In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we discuss the latest from Ukraine post-election. Matthew Rojansky, the Director of the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute, provides analysis on President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky, an actor, comedian and political satirist, who won a compelling 73% of the vote throughout the nation.

With headlines focusing on the Trump administration’s efforts to build more wall at the US-Mexico border, in this edition of Wilson Center NOW we attempt to separate those headlines from trendlines in global migration with Wilson Center Global Fellow James Hollifield. Hollifield highlights how the US and other nations will need to reform their systems and increasingly compete among themselves for increased immigration as fertility rates fall below replacement levels around the developed world.

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we are joined by author Konrad H. Jarausch who discusses his latest book, “Broken Lives: How Ordinary Germans Experienced the Twentieth Century.” Jarausch explores how ordinary German citizens fell for Nazi propaganda and often perpetrated or collaborated in the regime’s crimes. He also explores how the defeated survivors were able to recivilize themselves, becoming democrats and Western allies.

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we are joined by Middle East Program Fellow Amy Austin Holmes who was conducting research in Northeast Syria on the day coalition forces declared the territorial defeat of the Islamic State. Amy discusses her work conducting surveys with Kurdish and Arab members of the Syrian Democratic Forces as well as the political and economic outlook for this war-torn region of Syria.

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we are joined by Maria Blackwood, Title VIII Research Scholar at the Kennan Institute. She explains the motivations behind the relocation of Soviet Kazakhstan’s capital three times in that nation’s first decade of existence. Blackwood also discusses the abrupt resignation of President Nazarbayev after almost thirty years in power and the subsequent decision to rename the capital of Astana in his honor.

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we discuss the latest in recent tensions between India and Pakistan in Kashmir. Michael Kugelman provides analysis on how the most serious crisis in nearly twenty years has grown increasingly dangerous between neighboring rivals that are both nuclear states.

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we are joined by Wilson Fellow Felix Boecking who discusses the unintended consequences of protectionism and the difficulties of strategizing trade wars with a focus on specific examples from China in the early 20th century. He also highlights his recent book, “Great Wall: Trade, Tariffs, and Nationalism in Republican China, 1927-1945.”

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we speak with Merissa Khurma, Project Manager of Middle East Special Initiatives, about the just-launched blog Enheduanna. The blog hopes to “inspire diverse women contributors from the Middle East to voice their thoughts and express their ideas about the state of women in their countries and their often ignored yet important work to advance women’s issues across the region.”

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW Director of the Mexico Institute Duncan Wood provides analysis on Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s first hundred days in office. Has AMLO’s very high popularity among the Mexican people translated into legislative achievements and what’s next on his agenda for 2019?

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we speak with Sherri Goodman who discusses where the United States stands in combating global climate change. Have we reached a tipping point for a renewed focus from federal, state and local governments, the military, and private sector? She also highlights the role the new International Military Council on Climate and Security will play in the effort.