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November 18, 2022

Wilson Weekly

Meeting Africa’s Demographic Challenge

“By 2100, Africa will be home to about a third of humanity. It is and will remain the most youthful continent for the remainder of this century and probably into the next, with younger demographics that favor faster population growth.” -Co-authors Phillip Carter III and Stephen Schwartz, tell us what’s at stake for the US-Africa strategy in the New Security Beat.

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Podcast | KennanX

Fighting Strategic Corruption with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

“The reason we can't do anything about climate change is because of fossil fuel dark money. And those groups are fighting disclosure with every tool that they have, because they want to be able to protect their own dark influence in America.” -Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, in conversation with Jill Dougherty.

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Event | Video

The US Revolution on Innovative Infrastructure and Intelligent Transportation

“If the United States is going to remain at the forefront of innovation, manufacturing, and safety, we have to make sure that our nation is engaging all stakeholders, making bold investments, and working across the aisle... to get the necessary policies right to support the safe deployment of autonomous vehicles and other automobile policy.” -US Representative Debbie Dingell.

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Fall 2022

North America in the Global Car Chase

When it comes to securing supply chains, Christopher Sands, director of the Wilson Center’s Canada Institute asks, “Will we drive the future, or crash and burn?” Read more in the latest issue of the Wilson Quarterly.

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Women Led Protests in Iran Evolve: Regime Controlled Industries are the Next Targets

“The protests since September 2022 are not like the ones in 2009, 2018 or 2019. The protesters are young and brave; they no longer want mere reforms and have defied the crackdowns.” Read more from Elham Gheytanchi in the Middle East Program’s Viewpoints Series.

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Blockchain Technology: Pain, Perspective, and Positivity

“The acute symptom that we are witnessing in the cryptocurrency market represents a lack of trust in an institution which has been a key player in the advancement of the industry... The irony about the events unfolding at FTX is that blockchain technology and cryptocurrency was designed to address vulnerabilities resulting from trust in centralized institutions.” -Kellee Wicker, Alan N. Rechtschaffen & Mirza Suleymanov for the Digital Features Project.

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Video | Smart Take

Key Takeaways from COP27

“We need to put the sense of nature positive as important as carbon neutrality. And that means having at least 30 percent of the countries with territory that is declared as protected territory, that is part of this conservation campaign that is needed in the course of the next eighty years.” -Former President of Colombia, Iván Duque Màrquez

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Eight Billion and Counting: How Population Trends Shape Our World

“We see such stark divides in birth, death, and migration trends around the world. Japan’s median age is 48 years old... in Nigeria, [it’s] 18. People don’t get to choose where they’re born, but their circumstances in life are very much dictated by where they are born.” -Author and demographer Jennifer Sciubba in conversation with Wilson Center NOW host, John Milewski.

Upcoming Events

On Account of Sex: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Making of Gender Equality Law

Monday, Nov. 21 // 4–5:30 pm (ET)

Feeding the World: A Conversation with Latin American Agriculture Ministers

Monday, Nov. 28 // 10–11:15 am (ET)

The Road Ahead for I2U2: An American, Emirati, Israeli, and Indian Partnership

Monday, Nov. 28 // 1–2 pm (ET)

Between the Eagle and the Dragon: Challenges and Opportunities for South Korea

Tuesday, Nov. 29 // 8–11:30 am (ET)

Wilson In the News

China Perspective: Will There be Any Change in China-US Relationship After G20 Summit? (Money FM)

“I think what we need to focus on in the coming period is cooperation. Global infrastructure where China has taken a lead, is one area in which both countries can clearly cooperate.” -Global Fellow Sadek Wahba

As Earth Surpasses 8 Billion People, 'The Planet can Feed and Sustain Billions More,' Demographer Says (The World)

“We know that [India] is one area of the world that is about to be the most populous country in the world, really, any day now it will surpass China, and standards of living there are rising. So, how do we equip Indians to have a rising standard of living, a better quality of life, but in a way that will be sustainable for them and their environment?” -Jennifer Sciubba

This Morning's Top Headlines - Nov. 16 (NBC News)

“This was inevitable... you have an ongoing Russian invasion, aggression in Ukraine, and at the eve of this near crisis, the Russians have fired another salvo of rockets and drones, basically all over Ukraine... what I think is notable is that the Poles, the nations in the West if you will, have not completely, right off the bat condemned Russia.” -Peter Zwack

Elon Musk Just Bought $44 Billion of Scrutiny in the US—and China (World Politics Review)

“It’s worth noting that his global business interests include more than $7 billion in US government contracts with SpaceX for space projects, contracts that have similarly been called into question because of Tesla’s holdings in China. So, while Musk may consider himself the business equivalent of a global social butterfly, some US lawmakers might take a more skeptical view.” -Rui Zong

Ukraine’s Reconstruction Must Also Combat ‘Russification’ (The Hill)

“Putin’s strategy in Ukraine has been even darker than the seizure of Ukrainian territory. Mass graves, destruction, and reports of torture suggest Putin’s real mission has been the Russification of Ukraine and its neighborhoods.” -Wilson Center President & CEO, Mark A. Green

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