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December 22, 2022[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
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Pandemic Learning: Migrant Care Workers and Families, Essential in a Post-COVID-19 World [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]The COVID-19 pandemic exposed two truths that much of the world has assumed but not fully acknowledged: women do the majority of caregiving, and it is grossly undervalued. Migrant care work is a key component of this ongoing global care crisis. This new publication from the Maternal Health Initiative will help you navigate this vital sector.
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Announcing Agents of Change Youth Fellowship Class US-Africa Leaders’ Summit Wrap-Up
The Wilson Center is pleased to announce the 2023 Agents of Change Youth Fellowship class. Members include climate and environmental advocates, and leaders from across the Middle East and North African region. “It was a concrete, visible delivery of the administration’s promise to transform the US relationship with Africa into more of an equal partnership... The US has committed $55 billion in aid or investment opportunities in Africa, $15 billion specifically for two-way trade initiatives.” Learn more about US commitments in this Smart Take with Africa Program Senior Associate Hannah Akuiyibo.
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[link removed] [[link removed]] Podcast | Need to KnowChina: Strategic Interests, Protests, and the Future
“The goal of China’s Belt and Road Initiative diplomacy is to create a China-centric Afro-Eurasia. And what region is at the hinge of Africa and Eurasia? It is the Middle East.” Hear more prescient insights from the Kissinger Institute’s Robert Daly in the latest Need to Know podcast.
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Igor Jovićević and Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk in Solidarity Against Russian Invasion Res Ipsa Loquitur | Mark Green’s Year End Stubborn Things Blog Series
“A Croat by birth, Jovićević is Shakhtar’s first and only Ukrainian-speaking head coach. He made a powerful statement by choosing to learn and speak Ukrainian instead of Russian, in a country that has been beset by language wars and different cultural leanings since independence.” Read more from David Kirichenko. In the second of three installments of this year-end series, Ambassador Green shares insights about China’s dominance in mineral processing, Syria’s displaced, and the fact that the US is exporting more petroleum—not less.
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NOW Logo [[link removed]]Peace Through Music
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, host John Milewski hears from Global Fellow Ambassador Nirupama Rao, a prominent foreign policy leader in India. She highlights her work as Founder-Trustee of The South Asian Symphony Foundation, which promotes mutual understanding in South Asia through the South Asian Symphony Orchestra.
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Book Talk | Owning the City: Property Rights in Authoritarian Regimes [[link removed]]Tuesday, Jan. 10 // 2–3:00 pm (ET)
Vaccinating the Americas–Lessons from Varicella Vaccination [[link removed]]Thursday, Feb. 2 // 11:00 am–12:30 pm (ET)
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Wilson In the News
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America Must Up Its Game in Africa (The Hill) [[link removed]]
“Africa is on a path to be a quarter of global population by 2050 and 39 percent by 2100, yet it attracts only 3 percent of global foreign direct investment (FDI). Despite the good work of government programs like Power Africa and Prosper Africa, America ranks fourth in FDI after China, Russia and the UAE, just barely ahead of Italy.” -Mark Kennedy, Director of the Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition
For Struggling Argentina, the World Cup Victory Means a Lot (Global Americans) [[link removed]]
“When the penalty shots concluded and Messi kissed the World Cup trophy, political figures across the region sent messages congratulating Argentina’s president—including the president-elect of Brazil, Argentina’s fútbol archrival.” -Acting Director of the Latin American Program Benjamin N. Gedan, and co-author Carl Meacham
Is Washington Ignoring the North Korean Nuclear Threat? (Foreign Affairs) [[link removed]]
In this Foreign Affairs podcast, Director of the Asia Program Sue Mi Terry, a former senior CIA analyst and an official on the National Security Council under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, says it is high time for the administration to get more engaged and better articulate its policy approach—especially as support for a domestic nuclear program intensifies in South Korea.


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