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October 21, 2022[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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Public Outrage: A Look at Protest Movements in Iran and the Arab World [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]Marina Ottaway, co-author of A Tale of Four Worlds: The Arab Region After the Uprisings [[link removed]] , and Haleh Esfandiari, Middle East Program Director Emerita and Distinguished Fellow, compare today’s Iran protest movement with the 2009 protests throughout the Arab world. Merissa Khurma moderates this discussion between two of the region’s most knowledgeable experts.
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Liz Truss Resigns as UK Prime Minister Race to the Top on Global Green Infrastructure
“What we might see is a slowdown on some issues related to the UK’s relationship with Europe, and most especially the Northern Ireland protocol that has been so controversial. If progress isn’t made on that issue by the 28th of October, it could mean new elections in Northern Ireland.” -Robin Quinville “There’s a long history of large infrastructure projects not necessarily addressing the needs of countries, and in some instances, exacerbating the problems. So, it’s not that we just need more money, we need the right money. We need to build green infrastructure, sustainable infrastructure, quality infrastructure.” -Elizabeth Losos, Duke University
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Fall 2022As Strong as Our Weakest Link
Few issues are equally complex and vital to our daily lives as global supply chains. Through original photography, thoughtful analysis, and skilled storytelling, the new issue of the Wilson Quarterly examines these complexities alongside innovations to help build resilient supply chains.
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Nearshoring in the Americas COP President Alok Sharma: Looking Back and Stepping Forward
“The real tension I feel exists in this, is a desire among Latin American countries, Caribbean countries, to attract nearshoring investment, and the reluctance of the Biden administration—especially President Biden himself—to talk about nearshoring when he would rather reshore jobs to the United States.” -Cindy Arnson, who joins host John Milewski and other experts to explore the potential of nearshoring to ease supply chain stressors. "It is possible to take on multiple challenges, and to succeed, even in the most challenging times. And indeed, as many climate vulnerable countries have been recognizing for some time, we no longer have the luxury of choice. We have to try and do this simultaneously." -COP President Alok Sharma
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[link removed] [[link removed]] Blog Post | New Security BeatProtecting Human Rights in DRC Cobalt Mines: A US Priority in a Green Transition
“DRC’s abundant cobalt stores present an opportunity to bring widespread benefits—both to its people and to a just global climate transition. Yet there is also a path that leads to turmoil and tragedy.”
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NOW Logo [[link removed]]US Latin American Policy: Is the Current Approach Working?
“I think the Biden administration is committed to [partnership], despite all the obstacles I mentioned... I do think the paradigm has to be about finding opportunity. We can’t be naive, however. I think there are leaders in the region with whom it’s very difficult to have a relationship with.” -Benjamin Gedan, Acting Director of the Wilson Center's Latin American Program and the Director of its Argentina Project.
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Upcoming Events
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Climate Change, Population, and the Shape of the Future [[link removed]]Tuesday, Oct. 25 // 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (ET)
US Policy on Lebanon: A Conversation with Assistant Secretary of State for NEA Ambassador Barbara Leaf [[link removed]]Wednesday, Oct. 26 // 1:30–2:30 p.m. (ET)
Seeking Innovative Solutions for Thirsty Rivers in China, US and the Middle East [[link removed]]Thursday, Oct. 27 // 9–10:15 a.m. (ET)
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Wilson In the News
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Taiwan Is Caught in the Middle of Escalating Tensions Between the US and China (NPR) [[link removed]]
“Noone has articulated a framework that seems feasible, in which a powerful prosperous United States can work constructively with a powerful prosperous China that is still led by the Chinese Communist Party... we’ve lost the more humanistic lens, and are seeing China almost entirely through a security lens instead.” -Robert Daly
The US Takes Aim at China’s Semiconductor Ambitions (World Politics Review) [[link removed]]
“China’s economic prosperity still requires ties to the rest of the world, but the helmsman at the wheel in Beijing continues to increase the varied costs of trading with China, making it a tougher pill for the country’s economic partners to swallow with each passing year.” -Rui Zhong
The Modernization of the IDB Should Proceed (Americas Quarterly) [[link removed]]
"The IDB is to set an example of institutional progress by becoming less bureaucratic and more risk-prone, and thus more innovative and responsive. This is to be facilitated by introducing enhancements to its project design, a new portfolio management system to measure and achieve results, and updated financial and technical instruments.” -Arturo Porzecanski
Why the World Should Be Worried About Chechnya (Foreign Policy) [[link removed]]
“On the surface, Kadyrov sends the message that Chechnya, once Russia’s most rebellious region that paid so dearly for its attempt to secede in the 1990s, is now its most loyal. But it would be a mistake to see Kadyrov’s public displays of fealty as a sign of Russia’s successful pacification of Chechnya.” -Lucian Kim


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