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January 14, 2022[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
On the Horizon 2022 [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]During a time of deep geopolitical uncertainty, Wilson Center experts look ahead to the most significant issues facing global governance in what is sure to be another tumultuous year.
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The Alliance for Development in Democracy: A Conversation Among Diplomats Understanding the Recent Turmoil in Kazakhstan
Last year, the presidents of Panama, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic came together to launch the Alliance for Development in Democracy to strengthen democracy and economic growth between the countries. We check in with their respective Foreign Ministers. Sparked by protests about the price of gas in the country, the government of Kazakhstan has cracked down on civilian demonstrators, cut off internet for much of the country, and called in support from the Russian government to handle opposition. Former U.S. Ambassador George Krol explains these and other dramatic shifts.
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[link removed] [[link removed]] Wilson Smart Take: Kazakhstan
William Pomeranz, Deputy Director of the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute, helps viewers understand what's happening in Kazakhstan and why it matters in this Wilson Smart Take.
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The Geopolitical Implications of the European Green Deal War and Politics in Libya, Yemen, and Syria
Diplomats, scholars and policymakers from Austria, the EU and U.S. join in discussion around the European Union's Green Deal, its implications for climate diplomacy, its impact on transatlantic relations, and more. “The problem is that politics requires the presence of political parties, rather than of armed groups, but such political parties do not exist in a meaningful form,” writes Marina Ottaway in the latest from our Viewpoint series.
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NOW Logo [[link removed]]History Interrupted
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, John Milewski talks with Jason Steinhauer, whose latest book explores how social media and the internet are changing our understanding of the past.
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Upcoming Events
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Challenges Facing Mexico's National Electoral Institute: A Conversation with President Councilor Lorenzo Córdova [[link removed]]Monday, Jan. 24 // 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (ET)
A “Ministry of Truth” 2021: Fighting Fake News the Old-Fashioned Way [[link removed]]Monday, Jan. 24 // 1:30–2:30 p.m. (ET)
Antarctic Marine Conservation: Policy Directions and Current Challenges [[link removed]]Tuesday, Jan. 25 // 10–11:30 a.m. (ET)
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Wilson In the News
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U.S. on the Sidelines of Historic Middle East Transformation (The Hill) [[link removed]]
Wilson Center Director and CEO, Ambassador Mark Green and Public Policy Fellow Hallam Ferguson analyze the "seismic political realignment underway in the Middle East.”
North Korea Launch Prompts FAA Ground Stop (CNN) [[link removed]]
“These missiles, if they’re equipped with nuclear weapons, can reach Seoul in less than a minute,” says Sue Mi Terry on The Situation Room .
U.S.-Mexico Relations: One Step Forward, Three Steps Back (The Hill) [[link removed]]
“Bilateral dialogue is the way forward to secure progress and is crucial to resolving critical supply chain disruptions, the unremitting effects of COVID-19 and transnational crime. However, a set of current policies in Mexico, if left unchecked, can set both countries back to the status quo,” writes Andrew Rudman and Diego Marroquin Bitar.
U.S. and Russia at Negotiating Table in Geneva (PRI) [[link removed]]
“President Biden has said we will not become involved militarily in Ukraine, so that the only real leverage we have is economic leverage, and there’s been a variety of talk about various sort of sanctions...”—William Pomeranz on PRI’s The World


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