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June 10, 2022[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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The Wilson Center Launches the Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative (RAFDI) [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]With protracted conflicts and persecution causing more people to be displaced from their homes worldwide, the Wilson Center Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative (RAFDI) will help policymakers and practitioners meet this growing and urgent challenge. Find out more.
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A Path to Self-Sufficiency: Advancing Venezuelan Refugee Integration in the Americas What Can the Korean War Teach Us About Bringing COVID-19 Vaccines to North Korea?
Blanca, Yadira, and Edwin are just a few of the Venezuelan refugees you'll hear from at this event brought to you by the Wilson Center’s new Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative. With support from the Conrad Hilton Foundation, speakers include Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez, President of the Republic of Equador Guillermo Lasso, and other high-level policymakers. “It seems incomprehensible that, despite a two-year-long global pandemic, North Korea has declined the World Health Organization’s offer of the AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access initiative, refusing to vaccinate its citizens.” Yemok Jeon looks to the past to explain this mystery, and more.
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[link removed] [[link removed]] Wilson Smart TakeA Look at the Summit of the Americas
“Manufacturers right now are in distant lands, sometimes in authoritarian countries and went there seeking only the lowest costs, are now reconsidering their supply chain. And there are real opportunities to move them to Latin America, a region graphically convenient in many cases has great market access, and importantly, is largely Democratic.” —Benjamin Gedan, Acting Director, Latin American Program
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Dr. Yazan Hijazi on Modernizing Education in MENA through Entrepreneurship Disillusioned Youth: A Danger to Democracy
“In Jordan, there is a stigma, and a mindset, that technical education... is somehow of a lesser degree. And the reality is, if you look at highly evolved ecosystems, take Germany for example, the people that developed Mercedes and BMW are technicians.” —Dr. Yazan Hijazi, Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Excellence at Al Hussein Technical University (HTU) in Amman, Jordan. Co-authors Steven Gale and Mat Burros posit that growing disengagement from youth stems from a lack of faith in democratic institutions to solve today’s challenges, rather than ignorance of the stakes involved.
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Spring 2022Egypt and the U.S.: A Partnership Rooted in the Past
The United States has long considered Egypt a strategic partner and a major non-NATO ally. But with a dreadful human rights record and dwindling returns, author Marina Ottaway says it’s time for the U.S. to reevaluate its relationship to Egypt.
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NOW Logo [[link removed]]Beyond Sanctions: Is a Global Response to Rising Authoritarianism Possible?
“I was sent to a military prison where I spent the next four years in solitary confinement. I was sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2017. By the end of 2017 I was sent to house arrest. From house arrest I called for the people to continue to protest, and that day I was sent back to military prison.” Leopoldo Lopez, Public Policy Fellow and National Coordinator of the Voluntad Popular political party, Venezuela, now in exile and working to combat rising authoritarianism.
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Upcoming Events
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The Marshall Plan at 75: Lessons for Ukraine? [[link removed]]Monday, June 13 // 2–3:00 p.m. (ET)
The Impact of Violence Against Women on Central American Migration [[link removed]]Wednesday, June 15 // 9–11:30 a.m. (ET)
Trade, Minerals, and the Green Transition in Greenland: A Conversation with Prime Minister Múte B. Egede [[link removed]]Wednesday, June 15 // 1–3:00 p.m. (ET)
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Wilson In the News
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In South Asia, a Reminder that Poor Economics can be Poor Politics (The Wire) [[link removed]]
Sanjay Kathuria writes the fate of Pakistani and Sri Lankan leaders is a timely reminder that good economics may not always be enough to get leaders re-elected, and poor economics can hasten their political exit even if they have illustrious surnames.
William Pomeranz on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine (C-SPAN) [[link removed]]
“There are indications that within the Russian military there is some discontent in terms of how the invasion has proceeded. Gauging Russian public opinion is very difficult, as Russians are not ready to voice their independent opinion on this invasion.” The Kennan Institute’s Will Pomeranz on Washington Journal .
Westminster 2.0 Links U.S. Democracy to Global Freedom (Real Clear Politics) [[link removed]]
As the world watches Ukraine fight for freedom and democracy, Wilson Center President & CEO Mark Green and Kenneth Wollack, Chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy, draw lessons from Ronald Reagan’s famous Westminster speech, 40 years ago this week, which is more relevant than ever. Read more in their op-ed.
North Korea Tensions Heighten (CBS) [[link removed]]
“We don’t have a whole lot of options, right? But that said, will this deter North Korea from conducting a nuclear weapons test? No, it will not. It will absolutely go through more testing and for us to actually get to the negotiations phase, we will have to go through another round of crisis.” —Sue Mi Terry, Director of the Asia Program.
There’s a Reason Kim Jong-un Wants Us to Know About North Korea’s Covid Outbreak (New York Times) [[link removed]]
“It’s a frightening prospect for an unvaccinated, undernourished nation of 25 million people. But bad news does not escape North Korea without a reason. Finally acknowledging a viral outbreak may be part of a strategy by its leader, Kim Jong-un, to re-engage with the outside world. The world should be ready to engage, too,” writes Fellow Jean Lee in the New York Times.


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