Wilson Weekly
November 22, 2019

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Bits and Borders: Navigating Asymmetrical Risks in a Digital World

Video & key quotes

“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

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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

Wilson Quarterly

“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”

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)

“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)

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)

Bradley Jardine examines possible responses to Beijing’s escalating brutality in Xinjiang province.

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