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August 19, 2022[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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India and Pakistan at 75⁠—A Dialogue with Akbar Ahmed and Nirupama Rao [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]“Despite all the animosity that led to the partition of the subcontinent, India and Pakistan as newly sovereign states, attempted very consciously and seriously to manage that relationship in a way that would address some of these divisions and enable the strengthening of institutions within each country.” -Former Indian Foreign Secretary Nirapauma Rao reflects on the past to help direct the future of India-Pakistan relations in this special collaboration between the Asia Program and Wilson Center NOW.
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Strengthening the Role of African Sovereign Wealth Funds in the International Financial System Ambassador David Hale Interviews Lebanon's Newly Elected Independent MP Mark Daou
“Africa needs to become the safe space for the deployment of capital, for the repositioning of supply chains, and the place for higher returns on investment.” -Chinoelo Anohu, Head and Senior Director, Africa Investment Forum, African Development Bank. “When you're challenging an incumbent, whose family has been in the business since 1926 and losing the seat close to 100 years... I think what really changed is Twitter, Facebook, Instagram—the ability to connect with the new voter.” -Marc Daou, Lebanon’s newly elected Member of Parliament.
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[link removed] [[link removed]] The 2023-24 Fellowship Competition is Now Open!
The Wilson Center invites scholars, practitioners, journalists, and public intellectuals to take part in its flagship international Fellowship Program. We accept policy-relevant, non-advocacy fellowship proposals that address key challenges confronting the United States and the world. Apply by October 1st.
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Wilson Center Expert Analysis of the Inflation Reduction Act The Future of US-Colombia Relations
Our experts analyze the newly signed Inflation Reduction Act signed. Find out what they think will work, and what won’t, in this massive legislative undertaking meant to address health, climate change, and more. “The Colombian democracy has matured to such an extent, that in the year 2022, for the first time, in at least modern Colombian history, in a free, open, democratic election, the Colombian people could elect a candidate of the left. By definition, we have not dealt with this situation before.” -William Brownfield, former US ambassador to Chile, Venezuela, and Colombia.
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Upcoming Events
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Alaska's Minerals: A Strategic National Imperative [[link removed]]Monday, Aug. 22–Tuesday, Aug. 23 // 12:30–9:30 p.m. (ET)
Ripples of War | Six Months Since Russia’s Invasion into Ukraine [[link removed]]Wednesday, Aug. 24 // 10–11:30 a.m. (ET)
Roundtable Discussion on US-Mexico Supply Chain Resiliency [[link removed]]Wednesday, Aug. 24 // 12–1:30 p.m. (ET)
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Wilson In the News
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Ayatollah Khomeini Never Read Salman Rushdie’s Book (New Yorker) [[link removed]]
“One of the most striking facts about Hadi Matar, a Lebanese American who leaped onto the amphitheater stage at the Chautauqua Institution on Friday and stabbed Rushdie ten times in the face, arm, and abdomen, was that he born in the US almost a decade after the fatwa was issued.”-Robin Wright
How HIMARS and Sanctions Are Choking Russia's Weapons Trade (Newsweek) [[link removed]]
"The unsophisticated nature of the weapons that they are using now—yes, they're causing unbelievable suffering and damage—but I don't believe that any third country looking at Russian dumb bombs that blow up a building will look at that and say: 'Oh, yes, that's what we want'." -Ambassador Mark A. Green
Robert Daly on US-China Relations (C-SPAN) [[link removed]]
"If you’re going to have a workable foreign policy, if your diplomacy is going to proceed on a rational basis, you have to think not only about your reasons for going to Taiwan, but you have to think about what China is likely to do in response.” -Robert Daly on Washington Journal
Engagement With Myanmar’s Junta Has Failed (Foreign Policy) [[link removed]]
“But the military, as a totally closed institution, is insulated from outside influence and paranoid of any interference. Since the military first seized power in 1962, it has made itself into a self-sufficient and self-serving institution, which some regard as a ‘state within a state.’” -Ye Myo Hein


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