North America Events
Foreign Policy Challenges in the 112th Congress: The Global Economy
January 28, 2011 // 9:00am — 10:30am
Wilson Center on the Hill
Experts will discuss how key regions such as China and Europe as well as issues such as immigration and urban growth affect U.S. trade and finance policy.
Congress and the Education Deficit
January 24, 2011 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Congress Project
Rep. Donald Payne (D-N.J.) and Rep. Thomas Petri (R-Wis.) discuss the causes of the United States' education deficit and factors Congress should watch in the future.
New Book Discussion: An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle Over Equality in Washington, D.C.
January 20, 2011 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
United States Studies
The District of Columbia holds a unique place in the history of this country's struggle for racial equality, according to author Kate Masur.
New Book Discussion: Age of Fracture
January 12, 2011 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
United States Studies
Author Daniel Rodgers, Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, and Director, Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies; John Judis, Senior Editor, The New Republic; Michael Kimmage, Associate Professor of History, Catholic University
Mixed Signals at the Border: The Future of U.S.-Canada Preclearance Programs
December 08, 2010 // 8:00am — 1:00pm
Canada Institute
Two panels explored the challenges and initiatives taking place in the United States and Canada to expand preclearance programs. Panelists stressed the need for more sophisticated and efficient programs at the shared border.
The Defense Industrial Base at Risk
December 06, 2010 // 9:00am — 12:30pm
Program on America and the Global Economy
Lt. Gen Michael Dunn, President, Air Force Association, Jim Moran, United States Representative (D-VA), Loren Thompson, COO, Lexington Institute, Mackenzie Eaglen, Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation, Rob Litwak, Vice President, Woodrow Wilson Center, Patrick Wilson, Director, Government Affairs, Semiconductor Industry Association, David Morrison, Vice President, Government Operations, Boeing, Bill Gostic, Vice President, Advanced Programs & Technology, Pratt & Witney, Mike Hamel, Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Development, Orbital.
Here Comes the Sun (and the Wind, Water, and Biogas): Opportunities and Challenges for U.S.-China Renewable Energy Collaboration
December 02, 2010 // 8:00am — 10:00am
China Environment Forum
Derek Vollmer of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) presents findings on a joint report by the U.S. National Academies and the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering that reviewed renewable energy development and deployment in the United States and China.
Privacy and Information Sharing: The Search for an Intelligent Border [Washington]
November 19, 2010 // 8:00am — 10:00am
Canada Institute
Wesley Wark and Mary Ellen Callahan explored the topic of privacy, information sharing, and security in Canada-U.S. border management at the Washington launch of the 13th issue in the One Issue, Two Voices series.
New Book Discussion: The Performance of Politics: Obama's Victory and the Democratic Struggle for Power
November 18, 2010 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
United States Studies
Jeffrey Alexander, Sociology, Yale University; David Greenberg, Wilson Center Fellow and Associate Professor of History and of Journalism and Media Studies, Rutgers University