Security and Defense Events
The Security Demographic: Assessing the Evidence
June 13, 2006 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Drawing on three decades of data, Richard Cincotta and Jack Goldstone explore the relationship between demography and conflict—critical to the USAID reexamination of the Fragile/Rebuilding States strategy.
Conflict Timber, Sustainable Management, and the Rule of Law: Forest Sector Reform in Liberia
June 08, 2006 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Over the past two decades, Liberia's forests have helped subsidize two civil wars and the dictatorial regime of Charles Taylor. Today, the forests may offer the country's best chance at revitalization.
Reception: Global Environment Change and Human Security
May 23, 2006 // 4:00pm — 6:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Researchers from the GECHS network will be on hand to discuss the ways in which diverse social and environmental processes combine to affect human well-being, including people's health, economic opportunities, and political freedoms.
Climate Change Politics in North America (Part Two)
May 19, 2006 // 9:00am — 2:00pm
Canada Institute
The Wilson Center's Canada Institute and Environmental Change and Security Program host a two-day conference in partnership with the University of New Hampshire to examine the rapidly evolving North American debate on climate change politics.
Climate Change Politics in North America (Part One)
May 18, 2006 // 1:00pm — 5:30pm
Canada Institute
The Wilson Center's Canada Institute and ECSP host a two-day conference in partnership with the University of New Hampshire to examine the rapidly evolving North American debate on climate change politics.
Live Webcast: Transforming National Preparedness
May 17, 2006 // 10:00am — 11:00am
International Security Studies
A Director's Forum with Frances Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Live Webcast: The Increasing Radicalization of European Muslims
May 15, 2006 // 12:00pm — 1:30pm
International Security Studies
with Mia Bloom, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Cincinnati
Rehabilitating the Jordan River Valley Through Cross-Border Community Cooperation
May 08, 2006 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Five mayors from municipalities along the Jordan River and Dead Sea, as well as representatives from Friends of the Earth Middle East, explore ways to use cross-border water and sanitation cooperation to restore the region's vitality and to build literal and metaphorical bridges.
Controlling the Bomb: The First Failure … and Iran
May 05, 2006 // 12:00am
International Security Studies
with Martin J. Sherwin, Walter S. Dickson Professor of English and American History, Tufts University, and Kai Bird, independent scholar and former Woodrow Wilson Center Fellow; authors of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Civil Strife in the Developing World: New Insights on Connections Among Environment, Demography, and Conflict
May 02, 2006 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
Colin Kahl and Marvin Ott examine how demographic and environmental factors can create turmoil in many countries and regions, and also create threats to national security.