North America Events
Book Launch: The Terrific Rise and Terrible Fall of Ireland's Celtic Tiger: European Debt and the Future of U.S.-style Globalization
November 09, 2010 // 8:30am — 10:00am
Program on America and the Global Economy
David Lynch, Senior Writer, Bloomberg News; Moderator Kent Hughes, Director, Program on America and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson Center
U.S.-China Climate Relations in the Run-Up to Cancun
November 05, 2010 // 9:30am — 11:30am
China Environment Forum
High expectations preceding the Copenhagen Climate talks in December 2009 created major disappointment when the talks did not produce a comprehensive agreement on controlling global greenhouse gas emissions. Climate experts stress that expectations for the December talks in Cancun need to be realistic.
Book Launch: Washington's U Street: A Biography
November 02, 2010 // 4:00pm — 6:00pm
United States Studies
Author Blair Ruble, Director, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center; Maurice Jackson, Associate Professor of History, Georgetown University; Moderator Philippa Strum, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
New Book Discussion: Daniel Patrick Moynihan: A Portrait in Letters of an American Visionary
October 28, 2010 // 5:30pm — 7:30pm
United States Studies
Author Steve Weisman, Editorial Director and Public Policy Fellow, The Peterson Institute; Commentators: Polly Trottenberg, Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy; Todd Purdum, Editor, Vanity Fair; Sidney Blumenthal, Journalist and Author
New Book Discussion: The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History
October 25, 2010 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
United States Studies
Author Samuel Moyn, Professor of History, Columbia University; Commentators Jerry Z. Muller, Professor of History, Catholic University; Rosa Brooks, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Rule of Law and Humanitarian Policy
Book Launch: Pinstripe Patronage: Political Favoritism From the Clubhouse to the White House and Beyond
October 20, 2010 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Congress Project
Martin and Susan Tolchin update the question they first raised in a 1971 work, examining how a string of Supreme Court rulings has affected the time-honored practices of rewarding your friends and punishing your enemies.
Sharing the Burden of the Border: Layered Security Cooperation and the Canada-U.S. Frontier
October 19, 2010 // 9:00am — 10:30am
Canada Institute
Stephanie von Hlatky and Jessica N. Trisko discussed current initiatives by Canadian provinces to contribute to a more secure Canada-U.S. border.
New Book Discussion: Gaming the World: How Sports are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture
October 18, 2010 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
United States Studies
Author Andrei S. Markovits, Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies, University of Michigan; Commentator Franklin Foer, Editor, The New Republic
Gathering Pace of History: The Resurgence of Québec's Sovereigntist Project and What It Means for Canada, the United States, and the World
October 15, 2010 // 9:00am — 10:00am
Canada Institute
Gilles Duceppe, leader of the Bloc Québécois, offered an overview of the status of Québec’s sovereigntist movement and what an independent Québec would mean to the United States.
New Book Discussion: On the Trail of the D.C. Sniper: Fear and the Media
October 07, 2010 // 3:30pm — 5:00pm
United States Studies
Author Jack Censer, Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, George Mason University; Commentator John Watson, Associate Professor, School of Communication, American University