Wilson Weekly
January 17, 2020

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Taiwan Elections: Implications for Washington & Beijing

Audio

“‘One country, two systems’ has failed in both Hong Kong and Taiwan,” says Robert Daly, Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States.


Eighth Annual U.S.-Mexico Security Conference: Taking Stock of Mexico's Security Landscape One Year On

Video

“Crime prevention polices need to have evidence-based interventions,” says Wilson Center Global Fellow Edna Jaime.


A Conversation with the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere

 Video

Subcommittee Chairman Albio Sires (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Francis Rooney (R-FL) engaged in a wide-ranging discussion on the U.S. role in issues including immigration and governance in the region.

 

Sustainable Recovery and the Environment: Lessons from Post-Conflict and Disaster Response

New Report

What role does the environment play in laying the groundwork for rebuilding and peacebuilding? A new report, Enduring Responses to War and Disaster: The Environmental Dimensions of Sustained Recovery, lays out the deep connections. Co-author Kevin Conca observes that “it’s often the case that problems related to environmental damage or unsustainable natural-resource extraction are components of the conflict.”

 

 

Wilson in the News

Congress just passed the USMCA. Now it’s Canada’s turn. (NPR)

“At one point, Chairman Neal, from the House Ways and Means Committee, paid a visit to Ottawa to brief Canada on where the discussions were going,” noted Global Fellow Eric Miller in an interview on Marketplace.

2020, the year of living dangerously (Global Times)

Jorge Heine writes that the confluence of “serious global governance issues” and “an increasing disregard for once established norms of international behavior” has created an “international tinderbox.”

India hiring a PR firm in Washington may not be a good strategic move (American Bazaar)

Michael Kugelman sees the move “as an acknowledgement by the Indian government that its post-August 5 diplomatic efforts have had limited success in Washington.”

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