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In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Merissa Khurma, Director of the Wilson Center’s Middle East Program. She provides an update on where the Gaza ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas stand and discusses ongoing efforts by the Biden administration and regional leaders to prevent a wider regional war from developing.
Full Episode: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/update-gaza-can-ceasefire-talks-succeed

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Jennifer Wistrand, Deputy Director of the Kennan Institute. She discusses the implications of Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region of Russia, how this assault could influence Putin’s calculations on possible peace negotiations, and where Ukrainian morale stands after over two years of war.
Full Episode: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/ukraines-surprise-attack-update-war-russia

📽️ | Wilson Center Public Policy Fellow Leopoldo Lopez discusses the July 28th election results in .

Despite exit polls and printouts from voting machines indicating a landslide victory for opposition candidate Edmundo González, the electoral board declared different results without proof. In response, Venezuelans have taken to the streets to protest.

| Wilson Center Chief of Staff Eddy Acevedo discusses why the US and many other observers are disputing the election results in .

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we highlight the Wilson Center’s Sudans Working Group with Oge Onubogu, Director of the Wilson Center’s Africa Program and co-chairs Ambassador Nureldin Satti and Ambassador Donald E. Booth. Established in 2009, the Sudans Working Group (SWG) “engages US, African, and international policymakers and stakeholders in inclusive and forward-leaning policy dialogue aimed at advancing the prospects for peace, security, and development between and within Sudan and South Sudan. The SWG serves as a space for key stakeholders to share analyses and perspectives and provide policy options for addressing critical issues related to the two countries.”
Full Episode: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/sudans-working-group-addressing-critical-issues-through-inclusive-dialogue

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Rebecca Pincus, Director of the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute. She highlights the recently announced Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE-PACT) by the US, Canada, and Finland. The collaboration is intended to “strengthen shipbuilding and maritime industrial capacity through closer cooperation on polar icebreakers and counter Russia and China in the Arctic and Antarctic.”
Full Episode: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/trilateral-ice-pact-aims-build-best-class-fleet-icebreakers

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by William Drozdiak, Global Fellow with the Wilson Center’s Global Europe Program and author of “The Last President of Europe: Emmanuel Macron's Race to Revive France and Save the World.” He discusses the recent legislative election in France in which, contrary to pre-election projections, left wing alliance New Popular Front candidates won a plurality of seats after the second round. Drozdiak discusses what’s next in President Macron’s efforts to form a coalition government and what the fractured election results could mean for the second largest economy in Europe going forward.
Full Episode: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/frances-surprising-election-results-what-comes-next

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Michael Collins, Executive Director, The Americas at the Institute for Economics & Peace. He highlights the 18th edition of the annual Global Peace Index (GPI), produced by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP). The index is the world’s leading measure of peacefulness, and “reveals that the world is at a crossroads and without concerted effort, there is a risk of a surge in major conflicts.”
Full Episode: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/global-peace-index-2024-less-peace-more-conflict

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Arnaud Kurze, Wilson Center Global Fellow and Associate Professor of Justice Studies, Montclair State University, Liana Almony, Deputy Director at UNANIMA International, and Franz Baumann, Former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations. They highlight the concept of climate justice, the idea of putting equity and human rights at the core of decision-making and action on climate change. They discuss ideas for bringing marginalized communities, including women and populations in the Global South, into the multilateral decision-making processes when seeking solutions to climate change.
Full Video: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/global-climate-justice-addressing-needs-those-most-affected

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Sung-Yoon Lee, Fellow with the Wilson Center’s Indo-Pacific Program, Former Kim Koo-Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies and Assistant Professor, the Fletcher School, Tufts University. He discusses his project at the Wilson Center, “The Pyongyang Playbook: North Korea’s Provocations, Peace Ploys, Propaganda, and Unification Policy.” Lee explains that while many in the West often mock North Korea and the Kim regime, we need to take the self-isolated, totalitarian state much more seriously.
Full Episode: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/dispelling-myths-and-misconceptions-about-north-korea

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Lila Abed, Acting Director of Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute. She discusses the results of Mexico’s 2024 general election, the landmark victory of Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first female leader, and the domestic and foreign policy implications of the Morena Party’s landslide win.
Full Episode: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/breaking-down-results-mexicos-2024-general-election

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we discuss the latest on the Israel-Hamas conflict and its wider implications for the region with Rami Khouri, Distinguished Public Policy Fellow at the American University of Beirut and former Wilson Center Fellow, and Guy Laron, Senior Lecturer at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and current Wilson Center Fellow.
Full Episode: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/israel-hamas-war-what-will-it-take-end-conflict

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we speak with Nader Nadery, Senior Fellow with the Wilson Center’s Indo-Pacific Program. He discusses the new report, “Human Rights Under Siege Salvaging the International Rights Regime in a Turbulent World Order.” The report examines how, 75 years after the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “the past two decades have witnessed a dramatic shift in the geopolitical landscape, characterized by the erosion of multilateralism, the rise of nationalism, the resurgence of authoritarian regimes, and the discernable retreat of US leadership in global human rights advocacy.”
Full Episode: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/human-rights-under-siege-according-new-report

| This year, the Millennium Challenge Corporation celebrates its 20th anniversary. What makes its model of development assistance unique? President and CEO Amb. Mark A. Green, the longest serving member of their board and an original proponent of its founding legislation, joins us to explain.

🇲🇽 | How do we know ’s next president will be a woman and why does that matter? Mexico Institute Acting Director Lila Abed discusses the importance of the country's upcoming elections.

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In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we speak with Jennifer Turner, Director of the Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum, and Elizabeth M H Newbury, Director of the Serious Games Initiative and Senior Program Associate, Science and Technology Innovation Program. They discuss The Plastic Pipeline, a new “serious game” created by the Wilson Center's China Environment Forum and Serious Games Initiative. The Plastic Pipeline “aims to raise public awareness on the plastic product lifecycle and policies that can be enacted to help stem the tide of pollution going into our oceans.”
Full Episode: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/now-plastic-pipeline-exploring-policy-options-through-serious-game

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we focus on the latest edition of the Wilson Quarterly, Understanding Russia, with the help of editor Stephanie Bowen and contributor Izabella Tobarovsky. Tobarovsky’s article, Antisemitic Propaganda and Disinformation in Putin’s War Against Democracies, examines how “Russia’s long history of exploiting antisemitism for political purposes is benefiting its larger strategy to destabilize democratic societies and the West.”
Full Episode: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/understanding-russia-exploiting-antisemitism-political-purposes-wilson-quarterly-spring-2024

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we speak with Robert Daly, Director of the Wilson Center’s Kissinger Institute. He highlights Secretary Blinken’s recent trip to China and examines whether a new Cold War has developed between the two nations. Daly also discusses how the Biden administration’s goal of “managed competition” with Beijing is playing out with continued tensions over the South China Sea, Ukraine conflict, and China’s attempts to leverage the ongoing Israel-Hamas War for improved relations with the global south.
Full Episode: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/china-us-relations-did-secretary-blinkens-trip-move-needle

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we highlight the new Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative (RAFDI) Working Group Report, “US Leadership Matters in Addressing Forced Displacement Crisis,” with co-authors, John Thon Majok, James Hollifield, and Susan F. Martin. The report “seeks to provide guidance and actionable recommendations for the US government and other actors on ways to protect, assist, and find sustainable solutions for refugees and other displaced people.”
Full Episode: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/report-stresses-importance-us-leadership-addressing-forced-displacement-crisis

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, Ambassador Kristie Kenney discusses the first-ever US-Japan-Philippines trilateral summit held in Washington on April 11th. Kenney explains how the summit highlights the importance of the US Indo-Pacific Strategy and could change the military and economic security dynamic in the region going forward.
Full Episode: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/trilateral-deal-between-us-japan-and-philippines-impact-security-and-economics

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by David Sanger, former Wilson Center Distinguished Fellow and White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times, and Mary Brooks, researcher, writer, documentarian, and former Wilson Center Public Policy Fellow. They discuss their new book, “New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West.”
Full Episode: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/chinas-rise-and-russias-invasion-challenges-us-faces-new-cold-wars