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June 3, 2022[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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A Rocky Road to the Summit [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]“Having just had a virtual bi-lat with President Biden on April 29, I think it’s, to be charitable, unfortunate, that he chose to make this announcement in a press conference instead of conveying it directly to the White House.” —Dr. Richard Feinberg on Mexico President López Obrador saying he would not attend the Ninth Summit of the Americas being hosted by the U.S. next week, if Colombia, Venezuela, and Nicaragua are not invited.
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Opportunity and Risk: Mining and the Green Energy Transition The Echo of Chechnya in Russia's War with Ukraine
“This decade must be the decade of ambitious climate action. Thankfully, we have the technologies to make it happen, but we need to deploy clean energy in a sustainable and equitable way. As we see here in America, it is an amazing opportunity.” —Rep. Kathy Castor, Chair, Select Committee on the Climate Crisis “I remember everyone was talking about filtration camps during that time. The Chernokozovo filtration camp where Russian military interrogated Chechen prisoners. So now, when I’m covering news in Ukraine and I hear again about filtration and cleansings, I am very traumatized by the similarities.” —Anna Nemtsova, Moscow Correspondent, The Daily Beast ; Newsweek ; The Fuller Project for International Reporting
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[link removed] [[link removed]] Stubborn Things | Blog PostForty Percent of the World Food Program’s Wheat Supplies Come from Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing wheat prices to rise, but what isn’t getting enough attention is the impact that it’s having on the world as Ukraine accounts for 40% of the World Food Program’s wheat supplies. Learn more in the latest post from Wilson Center President and CEO Mark Green.
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A Cold War with China? The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and What It Means for the United States
“No one wants to call it a cold war because it’s depressing and it’s a failure and we thought that we were better than this and we’d moved beyond it. And we’ve been learning in all kinds of ways in our domestic and international politics that we haven’t progressed as much as we thought.” -Robert Daly, Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States. This insightful discussion with key industry representatives from the semiconductor, automobile, rare earths, and infrastructure sectors assesses how the U.S. economic strategy will promote American business interests in the Indo-Pacific. Learn more from the experts.
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[link removed] [[link removed]] A Campaign for Freedom: Cultivating Democracy in the 21st Century
A new report from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute’s Center for Freedom and Democracy shares five key recommendations to foster democracy from its bipartisan Westminster 2.0 Working Group, co-chaired by Wilson Center President & CEO Mark Green.
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NOW Logo [[link removed]]Can Supply Meet Demand?: The Evolution of Global Supply Chains
“Before, there was this assumption that goods miraculously showed up at the store or at the door.” Can supply meet demand? Find out more about the evolution of global supply chains from Duncan Wood in this edition of NOW with John Milewski.
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Upcoming Events
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A Path to Self-Sufficiency: Advancing Venezuelan Refugee Integration in the Americas [[link removed]]Tuesday, June 7 // 4:30–7:00 p.m. (ET)
Understanding and Overcoming Barriers to Entrepreneurship for Women in MENA [[link removed]]Wednesday, June 8 // 10–11:00 a.m. (ET)
Accelerating Lessons Learned from State-Level Climate and Environmental Policies for U.S. Climate Action [[link removed]]Thursday, June 9 // 3–4:30 p.m. (ET)
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Wilson In the News
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The Quad Looks West (Foreign Policy) [[link removed]]
“The Quad’s new maritime initiative raises the possibility that two of the group’s fundamental goals—promoting stability and providing public goods—will extend more fully into the Indian Ocean region and the states that straddle it.” —Michael Kugelman
North Korea Scrambles to Contain Coronavirus Outbreak While Trying to Flex its Power (PBS) [[link removed]]
“It’s hard not to see this as a kind of rebuke or response, to that show of strength. Interesting that it wasn’t timed to take place during the visit, but just after the visit.” —Jean Lee on Newshour
Türkiye has Put a Hold on Sweden and Finland's NATO Applications (TRT World) [[link removed]]
“What we’re afraid of is that this will first of all possibly endanger our forces, which are operating all over the place, and secondly, will undercut the relative stability in that region.” —Ambassador James Jeffrey on One on One on Turkey’s signal that it could launch a new operation against the YPG.
Colombia's Presidential Election Could be a Historic Win for the Left in Latin America (KCBS) [[link removed]]
“It’s a really big toss up because the anti-Petro vote is also very, very strong. If he goes into a second round against Gutiérrez, the former mayor of Medellín, I think he will win.” —Cynthia Arnson on KCBS-FM radio.


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