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Upcoming Events
Changing Faces within the Greek Government: A Discussion of the Political Fallout from the Financial Crisis
March 06, 2012 // 1:00pm — 2:00pm
Wilson Center Experts
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Robin Wright // Journalist and Author of seven books, most recently "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World"
Robin Wright is a journalist, author and foreign policy analyst. Wright is currently a USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar. During her... -
Andrew Selee //
Andrew Selee is director of the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, which promotes dialogue and understanding between the United States... -
Aaron David Miller // Former Advisor to Republican and Democratic Secretaries of State on Arab-Israeli negotiations, 1978-2003.
Aaron David Miller became a Public Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in January 2006, where he wrote his fourth... -
An American who has worked for Agence France-Presse news agency since 1980 with postings in Paris, Bangkok, Kuwait, Sarajevo, Bonn, Berlin and... -
Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy is Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States. He retired from the Foreign Service in January... -
Zahid Hussain is an award-winning journalist and writer. He is a correspondent for The Times of London and The Wall Street Journal. He also has... -
Irene Kyriakopoulos // Distinguished Professor of National Security Policy, Dept. of Economics, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University
Irene Kyriakopoulos, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of National Security Policy, Department of Economics, Industrial College of the Armed Forces,... -
Amy M. Wilkinson is a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and senior fellow in the Center for Business... -
John W. Sewell is a Senior Scholar at The Wilson Center. His current research analyses how globalization has affected the American national... -
Affiliated with the African Studies Center at Boston University, Marc Sommers is an internationally recognized expert on youth concerns in war and...
Environmental Film Festival: Transcending Boundaries
March 14, 2012 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
The Environmental Film Festival comes to the Wilson Center to highlight the work of International Peace Park Expeditions. Join Saleem Ali, Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Vermont; Todd Walters, Founder, Executive Director, International Peace Park Expeditions and filmmaker Cory Wilson as they discuss Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park and transboundary conservation in the Central Albertine Rift Valley. more
China and Coexistence: Beijing's National Security Strategy for the Twenty-First Century
March 12, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:15pm
"Peaceful coexistence," long a key phrase in China’s strategic thinking, is a constructive doctrine that offers China a path for influencing the international system. So argues Liselotte Odgaard in this timely analysis of China's national security strategy in the context of its foreign policy practice. China’s program of peaceful coexistence emphasizes absolute sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of other states. Odgaard suggests that China’s policy of working within the international community and with non-state actors such as the UN aims to win for China greater power and influence without requiring widespread exercise of military or economic pressure. more
India and the US Pivot to Asia
Mar 06, 2012
The US strategic plan is to continue providing global security with emphasis on “rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific region.” Such a pivot is not new, but has been in play since the end of the Cold War, argues Robert M. Hathaway, director of the Asia Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The strategy requires a long-term partnership with India, as an economic and security anchor in the region. Priorities for both countries vary, particularly in regard to China, leading to divisions within each country as well. Many in India do not want their nation to take part in any Sino-American cold war or conflict and accuse the US of ignoring shenanigans from Pakistan. Indians are also wary about US plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and the likely resulting chaos. Both countries have conservatives who oppose reliance on partnerships and agreements that could constrain their military. Ultimately, Hathaway concludes, strength of nations as global actors depends on ensuring economic security and meeting domestic challenges. – YaleGlobal more
India and the US Pivot to Asia
Mar 06, 2012The US strategic plan is to continue providing global security with emphasis on “rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific region.” Such a pivot is not new, but has been in play since the end of the Cold War, argues Robert M. Hathaway, director of the Asia Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The strategy requires a long-term partnership with India, as an economic and security anchor in the region. Priorities for both countries vary, particularly in regard to China, leading to divisions within each country as well. Many in India do not want their nation to take part in any Sino-American cold war or conflict and accuse the US of ignoring shenanigans from Pakistan. Indians are also wary about US plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and the likely resulting chaos. Both countries have conservatives who oppose reliance on partnerships and agreements that could constrain their military. Ultimately, Hathaway concludes, strength of nations as global actors depends on ensuring economic security and meeting domestic challenges. – YaleGlobal
Reflections on Women in the Arab Spring: Women’s Voices from Around the World
Mar 05, 2012On the occasion of International Women’s Day, March 8, 2012, the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center asked a cross-section of women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the United States, and other countries to reflect on how women have fared in the Arab Spring.
Summer 2012 NKIDP Internship Opportunities
Mar 05, 2012The North Korea International Documentation Project is currently accepting internship applications for Summer 2012. The
application Deadline is 31 March 2012
President’s ‘Recess’ Picks Set Dangerous Path
President Barack Obama made a controversial move in early January by making four recess appointments to fill vacancies in top government positions, even though Congress was intentionally avoiding long recesses to block such a move. While the recess ploy may score political points by highlighting Senate delays in approving nominations, it is straining constitutional bounds and inter-branch relations.
e-Dossier No. 31 - Secret Soviet-Israeli Negotiations on the Eve of the Yom-Kippur War
CWIHP is pleased to announce the addition of a new document to its online Digital Archive. The document released today is a secret 1973 conversation between Mordechai Gazit, General Director of the Prime Minister’s Office, and Soviet journalist Victor Louis.
President Nixon Visits China: The Week That Changed the World
J. Stapleton Roy, Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States; Douglas Spelman, Deputy Director of the Kissinger Institute; Yafeng Xia, Associate Professor of History at Long Island University in New York.
The Quarterly Report: Lesson of the Great Depression
Steve Lagerfeld, Wilson Quarterly editor; Robert Aliber, Professor Emeritus of International Economics and Finance at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business; David Wessel, a current public policy scholar at the center and economics editor for The Wall Street Journal .
Energy, Climate Change, and Security: Connecting the Dots
Sharon Burke, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs; Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti , the UK's Climate and Energy Security Envoy; and Geoff Dabelko, Director of the Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program
