米有力シンクタンクが事実上閉鎖　トランプ氏命令、日米研究も

　【ワシントン時事】米著名シンクタンク「ウィルソン・センター」は７日、一部のプログラムを除き活動を停止すると発表した。トランプ大統領が先月署名した大統領令で閉鎖を命じ、資金停止により運営が立ち行かなくなった。
　議会の認可を得て１９６８年に設立された同センターは、超党派で外交政策の分析・立案を行い、日本人学者向けの奨学プログラムも展開してきた。今年９月には、原爆投下から８０年に合わせ、核軍縮や核兵器の人道的影響を主題に世界の研究者が学ぶ集中合宿を広島県で予定している。（2025/04/08-14:25）

The Wilson Center, a prominent U.S. foreign policy think tank, said Monday that it will suspend its activities except for some programs.
   President Donald Trump last month ordered the closure of the think tank, which has also offered fellowship programs for Japanese researchers, with the suspension of funding making it impossible for the institute to continue its operations.
   The institute, formally called the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, was established in 1968 with congressional authorization, conducting nonpartisan foreign policy analysis and planning.
   In September this year, the center plans to hold a study camp in Hiroshima Prefecture on nuclear disarmament and the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons to commemorate the 80th anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima, western Japan, and Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, in the closing days of World War II.
   The Trump administration has halted aid to students abroad, including the Fulbright scholarship program, which is also used by Japanese students, raising concerns about a negative effect on human exchanges between Japan and the United States.