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Recent Events

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Past Events
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Event
Security and Defense
Book Talk: Beyond 9/11 Homeland Security for the Twenty-First Century
On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 4:00 – 5:00 ET
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Event
U.S. Elections
The United States and Canada: Outlook for Bilateral Relations in 2021
On Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 12:00 – 2:00 ET
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Event
Elections
Voting Going Viral: COVID-19 and Electoral Best Practices from Saskatchewan
On Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 3:00 – 4:00 ET
Minsk, Belarus-August 23, 2020: Peaceful protests in Belarus. People at a protest in Belarus. Strike in Belarus. Big peace rally in Minsk. Flag of Belarus. White red white
Event
Democracy
Belarus in Crisis: European and North American Responses
On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 9:00 – 10:00 ET
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Event
NAFTA/USMCA
Sixth North American Process Symposium: Economic Coordination and Adaptation
On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 11:00 – 12:15 ET
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National Security
The U.S. Air Force Arctic Strategy, Alaska, and the New Arctic: A Conversation with Alaska's Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan
On Monday, September 14, 2020 at 4:00 – 5:00 ET
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Event
Security and Defense
The High-Tech Future of North American Defense
On Friday, September 11, 2020 at 2:00 – 3:00 ET
Automotive Aluminum Part
Event
Trade and Development
E Pluribus Aluminum?
On Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 2:00 – 3:00 ET
Immigration Newspaper
Event
Migration
Pandemic Immigration Consternation for the United States and Canada
On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 2:30 – 3:30 ET
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Event
Governance
Canada's Arctic and Northern Policy Framework
On Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 2:00 – 3:30 ET
United Nations Building
Event
United Nations
Canada at the United Nations, What Next? A Conversation with Canada’s New Ambassador to the UN, Bob Rae
On Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 1:00 – 2:00 ET
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Event
Trade and Development
Joint Action Plan on Critical Minerals Supplies: Securing Critical Minerals in Canada and the United States
On Friday, July 17, 2020 at 10:00 – 11:00 ET
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Biden's Americas Strategy

Americas 360 is a podcast about the "innumerable ties" among the nations of the Western Hemisphere. Get the inside scoop and the outside perspective on the latest developments from Canada, Latin America, and everywhere in between. Americas 360 is a production of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, with experts from the Argentina Project, Brazil Institute, Canada Institute, Latin American Program, and Mexico Institute.

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On The Northern Frontier

On the Northern Frontier publication series presents you with research and analysis from Canada Institute staff, fellows, and affiliates created to foster new ideas and outlooks on Canada's role in the world.

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USMCA Resource Page

Welcome to the Wilson Center's NAFTA/USMCA Resource Page. The Mexico Institute and the Canada Institute will provide up-to-date coverage as the USMCA ratification process progresses. We invite you to check back frequently for updates to this resource.

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Insights & Analysis

Video
NAFTA/USMCA
The Biden Administration: North American Relations
22:43
Article
U.S. Foreign Policy
On the Horizon 2021 | Canada
By Kathryn Friedman on January 13, 2021
Publication
U.S. Foreign Policy
On the Horizon | What to Watch in 2021
Video
U.S. Foreign Policy
From North to South: Biden’s Foreign Policy toward the Americas
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Our Latest Work on COVID-19 in Canada

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Audio
Governance
Coronavirus Gold Rush? Corruption Spreads in a Pandemic
Beyond the COVD-19 Horizon
Publication
U.S. Foreign Policy
Beyond the COVID-19 Horizon
Americas 360 Logo
Audio
Coronavirus
Pandemic Politics in the Americas
Barbed Wire Fencing
Article
Border Security
Responding to COVID-19 with the Border We Have
By Christopher Sands on June 1, 2020
Detroit-Windsor Tunnel - Port of Entry
Audio
Coronavirus
To Reopen or Not to Reopen: That is the Border Question
North American flags
Article
Economics and Globalization
A Coordinated Way to Reawaken the North American Economy
By Christopher Sands on May 26, 2020
Coronavirus
Article
Coronavirus
Who is 'us'? Thinking like North Americans in our pandemic response
By Duncan Wood on May 12, 2020
Supply Chains
Article
Coronavirus
How Governors and Premiers Can Work Together to Reopen the Economy
By Mitchell Davidson on May 8, 2020
COVID-19 Molecules
Article
Coronavirus
Canada’s Expanding Toolkit for Coronavirus Response
By Mariana Sánchez Ramírez on May 5, 2020
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Article
Coronavirus
Infographic | Canada's COVID-19 Economic Response Plan
By Mariana Sánchez Ramírez on April 30, 2020
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Article
Coronavirus
The Policy and the Politics of Central Banking in the Time of Coronavirus
By James Haley on April 17, 2020
Coronavirus impact on healthcare and global economy on a financial chart
Article
Coronavirus
COVID-19 and the Threat to the North American Economy
By James Haley on April 13, 2020

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