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AFPC fellow in Indo-Pacific studies Michael Sobolik quoted in The Washington Post about enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

June 23, 2022 Michael Sobolik

AFPC fellow in Indo-Pacific studies Michael Sobolik quoted in The Washington Post about enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act stating “The implementation will be contested, just as everything Xinjiang-related was contested last year. The mechanics are different, but the battle remains the same: climate interests pitted against human rights concerns.” 

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FPC distinguished fellow in strategic studies Victoria Coates quoted in the Washington Examiner regarding Middle East politics.

June 22, 2022 Victoria Coates

AFPC distinguished fellow in strategic studies Victoria Coates quoted in the Washington Examiner regarding Middle East politics.

“I think, for starters, Bennett’s done,” said former White House deputy national security adviser Victoria Coates, who specialized in Middle East issues during the Trump presidency. “So it was basically held together with gum and Band-Aids for a year, but when you have [a prime minister] whose whole political raison d’etre is being the most right-wing, [who's] in a coalition with the Arab faction, that’s just not tenable.”

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