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January 13, 2023[[link removed]]Wilson Weekly
Venezuela in 2023 and Beyond: Charting a New Course [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]In this new report from the Latin American Program, the program’s founding director Abraham Lowenthal urges strong international support for negotiations between the Venezuelan authoritarian government and the Democratic opposition.
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Mitigating Transboundary Risks in the Bering Strait A Look Back at the Summit of North American Leaders in Mexico City
The loss of sea ice has made Arctic waters more traversable, increasing maritime traffic, especially along Russia’s Northern Sea Route. Add in Russia’s increasing isolation, which has made cooperation in resolving shared maritime traffic risks more complex and you've got a growing conundrum. This Polar Institute blog navigates these tricky waters. “It’s important to note that Mexico has agreed to accept up to 30,000 migrants a month from Haiti, Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua who do not meet the new requirements to apply for parole into the United States before they arrive at the border.” -Mexico Institute Director Andrew Rudman
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[link removed] [[link removed]] Collection | Brazil 100Republic Under Attack
Correlations are being drawn between last weekend’s riots in Brazil and the US Capitol insurrection two years ago. But as Bruna Santos writes, there are important distinctions.
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The Ukraine-Russia Grain Deal: A Success or Failure? Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to Visit Washington D.C.
From the very beginning Moscow has seen the grain deal as affording it leverage over Ukraine and the West. But, as Iliya Kusa writes, success for Ukraine, the US, and the world, depends on the primary goal. With Japan, the United States, and Europe impacted by the economic coercion and weaponization of China’s dominance in certain areas of the global economy, Asia Program Deputy Director Shihoko Goto says any public statement showing greater coordination between Japan and the United States on critical technologies would be a win for the Prime Minister’s visit.
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NOW Logo [[link removed]]Charting a New Course for Venezuela
“We pretty quickly reached a consensus that the approach that the Venezuelan Democratic opposition was taking... was not working.” Abraham F. Lowenthal, founding director of the Latin American Program discusses a new report born out of the efforts from 18 experts from the Latin American Program and Venezuela Working Group. Learn more about their recommendations in this edition of Wilson Center NOW.
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Upcoming Events
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The New American Economy: A Wilson Conversation with Francis Suarez, Mayor of the City of Miami and President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors [[link removed]]Tuesday, Jan. 17 // 3:30–4:00 pm (ET)
Book Talk | Hybrid Warriors: Proxies, Freelancers and Moscow's Struggle for Ukraine [[link removed]]Wednesday, Jan. 18 // 11:00 am­–12:00 pm (ET)
Achieving Security in the Arctic: the Role of DHS and its Components [[link removed]]Thursday, Jan. 26 // 1:30­–3:15 pm (ET)
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Wilson In the News
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8 Billion Humans and Counting: What it Means for the Planet's Future (WBUR) [[link removed]]
“We have to look at the world through a completely different lens than we've looked at the world in the past. All of our theories about the good life, our economic theories, our political theories, those were all developed under conditions of population growth and economic growth.” -Fellow Jennifer Sciubba
How Protests in Bangladesh Could Impact Elections (Foreign Policy) [[link removed]]
“To this point, the protests are mainly partisan. But if the economy continues to go downhill, if the government really struggles to rein it in, that’s where you could start seeing larger protests...that could become a bigger concern for the government.” -South Asia Institute Director Michael Kugelman
A 'Marshall Plan for Ukraine' Will Require More than Just Funding (The National News) [[link removed]]
Wilson Center President & CEO Mark Green makes the case that those who seek something like the European Recovery Program, tend to focus on the aid while ignoring its grand purpose, which was about much more than money and the humanitarian imperative of easing economic hardship.
The American Politics of Brazil’s Insurrection (Politico) [[link removed]]
“Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of Jair, met with Steven Bannon in 2018 as Eduardo was making a name for himself in Brazil’s far-right Social Liberal Party. Since that point, the two have met almost 80 times, according to certain reports, which has very real electoral impacts.” -Brazil Institute Senior Advisor Bruna Santos


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