Environmental Good Through Games
The African Continental Free Trade Area was years in the making and is poised to transform African development. Nearly one year since trading under the framework began after a COVID-driven postponement, we hear from H.E. Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General of the AfCFTA Secretariat, in this Brown Capital Management Forum event. By putting the control in the hands of the public, games are bringing research on leading environmental issues, like ocean plastic pollution, conservation, and climate change, to life. From Pokémon Go to The Plastic Pipeline and others, learn how these games are engaging audiences to learn, act, and grow into environmental do-gooders.
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[link removed] [[link removed]] Explainer: The Islamic State in 2021
The Islamic State continues to be a highly active and lethal insurgent force in the Middle East, particularly in rural Iraq and Syria. Cole Bunzel offers this insightful year-end briefing.
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A Conversation with Ambassador Melanne Verveer Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Plastic Waste
Ambassador Verveer joined our Middle East Program Director for a riveting conversation about raising global awareness of women’s rights and empowerment, how to support women in Afghanistan and across the MENA region, and more. Presented by the Haleh Esfandiari Forum. In this Wilson Smart Take, Director of the China Environment Forum, Jennifer Turner, comments on a new report that shows the U.S. is the number one generator of plastic waste.
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NOW Logo [[link removed]]Squid Game and the Growth of South Korean Soft Power
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, Sue Mi Terry discusses the increasing global appeal and reach of South Korean pop culture and how this soft power is increasingly seen as a source of strength and influence on the international stage.
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Upcoming Events
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Thirteen Clocks: How Race United the Colonies and Made the Declaration of Independence [[link removed]]Monday, Dec. 20, 2021 // 4-5:30 p.m. ET
Antarctic Marine Conservation: Policy Directions and Current Challenges [[link removed]]Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022 // 10-11:30 a.m. ET
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Wilson In the News
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A Deal Is Still Possible in Syria (Foreign Affairs) [[link removed]]
Ambassador James Jeffrey writes that Washington must stop ignoring the Syrian conflict, a “festering wound at the heart of the Middle East.”
How Bahrain is Advancing Women’s Rights and Abraham Accords (Jerusalem Post) [[link removed]]
While Bahrain has advanced tremendously in its economic and social sectors, more work still needs to be done on the human rights front, writes Eddy Acevedo.
Authoritarians Are Using Migrants as Weapons. The White House Frets it's on the Rise (NPR) [[link removed]]
Sherri Goodman tells NPR’s Morning Edition that China is using all its "instruments of political influence."
Biden Must Choose Between Appeasement and Deterrence in Ukraine (Foreign Policy) [[link removed]]
Nigel Gould-Davies writes Russia’s threat on the Ukrainian border is not a bluff, but forceful U.S. financial sanctions could stop Putin from another land grab.


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