Wilson Weekly
November 15, 2019

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Geopolitics and the 5G Supply Chain

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"We are interconnected,” says Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. “Networks don’t know, or respect, national boundaries, as nation-states would. So we need to take steps to ensure that we do protect ourselves.”

See also | 5G and Security: There is More to Worry about than Huawei


Democracies, Dictatorships and Grand Strategy

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“Polarization also has made it increasingly difficult, I think, for the [U.S.] government to exercise any kind of effort at grand strategy,” says Daniel Drezner, Professor of International Politics at The Fletcher School at Tufts University.


Protests in Chile: The Path Forward

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Experts on Chile discussed the underlying causes of unrest that have led thousands of citizens into the streets of that nation. Can dialogue between the government and the opposition parties offer hope for a resolution?

 

Conflict, Governance, and Agriculture in the Central African Republic

Can revitalizing the agricultural sector sustain peacebuilding efforts in the Central African Republic and elsewhere in Africa? In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we speak with Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Scholar Paterne Mombe, who discusses the impact the five-year conflict in the Central African Republic has had on subsistence farmer’s food production, and how it has exacerbated rampant poverty among rural populations.

 

 

Wilson in the News

Which Democratic candidate has the best policies on social media? (Washington Post)

Nina Jankowicz analyzes a bipartisan social media policy proposed by Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN).

After Six Decades, Turkey Is Now a U.S. Ally in Name Only (The New Yorker)

“Since the coup attempt [in 2016],” observes Robin Wright, “Erdoğan’s repression has led to deepening alarm in both the United States government and among human-rights groups.”

Political Situation in Venezuela (C-SPAN)

Cynthia J. Arnson says that she finds the current situation in Venezuela “extremely grim… in political, in economic, and in social and humanitarian terms.”

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