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Pakistan in Peril? The State of the Nation's Democracy, Economy, and Relationship with the US
Need to Know - March 26, 2024 15:31 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn this episode of Need to Know, we focus on Pakistan's political and economic situation, as well as its relationship with the United States. Michael Kugelman, Deputy Director of the Wilson Center's IndoPacific program, covers topics such as the health of democracy in the wake of the recent elec...
Navigating the Electric Vehicle Supply Chain: Insights and Strategies
Need to Know - March 15, 2024 16:51 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn this episode of the Need to Know John Milewski takes a look into the world of electric vehicles (EVs) and the dynamic supply chains essential to their development and manufacturing. Joined by a panel of experts, including Duncan Wood, Jasper Jung, and Sham Kunjur, shed light on the impact of ...
New Study Upends Negative Assumptions About the Economic Impact of Refugees
Need to Know - March 08, 2024 17:44 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn this episode, we delve into the findings from a study conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources that examined the fiscal impact of refugees and asylum seekers on the economy over a 15-year period. Many will be surprised by the overwhelmingly positive findings. John Thon M...
Standing Strong: Witnessing Resilience in Ukraine
Need to Know - February 26, 2024 15:16 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn this episode of the Need to Know podcast from the Wilson Center, Ambassador Mark Green, President and CEO of the Wilson Center, shares his recent firsthand observations from Ukraine, marking the two-year anniversary of Russia's invasion. From the war-torn streets to underground schools in sub...
The US Congress: Priorities & Challenges in 2024
Need to Know - February 07, 2024 03:08 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn this episode of Need to Know, Eddy Acevedo, Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the President and CEO of the Wilson Center, discusses the year ahead for the U.S. Congress. He lists other priorities Congress is juggling in addition to appropriations and supplemental funding. Acevedo shares in...
Collateral Damage: Can the Abraham Accords Survive the Israel-Hamas War?
Need to Know - November 21, 2023 20:26 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn 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's Middle East program. They review the status of the accords before the Hamas attack and how things hav...
Battling Malaria: The Global Fight Against a Deadly Foe
Need to Know - November 14, 2023 17:47 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn 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 Mark Green. Ambassador Green explores the progress made over the years and the ongoing challenges in the ...
Afghanistan After Two Years of Taliban Rule: “It’s pretty bad!”
Need to Know - September 25, 2023 15:35 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn 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 Kugelman. Kugelman paints a dire picture of the situation under Taliban rule, particularly as it relate...
Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis: The Plight of Afghan Refugees
Need to Know - August 29, 2023 18:09 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn 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 the aftermath of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan with host John Milewski. They explore the complex issue...
Increasing Competitiveness by Building a Better U.S.-Mexico Border
Need to Know - July 24, 2023 16:47 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsWhile 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 Director Andrew Rudman talks with host John Milewski about idea for building a more competitive situation ...
Mixed Signals: Is a US-China “Cold War” Heating Up or Cooling Down?
Need to Know - June 26, 2023 23:09 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsOn 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 reference to Xi Jinping as a “dictator.” They also discuss recent diplomatic efforts by Secretary of S...
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Regulation
Need to Know - May 31, 2023 17:48 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn 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. They discuss concerns about AI, the need for guidelines and regulations, and the recent statement from...
The Farm Bill: What do Farmers and Ranchers Want From the Legislation?
Need to Know - May 02, 2023 14:39 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsOn 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 2023 Farm Bill and how it might address changes and challenges the agriculture community has faced duri...
Introduction to the Farm Bill
Need to Know - April 04, 2023 15:20 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn 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 should expect it to change from last time around, and what impact the Russian invasion of Ukraine may have ...
The Future of Cryptocurrency: Public Policy and Regulatory Challenges
Need to Know - March 07, 2023 16:33 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsOn 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 for international finance, its downsides, and where the digital asset might be headed in the future.
Border Security
Need to Know - February 15, 2023 17:14 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsOn 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 policies are working and which aren’t, what life is like in border communities, and where opportunities might e...
Energy Security
Need to Know - January 24, 2023 20:03 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsOn 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, available, and secure energy sources, and the challenges countries face in reaching that goal.
China: Strategic Interests, Protests, and the Future
Need to Know - December 20, 2022 16:43 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsOn 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 is advancing its interests in the Middle East, and how President Xi Jinping is trying to shape the global order.
An Inside Look at the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference
Need to Know - November 28, 2022 19:36 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn 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 and covers the climate change debates taking place at the conference. Rajao, also explains who the key players are, what challenges they f...
Examining Protests in Iran and the Arab World
Need to Know - November 02, 2022 16:19 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn 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 the ongoing protests in Iran sparked by the death of 22-year old Mahsa Amini while in police custody. They de...
The Arctic is Hot
Need to Know - September 09, 2022 00:09 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsFormer 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 Arctic has emerged, and it continues to be a hot area for policy experts watching multiple portfolios.
What Will Really Happen If Speaker Pelosi Goes to Taiwan?
Need to Know - August 01, 2022 19:16 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsA 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.
Analyzing Refugee Challenges Using Lived Experience
Need to Know - July 19, 2022 18:28 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsA 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 problems, but coming at it from the unique perspective of one who has lived in refugee camps and utilized pol...
100th Episode!
Need to Know - July 08, 2022 12:04 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsA 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!
Summit of the Americas Debrief
Need to Know - June 13, 2022 16:45 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsFresh 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!
A Cold War with China?
Need to Know - May 31, 2022 20:28 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsThere'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 we are in a new Cold War with China as an adversary. And how will this Cold War be the same or differ...
The Great Wall of Steel - China's Global Campaign Against the Uyghurs
Need to Know - May 20, 2022 20:04 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsBradley Jardine joins us to discuss his new publication, The Great Wall of Steel - https://www.wilsoncenter.org/book/great-wall-steel For years, the international community has known about China's treatment of Uyghurs within China, particularly in Xinjiang Province. But here for the first tim...
Latin America’s Leftists Aren’t Who You Think
Need to Know - March 09, 2022 21:06 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsTouching 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 America's Leftists Aren't Who You Think." Check out the article at https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/31...
Wilson Quarterly Winter 2022: The Arctic's Pandemic Experience
Need to Know - March 08, 2022 20:35 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Wilson Quarterly editor Stephanie Bowen and contributor and journalist Melody Schreiber. We discuss the Winter 2022 edition of the Quarterly titled “The New North,” which focuses on Arctic issues. Melody also highlights her article, “Setti...
Ukraine Invaded... Why?
Need to Know - March 01, 2022 19:58 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratingsNo 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 next with sanctions. Further Reading: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/putin-has-already-lost
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