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Collateral Damage: Can the Abraham Accords Survive the Israel-Hamas War? from 2023-11-21T20:26:47
In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski explores the implications of the conflict between Hamas and Israel on the Abraham Accords with Merissa Khurma, director of the Wilson Center&#...
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Battling Malaria: The Global Fight Against a Deadly Foe from 2023-11-14T17:47:28
In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski, dives into the critical issue of the United States' involvement in the global effort to combat malaria with Wilson Center CEO, Ambassador...
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Afghanistan After Two Years of Taliban Rule: “It’s pretty bad!” from 2023-09-25T15:35:23
In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski discusses the state of affairs in Afghanistan, two years after the U.S. withdrawal, with Wilson Center South Asia Institute Director Michael K...
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Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis: The Plight of Afghan Refugees from 2023-08-29T18:09:34
In this episode of Need to Know, John Thon Majok, Director of the Wilson Center’s Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative, discusses the ongoing challenges faced by Afghan refugees in...
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Increasing Competitiveness by Building a Better U.S.-Mexico Border from 2023-07-24T16:47:22
While the border between the U.S. and Mexico is often in the news as a problem, it could just as easily be viewed as one of the greatest economic assesets for both nations. Mexico Institute Dire...
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Mixed Signals: Is a US-China “Cold War” Heating Up or Cooling Down? from 2023-06-26T23:09:23
On this episode of “Need to Know,” Robert Daly, Director of the Wilson Center’s Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, joins host John Milewski to talk about the impact of Biden’s r...
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Regulation from 2023-05-31T17:48:35
In this episode of Need to Know, Kellee Wicker, Director of the Wilson Center’s Science and Technology Innovation Program (STIP), speaks with host John Milewski about artificial intelligence. Listen
The Farm Bill: What do Farmers and Ranchers Want From the Legislation? from 2023-05-02T14:39:28
On this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with Andrew Walmsley, Senior Director of Government Affairs at the American Farm Bureau Federation. They discuss expectations for the 2...
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Introduction to the Farm Bill from 2023-04-04T15:20:55
In this episode of Need to Know, Deputy Director of Congressional Relations, Erin Jarnagin, provides an overview of the 2023 Farm Bill. She explains what's covered by the bill, how much we s...
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The Future of Cryptocurrency: Public Policy and Regulatory Challenges from 2023-03-07T16:33:11
On this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with the Director of the Wilson Center’s Science and Technology Innovation Program, Kellee Wicker, on the value of cryptocurrency&...
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Border Security from 2023-02-15T17:14:52
On this episode, Mexico Institute Director, Andrew Rudman, speaks with host John Milewski about what we Need to Know about security concerns on the US-Mexico border. They discuss which ...
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Energy Security from 2023-01-24T20:03:55
On this episode of “Need to Know,” the Wilson Center’s VP for Strategy & New Initiatives, Duncan Wood, joins host John Milewski to talk about the importance of affordable...
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China: Strategic Interests, Protests, and the Future from 2022-12-20T16:43:10
On this episode of "Need to Know," the Wilson Center’s China expert, Robert Daly, joins Host John Milewski to talk about the significance of recent protests in China, how the country i...
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An Inside Look at the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference from 2022-11-28T19:36:16
In this edition of Need to Know, we are joined by Raoni Rajao, a Fellow of the Wilson Center's Latin American Program. He talks about his experience at COP27 an...
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Examining Protests in Iran and the Arab World from 2022-11-02T16:19:52
In this episode of Need to Know, we speak with Wilson Center Fellow Marina Ottaway and Haleh Esfandiari, Director Emerita and Distinguished Fellow with the Center’s Middle Program, about...
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The Arctic is Hot from 2022-09-09T00:09:38
Former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Sherri Goodman joins Need To Know to discuss a couple of interesting recent developments in the arctic that are of interest. We've always said the Arcti...
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What Will Really Happen If Speaker Pelosi Goes to Taiwan? from 2022-08-01T19:16:53
A flash briefing for policymakers from Robert Daly discussing the possibility of Speaker Pelosi traveling to Taiwan and what it really means for US-China relations.
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Analyzing Refugee Challenges Using Lived Experience from 2022-07-19T18:28:16
A new initiative has begun at the Wilson Center, the Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative (RAFDI), headed by John Thon Majok, will bring policy makers tools and solutions for these problem...
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100th Episode! from 2022-07-08T12:04:11
A special episode, taking a look at the predictions our experts made and what became of them. Special thank you to everyone who has helped make this show a success over the last three years!
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Summit of the Americas Debrief from 2022-06-13T16:45:50
Fresh back from the West Coast attending the Summit of the Americas, we go over the highs and lows with our Latin America Program Acting Director Benjamin Gedan!
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A Cold War with China? from 2022-05-31T20:28:27
There's a lot of talk about Cold Wars lately, lessons from the first Cold War, maybe a new one with Russia. Perhaps China too? Robert Daly drops by the pod to let us know his thinking on whether...
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The Great Wall of Steel - China's Global Campaign Against the Uyghurs from 2022-05-20T20:04:52
Bradley Jardine joins us to discuss his new publication, The Great Wall of Steel - https://www.wilsoncenter.org/book/great-w...
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Latin America’s Leftists Aren’t Who You Think from 2022-03-09T21:06:08
Touching base with Latin America expert (and fellow Wilson Center Podcast Host!) Benjamin Gedan to discuss a recent piece he co-wrote with Richard Feinberg in Foreign Policy magazine, "Latin Ame...
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Wilson Quarterly Winter 2022: The Arctic's Pandemic Experience from 2022-03-08T20:35:13
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Wilson Quarterly editor Stephanie Bowen and contributor and journalist Melody Sc...
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Ukraine Invaded... Why? from 2022-03-01T19:58:21
No one can read Vladimir Putin's mind, but we bring in Kennan Institute expert Joseph Dresen to analyze his actions in the recent invasion. We discuss world reaction and also what may happen ne...
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A Briefing on Protests in Canada from 2022-02-14T23:05:52
Experts from our Canada Institute at the Wilson Center walk us through the causes and iterations of protests in Canada which led to the closure of border crossings, having an affect on supply ch...
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Relationships and Rivalries: Venezuela and Colombia from 2022-02-08T19:19:24
With a long history of strife on both sides of the border, the Colombia/Venezuela relationship is one of the most interesting ones in Latin America. And with one of the world's largest humanita...
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Event Audio: Setting the Record Straight on NATO Enlargement | Amb. Green Interview with Robert Zoellick from 2022-02-01T20:51:42
The ongoing crisis on the Russian-Ukrainian border has brought new attention to how Washington and Moscow navigated the end of the Cold War thirty years ago. Today, Russian officials j...
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Relationships and Rivalries: "China's Tailored Capabilities to Strike Us" over Taiwan from 2022-01-26T00:21:20
Asia Expert Abraham Denmark fills us in on the relationship and rivalry between mainland China and Taiwan. In this episode we quickly cover history, but also analyze the potential for US involvemen...
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Unrest in Kazakhstan from 2022-01-19T22:00:15
Kazakhstan does not get much attention in US foreign policy, but maybe it should. Recent protests in the country have uncovered the complicated situation that exists at a place where Russia, th...
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Ukraine and A Sliding Scale of Horrors from 2022-01-19T21:33
Here we go again. Russia has massed troops at the border of Ukraine and everyone is trying to figure out what Vladimir Putin is thinking. In this episode, Kennan experts Will Pomeranz and Nige...
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Relationships and Rivalries - A Fascinating Triangle in Asia from 2022-01-12T22:53:56
Everyone likes to talk about China, and we've covered India on our podcast as well, including the relationship between those two neighbors. But what happens when you consider Myanmar as well? Mi...
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Relationships and Rivalries - China vs. India? from 2021-11-11T13:30
China and India. Two massive neighbors, with big problems growing between them. Asia Program associates Michael Kugelman and Lucas Meyers help us sort it out and see what could be on the horizon...
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Relationships and Rivalries - Does North Korea Listen to China? from 2021-11-08T13:30
We've heard for years that China has leverage over North Korea. But do they? and if they do, how much, and does that align with US strategy? Robert Daly and Sue Terry discuss.
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Relationships and Rivalries - Is the Way To China Through Europe? from 2021-11-04T19:17:17
You know China, and you know the European Union. But do you know their relationship? And how could it affect US Foreign policy? Wilson Fellow Nicola Casarini talks with us about this complicated...
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Relationships and Rivalries - Mexico Leans Left? from 2021-10-29T18:10:04
The first in a new series from the Need To Know Podcast - "Relationships and Rivalries." In this series, we'll take a look at how other countries relate to one another - and where the hotspots ...
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Special Episode - A Conversation with Colombian President Iván Duque from 2021-09-22T17:44:25
Latin American Program Director Dr. Cindy Arnson and Ambassador Mark Green hear from Colombian President Iván Duque and have a conversation with him about the challenges in South America and in ...
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Special Event Episode - The Abraham Accords One Year Later from 2021-09-20T04:00
In this special event episode, we drop in on a discussion with the Ambassadors from the Abraham Accords signatory countries for their perspective, one year later. Hosted by Ambassador James Jeff...
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Techno-Totalitarianism? China's Cultural Crackdown from 2021-09-15T15:55:15
China's recent crackdown on many things cultural rang some alarm bells. But what does it mean in practice? And what should US policymakers think about it? We talk to China experts Aynne Kokas an...
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Turkey Strikes Yazidis in Iraq... Again from 2021-09-09T20:50:18
Amy Austin Holmes has been tracking attacks that Turkey has been making against Kurdish and Yazidi regions in Iraq and Syria for quite some time. And with so much going on in the world, many may...
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Special Episode - Implications of the Afghanistan Withdrawal for South Asia from 2021-08-27T18:53:27
The withdrawal of U.S. and coalition forces from Afghanistan, the rapid deterioration of the Afghan government and military, and the return of the Taliban will have profound implications for the...
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Top 10 Traits of a Good Congressional Staffer from 2021-08-20T07:00
Bringing back our former congressional staffer round table with Monica Pham and Natalee Binkholder to discuss the top ten things that are common in good staffers. Take a listen. If you are on th...
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Special Episode - Ambassador Mark Green In Conversation with Gen. David Patreus and John Scarlett Hindsight Up Front from 2021-08-12T19:57:41
This event is a part of our series, Hindsight Up Front, examining the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan. Search for "Wilson Center Special Events" or go to our Listen
Special Episode - Ambassador Mark Green In Conversation with Gen. David Patreus and John Scarlett Hindsight Up Front from 2021-08-12T19:57:41
This event is a part of our series, Hindsight Up Front, examining the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan. Search for "Wilson Center Special Events" or go to our Listen
You Really Ought to Know More About Canada from 2021-08-09T17:44:14
They're right on our northern border, they have close ties, a lot of trade, a lot of love, so you really need to know more about Canada. That is why we started the Listen
Nicaragua's Election Quagmire from 2021-07-22T19:12:57
Nicaragua's president has jailed the opposition ahead of the presidential election in a bid to stay in power. Global Fellow Eric Olson takes us through the situation, and what it means for US in...
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Afghanistan Withdrawal Continues Apace from 2021-07-16T02:31:46
We catch up with resident Afghanistan expert Michael Kugelman, hearkening back to our last Afghanistan episode in May. We evaluate his predictions, and how he sees things going as US troops con...
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Lumbering Towards Disaster? Lumber Prices, Canada and Supply Chains from 2021-06-11T18:44:05
If you've gone shopping for lumber lately, you know. Prices are sky high. But why? Of course we know the pandemic has affected supply chains, but with lumber, there is more going on. Canada Inst...
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The Time Is Now: John Cena and China Reaction from 2021-05-27T21:36:03
Media Studies expert, China watcher, and friend of the Need to Know Podcast, Aynne Kokas comes back to talk about John Cena's faux pas regarding China and Taiwan - and why western celebrities al...
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Long Time Gone - Discussing the Afghanistan Withdrawal from 2021-05-07T16:49:18
After 20 years, the United States will be withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. Our resident South Asia expert Michael Kugelman walks us through the hurdles and challenges we will have to watch o...
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Weaving Noise: Xinjiang, China and the World from 2021-04-30T17:46:31
Kissinger Institute experts Rui Zhong and Bradley Jardine stop in to discuss Xinjiang and the challenge this particular human rights issue poses for policymakers.
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High Stakes Deepfakes from 2021-04-28T20:06:19
Public Policy Fellow Dr. Melissa Griffith helps us go beyond the headlines and the jargon to understand the technology that produces deepfakes, how it is used for good and bad, and what policy o...
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Broken Politics? A Conversation with Former Hill Staffers from 2021-04-21T16:36:52
A new roundtable features Monica Pham and Natalee Binkholder, two former hill staffers who helps us go inside the hallowed halls in search of bipartisanship hiding in plain sight.
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A New Surge At The Southern Border from 2021-03-26T14:42:07
With a new surge of migrants at the southern border, we have the opportunity to introduce our new Mexico Institute director, Andrew Rudman.
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The Tales of a Master Negotiator from 2021-03-05T16:41:26
Public Policy Scholar and author Diana Villiers Negroponte joins us to discuss her new book about how one administration navigated domestic and foreign challenges to usher in a new world and end...
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Military Rule Returns to Myanmar from 2021-02-12T22:14:14
The military has taken power in Myanmar. What does this mean for democracy in the country and for minorities? Prashanth Parameswaran and Lucas Myers from t...
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Tried Plan C - What's Plan D? The Navalny Phenomenon inside and outside Russia from 2021-02-09T21:04:54
Poisoning his underwear was Plan C in dealing with Alexei Navalny. So what's next for how Putin deals with a leading opposition figure in Russia? Yuval Weber joins us to explain the Navalny agen...
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A Russia Roundtable from 2021-02-01T15:30
Nonpartisan information on Russia is hard to find. But we have it here with four of our best scholars on Russia letting us know what to watch for with Russia in a new year and new administratio...
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Who's Impeachin' Who - A Dose of History from Brenda Wineapple from 2021-01-28T21:51:32
Brenda Wineapple, author of "The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of A Just Nation," comes by to talk about the first presidential impeachment, and why we should care about ...
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The View from History with John Ferling from 2021-01-15T18:00:12
Historian and author John Ferling helps us understand other hyperpartisan eras in American politics, particularly the 1790s. We discuss the election of 1800 and its parallels with today, and ho...
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Jane Harman on Reconciliation For The Future from 2021-01-15T17:44:55
To start the new year, Wilson Center CEO, Former Congresswoman Jane Harman joins us to discuss the protests and riots at the Capitol on January 6th, including a possibility for the parties to re...
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The Free Fire Zone in Cyberspace Part 2 from 2020-12-22T19:12:54
Tom Kellermann of VMware was prescient in our last episode, suggesting there was more going on than we then knew about cyber intrusion into corporate and government networks. Now we know more, s...
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The Free Fire Zone In Cyberspace from 2020-12-11T16:09:23
Tom Kellermann, the Head of Cybersecurity Strategy at VMware Inc, and Wilson Center Global Fellow stops by to talk about the continuing escalation of attacks in cyberspace, and recommendations f...
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How to Distribute 7 Billion Vaccines from 2020-12-02T19:53:17
Global Health Policy watcher Alex Long joins me again to discuss the progress being made on a COVID-19 vaccine but also how in the world do you distribute 7 billion of them? Policy and Practice...
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The RCEP Deal - Is China Writing the Rules Now? from 2020-11-20T21:26:21
The recently announced Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement brings together a trade bloc of Asian nations. But what is it exactly? Is it significant? And what is its r...
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50 Ways to Leave Afghanistan from 2020-11-18T22:59:18
Over the last 20 years we have heard a lot of plans to take American and coalition troops out of Afghanistan. The most recent announcement to bring more home prior to the next administration en...
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Africa and the COVID-19 Challenge from 2020-10-29T19:37:16
A few months ago, we heard a lot of concern about how COVID-19 was going to affect Africa when it arrived there. But many of the assumptions that were held about the continent have failed to pl...
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Europe - Why Should We Care? from 2020-09-30T18:01:23
It has its ups and downs, but on the whole when the US looks at Europe, we see general stability and a lot of democracy, and a lot of allies. But Dan Hamilton is here to remind us why Europe ma...
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So What'd I Miss? The Post-Summer Catch Up Show from 2020-09-08T16:54:39
Ah, summer. we hardly knew ye. And yet here we are and it's already September. Policymakers are gearing up for a busy Autumn, so this episode gets us up to speed on some things we may have misse...
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Book Chat: US Strategy in the Asian Century from 2020-08-18T09:00
Abraham Denmark comes aboard the Need To Know book chat crew, to discuss his new book "US Strategy in the Asian Century," in which he discusses our competition with Asia - not just with China - ...
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An Explosion in Lebanon - The Port and Politics from 2020-08-14T21:57:07
A new guest joins me today. Merissa Khurma of the Wilson Center's Middle East Program comes on the show to discuss the situation in Lebanon. Political unrest has been growing for some time and...
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The Clock is Ticking for TikTok from 2020-08-11T18:14:21
The clock is ticking on TikTok and WeChat. With executive orders to restrict access in the US, legislation to bar the apps from government devices, and a general unease, Rui Zhong comes back to ...
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How To Lose the Information War - Book chat with Nina Jankowicz from 2020-07-21T20:04:27
Nina Jankowicz comes back to discuss her new book "How To Lose the Information War." It's a fun discussion about human nature, regulation, great powers, we even throw a little Shakespeare in the...
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AMLO Visits the US, So Mexico Experts Visit Us from 2020-07-07T22:48:49
Duncan Wood and Chris Wilson come back to help us understand how a dip in the Mexican economy can affect USMCA implementation and how a visit from the Mexican President to the US plays political...
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Deadly Companions - Pandemics Changing History from 2020-07-02T14:51:36
We are living through a historic moment. In this episode, I talk with author Dorothy Crawford, who wrote an excellent book called "Deadly Companions: How Microbes Have Shaped Our History." She...
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All About the Relationships: The China India Border Dispute from 2020-06-19T15:23:20
Asia Program Deputy Director Michael Kugelman explains the border dispute between China and India, which leads to an explanation of the complex web of relationships in the South Asia region. Th...
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50th Episode! from 2020-06-04T17:40:16
It has been one year since we started this show, and this is the 50th episode. It's a big moment, and comes at a big moment in history. So in this episode, we go back to the guests of our most p...
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To Reopen or Not to Reopen: That is the Border Question from 2020-05-27T19:07:06
Wilson Center Canada Institute Director Christopher Sands has a project looking at how states, provinces and local jurisdictions on both sides of the northern border are approaching reopening th...
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Imagine Renegotiating All Your Trade Deals Right Now from 2020-05-21T17:39:05
What if you had to renegotiate all of your trade deals right now with everything go on in the global economy. Well, that's exactly what the UK has to do after Brexit. It has embarked on new trad...
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What COVID Responses and Economic Recovery Looks Like in Asia from 2020-05-08T19:18:05
Shihoko Goto, of the Wilson Center's Asia Program gives us an economic look at Asia, both in its recovery attempts in dealing with being the leading edge of the...
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COVID Economics in Latin America from 2020-05-08T19:17:10
Continuing our look at economics in a time of global pandemics, I talk with Benjamin Gedan of the Latin American Program at the Wilson Center to see what Latin America is doing in this crisis, a...
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Here's Looking At EU - How Europe Recovers from COVID-19 from 2020-05-06T19:28:24
Scott Cullinane, Executive Director at the US-Europe Alliance and alumni of the Wilson Foreign Policy Fellowship Program talks with me about European Union response to coronavirus, and what the ...
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Where in the World Is KJU - Possibilites and Meanings with Abe Denmark from 2020-05-01T02:05:38
If you like what you hear, could you leave us a review? Wilson Center Asia Program Director, Abraham Denmark joined us on a webinar briefing for congressional staff recently to explain where Ki...
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They Were Supposed to Party Like It Was 1999... AND 1945 from 2020-04-28T16:50:42
May 9th in Russia, is like the US' Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day rolled into one. Celebrating the end of WWII is a big deal every year. This year is the 75th anniversary, so it was sup...
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Chained to Our Neighbors - How North American Supply Chains are Holding Up from 2020-04-23T04:00
After an introduction from my kids, Duncan Wood and Chris Wilson from the Wilson Center Mexico Institute, and our brand new Canada Institute Director, Chris Sands, join me to discuss how our sup...
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Watch Out For The Doom Scroll - COVID Disinformation in Europe and Asia from 2020-04-17T19:09:53
Two of our previous guests come together to talk to us about disinformation in general, and specific to COVID-19 in Europe and Asia. Nina Jankowicz, Disinformation Fellow with the Wilson Center'...
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Where Do You Plan To Be In 15 Years? Putin's Answer: Right Here. from 2020-04-06T20:52:29
2036 seems like a long way off. That must be why it was chosen as the end date for the next term of the Putin presidency -- if proposed constitutional changes go through -- which everyone believ...
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"The Hacker and the State," or "We're Not Talking About Coronavirus" from 2020-03-31T17:24:58
Ben Buchanan, author of "The Hacker and the State" joins me to discuss his book and waiting for "the big one" in cyber. In short, we are not talking about coronavirus -- just your normal everyda...
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The Viral Episode 2 - Going Beyond the Day To Day from 2020-03-26T01:58:01
Welcome Back to Need to Know! It has been a month since our last episode, which was on the coronavirus. And wow, the world has changed drastically. Here, we go back to the same three experts ...
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The Viral Episode - Coronavirus from the public health, regional, and economic levels from 2020-02-28T02:54:49
I'm joined by three experts today. Alex Long, who walks us through the public health perspective of understanding coronavirus, its implications for global health and security -- Rui Zhong, who e...
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Imagine Being Ukraine Right Now from 2020-02-20T10:00
Disinformation Fellow Nina Jankowicz joins me to discuss what has been the impact of so many international incidents on the national psyche of Ukraine. And in a Need to Know first, we have quest...
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Juan Guaidó in the House! from 2020-02-11T19:22:57
Latin America Program Fellow Michael Penfold joins the Need to Know podcast to discuss the appearance of Juan Guaidó at the State of the Union, and what that means for the situation in Venezuela...
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Trading Views: Going From NAFTA To USMCA from 2020-01-23T19:00
NAFTA -- the FTA that everyone loves to hate. And now, we are fast progressing towards USMCA. Here we talk to our Wilson Center experts about where NAFTA came up short, and how the USMCA address...
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Trading Views: Bonus History Episode from 2020-01-23T19:00
You know you love trade history. This is a quick download on the history of US trade policy to give us a better understanding of how we arrived at NAFTA and then on to the USMCA. 200 years of hi...
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Trading Views: A Growing Industry from 2020-01-21T15:28:08
Phase one is underway! And one of the central tenants is for China to increase its purchasing of agricultural products. In this episode we chat with a couple of farmers in Nebraska to get their ...
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Trading Views: Set Phasers to One! from 2020-01-09T19:35:47
In this second episode of our Trading Views series, we talk to three of the Wilson Center's top Asia experts to understand what phase one of a trade deal with China means.
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Trading Views: On the Front Lines of a Trade War from 2020-01-06T19:29:18
A new series from Need to Know -- Trading Views -- where we will look at the changes in trade policy seen in the last few years. With the signing of a phase one trade deal happening imminently,...
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Gaming out the UK Election from 2019-12-17T21:33:54
Michelle Egan comes back to the Wilson Center studio to break down the results of the election in the UK, and what that means for the US going forward.
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Elections in Hong Kong and What They Mean for Protests from 2019-11-26T10:00
Robert Daly joins us again to discuss the elections that took place in Hong Kong and the reality that they carry on the ground. Plus, how US actions on the situation could affect trade negotiat...
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Anders Beal on the Real Deal with Latin America's Protests from 2019-11-22T10:00
Latin America has experienced a wave of protests this spring. Remember, it's spring in the southern hemisphere. Latin American Program Associate Anders Beal walks us through the unfolding situat...
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The Tapestry of Syria - Part 2 from 2019-11-08T10:00
Syria presents a tapestry of challenges to policymakers. Wilson Scholar Amy Austin Holmes joins us in part two of a two part conversation about Syria, Turkey, Russia, the Kurds, and the United S...
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The Tapestry of Syria - Part 1 from 2019-11-08T10:00
Syria presents a tapestry of challenges to policymakers. Wilson Scholar Amy Austin Holmes joins us in part one of a two part conversation about Syria, Turkey, Russia, the Kurds, and the United S...
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South Pacific Breezes Blowing - Why Pacific Island Nations Are Looking to DC from 2019-11-05T10:00
Forget buying Greenland, the largest island in the world. China wants to lease Tulagi. Never heard of it? Well, after this episode you will. Abraham Denmark walks us through diplomatic moves...
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What President Trump Gets Right About Mexico from 2019-10-31T16:00
We have heard a lot of opinions of how President Trump has dealt with immigration, the border, and foreign policy. But in explaining a new piece he has written, Duncan Wood, Director of the Wils...
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Russia and China, Sitting in a Tree? from 2019-10-22T09:00
China and Russia. So many differences, but yet so much in common. Stacy Closson joins us to sort through the venn diagram of issues that are in the China/Russia relationship. And what that me...
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Halloween is Coming! Is Brexit? from 2019-10-11T09:00
American University Professor and Wilson Center Scholar Michelle Egan helps us understand Brexit, whether it will happen or not. This is a great catch up if you haven't followed the day to day ...
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Is China Dictating What We See On TV? from 2019-10-08T21:21:58
Aynne Kokas is back! You see, she was studying China's censorship of American media since before it was cool. And this week, with situations between China and the NBA and South Park hitting th...
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Quicktake! The Politics of a Definite Article from 2019-10-01T20:53:11
In this Quicktake episode, Morgan Jacobs of the Kennan Institute and host of "Kennan Xplainer" on Youtube, helps us understand Ukraine vs. THE Ukraine. Interesting etymology ahead!
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It's Meg King... or Maybe It's a Deepfake from 2019-09-24T09:00
Deepfake videos have gone beyond the realm of comedic relief and interesting technological innovation. Now things are getting serious. Meg King, the director of the Science and Technology Inno...
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Black Smoke On The Horizon - Will Attacks on Oil Facilities in Saudi Arabia Spark a Conflagration? from 2019-09-16T20:42
48 hours after oil facilities were attacked in Saudi Arabia, Middle East Specialist David Ottaway thinks the next 48 hours are crucial for the world. He walks us through what happened, and what...
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Taliban Talks Collapse... Now What? from 2019-09-10T21:26:06
Michael Kugelman comes back to discuss the collapse of talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan, giving us an overview of what the talks had centered on until now, and a view from the region on whe...
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Smoke on the Amazon - The Politics of Wildfires in Brazil from 2019-09-10T09:00
Seven thousand square miles of the Amazon rain forest are on fire. Anna Prusa of the Brazil Institute at the Wilson Center, helps dissect the policy implications of this event, and helps analyze...
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Negotiations and Love Notes - Where Do The North Korea Nuclear Talks Stand? from 2019-09-05T21:30:33
Jean Lee, Director of the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy, walks us through where talks between President Trump and Chairman Kim stand today. And she ...
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Pining for the Fjords of Greenland - Following Up on the Arctic from 2019-08-21T19:36:16
A few weeks ago in the episode "Foreign Policy on Top Of The World," I asked Polar Institute Director Mike Sfraga what we needed to look for out on the horizon. He said "Greenland." Now Greenl...
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An Update on the Hong Kong Protests from 2019-08-12T20:39:55
While DC has gone quiet for August, things are heating up in the streets of Hong Kong. For an update, we join back up with Robert Daly of the Wilson Center's Kissinger Institute.
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What's the environment like on a silk road? from 2019-08-12T09:00
Jennifer Turner directs the Wilson Center's China Environment Forum. And to kick off celebrations of her upcoming 20th Anniversary at the Center, she sat down with me to talk about China's envi...
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Argentina... and "Peak Podcast" from 2019-08-01T09:00
Latin America Program Senior Advisor and fellow podcast host Benjamin Gedan joins me for a discussion on Argentina and whether or not we have hit "peak podcast" as discussed in the New York Time...
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Ground Truth on the Iran Nuclear Program from 2019-07-23T09:00
Nuclear non-proliferation expert and Senior Vice President of the Wilson Center, Robert Litwak discusses where Iran's nuclear program now stands, and their recent moves regarding the JCPOA and u...
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Quicktake! What Just Happened in the House? from 2019-07-17T18:42:37
Talking to our resident House rules expert, Don Wolfensberger, about the confusing incident in the House of Representatives on July 16th, in which a Speaker was called out, a Speaker Pro Tempore...
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Remember: It's Colombia, Not Columbia from 2019-07-16T09:00
Today we talk to Dr. Cynthia Arnson, the director of the Latin America Program at the Wilson Center. She is a well respected scholar and commentator on all things Latin America, but particularl...
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Foreign Policy On Top Of The World from 2019-07-09T09:00
Director of the Wilson Center's Polar Initiative, Mike Sfraga sits down to chat about the Arctic. We'll cover challenges with policy in the region, cooperation, and the things we need to know t...
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Taking a Look at India from 2019-06-24T09:00
Michael Kugelman joins us this episode to give us some insight into the US relationship with India, recent elections in the country and what we might see coming in the future.
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Understanding the Hong Kong Protests from 2019-06-20T18:50:16
In this episode, we sit down with Robert Daly, who is the director of the Kissinger Institute at the Wilson Center. He enlightens us on the protests in Hong Kong -- how we got to this point and ...
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Is China Dictating What We See At The Movies? from 2019-05-15T18:16:17
This week I sit down with Aynne Kokas, assistant professor of media studies at the University of Virginia and author of "Hollywood Made In China." Aynne discusses her research into the subtle wa...
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Understanding the US/Russia Relationship from 2019-05-15T18:13:02
In our inaugural episode of the Need to Know podcast, I am joined by Matt Rojansky, the director of the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute. On a topic that is fraught with political upheaval, Matt...
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