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January 5, 2024

Wilson Weekly

A New Tool to Assess Environmental Peacebuilding

As climate-related disasters escalate, vulnerable nations in conflict face heightened risks. COP28's explicit emphasis on relief, recovery, and peace underscores the growing intersection of climate and conflict. The new Toolkit on Monitoring and Evaluation of Environmental Peacebuilding aids global practitioners in addressing these challenges.

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2024 Elections: The United States, Mexico, and USMCA

The North American region has a great opportunity to consolidate itself as the most prosperous and competitive economic bloc on the planet. The conditions are in place, but politics could prove to be a substantial challenge.

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US Makes Its Move in the Arctic: How Will Moscow Respond?

On December 19, the US Department of State announced an expansion of the outer limits of the US continental shelf in the Arctic by approximately one million square kilometers. What is the likeliest and the most realistic response of the Russian side and what should the US and its Arctic allies expect next?

Asia Dispatches | Blog Post

US Steel Bid by Japanese Group Tests US-Japan Trust

“Nippon Steel’s $14.1 billion deal for the Pittsburgh-based company is anything but hostile, and is actually in the interest not only of the steelmaker itself, but for the United States at large.” Read more from Shihoko Goto.

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Southeast Asia and US-China Competition: Contours, Realities, and Implications for the Indo-Pacific

US-China competition has been intensifying in Southeast Asia, a region of immense strategic significance given its economic heft, geostrategic location next to major sea lanes, and diplomatic convening power via the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. This policy brief explores the agency of Southeast Asian states amid US-China competition and ways interested actors can boost it.

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“Limited to Some Progress”: The Need to Re-Energize the Enlargement Process in the Western Balkans

While the European Council has given the green light to accession negotiations for Ukraine and Moldova, the EU continues to struggle to find ways to keep the accession momentum going in the Western Balkans. Maša Ocvirk describes the stumbling blocks to enlargement.

Wilson Quarterly Summer/Fall 2023 – The Power of Culture and Africa’s Next Narrative

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we focus on the latest edition of the Wilson Quarterly, Africa Matters, with the help of editor Stephanie Bowen. Also joining are two of the issue’s contributors Akunna Cook and Amarachi Nwosu. Both storytellers, Cook’s illuminating essay and Nwosu’s stunning photo essay explore the continent’s increasing cultural influence and growing creative economy.

Upcoming Events

Understanding the Economic Ramifications of the Hamas-Israel War on Israel

Tuesday, Jan. 16 // 12–1:30 pm (ET)

Missing Page: American Modern and Post-Modern Dance in Russian Culture

Wednesday, Jan. 17 // 11:00 am–12:00 pm (ET)

Wilson in the News

A Tripolar Nuclear World: Challenges to Strategic Stability (Washington Quarterly)

“Since the bipolar nuclear era of the Cold War, the term strategic stability has been defined as encompassing two interrelated components: arms race stability and crisis stability. In this new era of geostrategic competition, the recasting of Cold War risks is exacerbating arms race instability and crisis instability.” – Robert Litwak

'Maduro has gotten everything': Exiled Venezuelan opposition leader reacts to prisoner swap deal (MSNBC)

Exiled Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López tells José Díaz-Balart that the prisoner swap deal between the US and Venezuela was a “very big giveaway” but that it should “open the gates for the Venezuelan people to have free and fair election in 2024.”

Bangladesh’s All-but-Certain Election (Foreign Policy)

Michael Kugelman’s highlights for the week: Bangladesh prepares for elections on Sunday with a nearly certain outcome, Pakistani election candidates are denied nominations ahead of the February vote, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives a speech in Uttar Pradesh ahead of a controversial temple consecration.

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