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November 22, 2019
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Bits and Borders: Navigating Asymmetrical Risks in a Digital World [[link removed]]
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“When you talk to companies in IT, in digital media,” says Rob Knake, a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, “most of them, the first thing they will say to the government is: ‘I know you think we’re a U.S. company. But we’re really not. We’re a multinational company.’ So there’s a lot of resistance to anything that looks like cooperating with the U.S. government.”
Ambassador Alice Wells on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor [[link removed]]
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How does China’s Belt and Road Initiative compare with U.S. models for sustainable economic growth in Pakistan? Ambassador Alice Wells, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, examined the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and its implications for Pakistan’s development.
On the Border of Anxiety [[link removed]]
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“Far from creating certainty and clarity, borders are now places associated with immense anxiety,” writes Beth Simmons, the Andrea Mitchell University Professor of Law, Political Science and Business Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania, in the latest issue of The Wilson Quarterly .
U.S.-Ukraine Relations: “Tenuous” [[link removed]]
[link removed] [[link removed]] Impeachment proceedings underway in Washington are testing the partnership between the United States and Ukraine in unique ways. In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, Nina Jankowicz, author and Disinformation Fellow with the Science and Technology Innovation Program, discusses the challenges posed by close public scrutiny of the relationship, as well as areas of continued cooperation such as cyber-warfare and the state of the conflict in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
Wilson in the News
In Hong Kong, Beijing’s tough talk could spark a constitutional crisis (Washington Post) [[link removed]]
“Rather than addressing the underlying political questions,” writes Michael C. Davis, “the government has focused on strengthening law enforcement, including banning all face masks.”
As Impeachment Hearings Go On, a War Rages In Ukraine (WYNC) [[link removed]]
Nina Jankowicz examines how Ukraine is navigating the ongoing conflict with Russia that is at the heart of high-profile Congressional hearings.
How to Answer Chinese Atrocities in Xinjiang (Wall Street Journal) [[link removed]]
Bradley Jardine examines possible responses to Beijing’s escalating brutality in Xinjiang province.
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