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March 18, 2022[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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Who is Vladimir Putin? A Conversation with Baroness Catherine Ashton [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]“I think he’s afraid of democracy. I think what he sees as countries move towards and choose a democratic future are the prospects of what that would mean for his own country and for his own position and for the people around him.” —Baroness Catherine Ashton in conversation with Wilson Center President and CEO, Ambassador Mark Green, as part of our Hindsight Up Front: Ukraine programming.
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Ukraine and the Arctic: Perspectives, Impacts, and Implications Putin’s Colossal Intelligence Failure
“In the past eighteen days you and I have witnessed the fabric of Arctic cooperation fraying because of the actions of one Arctic nation, outside of the Arctic region. But the implications of these actions have rippled through every facet of the Arctic,” said Mike Sfraga, Founding Director of the Polar Institute and Chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, in his opening remarks of this riveting dialogue between leading Arctic experts. “It’s telling that when Putin massed his military on Ukraine’s border under the guise of exercises this winter, he did not fool the United States but managed to bluff his own people, from the top of his entourage to the rank-and-file soldiers who suddenly found themselves in the line of fire.” —Lucian Kim, Fellow, and Moscow Bureau Chief of NPR
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[link removed] [[link removed]] 2022 Latin American Program Awards
The Latin American Program honored five prominent civic and corporate leaders at a Wilson Awards Gala, held in Miami on March 8, in a ceremony coinciding with International Women’s Day. Watch the ceremony and learn more about the impressive honorees.
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Reducing the Risks in the Arctic During a Time of Increased Volatility The Power of Ukrainian Song
In this instructive essay, Denmark’s Foreign Minister examines how a dramatically changed Arctic security environment bring challenges – and opportunities. In this eloquent blog post, Blair Ruble draws on the history of arts in Ukraine to make the case that a night at the theater, the concert hall, or a night club is always about more than an entertaining backdrop to the political and economic forces that really matter.
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NOW Logo [[link removed]]Vladimir Putin and the "Weaponization of History"
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, Senior Program Associate at the Kennan Institute, Izabella Tabarovsky, and Journalist and Global Fellow, Katie Stallard discuss how Vladimir Putin has twisted history in an attempt to justify his invasion of Ukraine.
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Upcoming Events
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The Changing Landscape of GCC Security [[link removed]]Wednesday, March 23 // 10–11:00 a.m. (ET)
Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Russian Women in the Anti-War Movement [[link removed]]Wednesday, March 23 // 1–2:30 p.m. (ET)
Reading Canada: Canada in NATO, 1949-2019 [[link removed]]Thursday, March 24 // 2–3:00 p.m. (ET)
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Wilson In the News
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For Better Middle Eastern Relations Tomorrow, Engage Youth Today (The Hill) [[link removed]]
With successful youth-focused efforts in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, Wilson President and CEO Ambassador Mark Green calls for a similar effort in the Middle East.
Kim Jong-un Is Just Getting Started (New York Times) [[link removed]]
In this New York Times guest essay, Jean Lee asserts that recent North Korean ballistic missile tests are about a lot more than just attention.
China's Role in the Russia-Ukraine War (KNX-FM) [[link removed]]
“At the political and strategic level, they have a shared animosity and dislike of the United States, the international rules-based order that the United States created after the second World War, and they’d like to revise that system to be more accommodating to their interests.”—Abraham Denmark on In Depth .
China Won’t Get Secondary Sanctions for not Distancing Itself from Russia (CNBC) [[link removed]]
Robert Daly of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States tells CNBC’s Squawk Box that China’s ability to bail out Russia is “very limited,” and it would pay a high “reputational cost” if it did so.


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