Fellowships & Grants

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars welcomes outstanding and award winning scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals to take part in its non-partisan dialogue. Each year, the Center hosts around 160 scholars who conduct independent research on national and/or international issues addressing key public policy challenges. Through its scholars, the Center enriches crucial policy debates and provides a platform for scholars in the tradition of President Wilson to bring the worlds of policy and ideas together. The Center hosts scholars in residence through a variety of ways including its flagship international Fellowship Program, its Public Policy Scholar Program and through individual Center Scholar Programs.

Fellowships at the Wilson Center

Through an international competition, the Center offers 9-month residential fellowships. Fellows conduct research and write in their areas of interest, while interacting with policymakers in Washington and Wilson Center staff.  The Center accepts non-advocacy, policy-relevant, fellowship proposals that address key challenges of past, present and future issues confronting the United States and the world.  

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Current Scholars

  • Thomas Adams
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    Senior Scholar
    Jun 01, 2010 - May 31, 2012
  • Michael Adler
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    Public Policy Scholar
    Middle East Program
    Dec 31, 2007 - Aug 24, 2012
  • Lawrence K. Altman
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    Fellow
    United States Studies
    May 02, 2011 - Aug 24, 2012
  • Eric Arnesen
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    Fellow
    United States Studies
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Margot Badran
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    Senior Scholar
    Middle East Program
    Aug 01, 2009 - Jul 01, 2013
  • Robert M. Baum
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    Fellow
    Africa Program
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Ruth Greenspan Bell
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    Public Policy Scholar
    Environmental Change and Security Program
    Jun 06, 2011 - Dec 21, 2012
  • Leah Bendavid-Val
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    Senior Scholar
    Kennan Institute
    Dec 31, 2009 - Dec 31, 2012
  • Nancy Bernkopf Tucker
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    Senior Scholar
    History and Public Policy Program
    Sep 01, 2010 - Sep 30, 2012
  • Leslie Bethell
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    Senior Scholar
    Brazil Institute
    Dec 01, 2011 - Dec 31, 2013
  • David Birenbaum
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    Senior Policy Scholar
    Feb 01, 2011 - Feb 28, 2013
  • James P. Brennan
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    Fellow
    Latin American Program
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Roberto Briceño-León
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    Fellow
    Latin American Program
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Mary Brown Bullock
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    Senior Scholar
    Asia Program
    Jan 25, 2007 - Jan 31, 2013
  • Shahid Javed Burki
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    Senior Scholar
    Asia Program
    May 01, 2008 - Apr 30, 2012
  • Frederick Burkle
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    Senior Scholar
    May 01, 2008 - Aug 31, 2012
  • William Burr
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    Senior Scholar
    Aug 01, 2011 - Aug 01, 2013
  • Sarah Cameron
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    Kennan Institute Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar
    Kennan Institute
    Aug 01, 2011 - Apr 30, 2012
  • Lazaro Cardenas Batel
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    Senior Scholar
    Latin American Program
    Sep 15, 2011 - Sep 14, 2012
  • Ria Chae
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    Public Program Junior Scholar
    History and Public Policy Program
    Aug 29, 2011 - Feb 29, 2012
  • Ming Chen
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    ECNU-WWICS War Studies Initiative Scholar
    History and Public Policy Program
    Feb 01, 2012 - May 01, 2012
  • David Ciepley
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    Fellow
    United States Studies
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Julia Clancy-Smith
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    Fellow
    Middle East Program
    Jan 01, 2012 - Aug 31, 2012
  • Kenton Clymer
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    Fellow
    Asia Program
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Warren Cohen
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    Senior Scholar
    Asia Program
    Jun 01, 2009 - Jun 30, 2013
  • Bettye Collier-Thomas
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    Public Policy Scholar
    United States Studies
    Aug 15, 2011 - May 15, 2012
  • Marie-Therese Connolly
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    Senior Scholar
    United States Studies
    Sep 21, 2011 - Jul 31, 2012
  • Coline Covington
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    Senior Scholar
    Africa Program
    Nov 01, 2011 - Oct 20, 2013
  • Zdenek David
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    Senior Scholar
    Feb 01, 2004 - Jan 31, 2013
  • Rochelle A. Davis
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    Fellow
    United States Studies
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Adeed Dawisha
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    Public Policy Scholar
    Middle East Program
    Jan 03, 2012 - Jun 01, 2012
  • Karen Dawisha
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    Public Policy Scholar
    Kennan Institute
    Jan 03, 2012 - Apr 30, 2012
  • Kathi Diamant
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    EuropeanStudies Title VIII Scholar
    European Studies
    Feb 01, 2012 - Feb 01, 2013
  • Taylan Dogan
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    Public Policy Scholar
    History and Public Policy Program
    Jan 03, 2012 - Dec 21, 2012
  • Mikulas Fabry
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    Fellow
    European Studies
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Murray Feshbach
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    Senior Scholar
    Kennan Institute
    Oct 01, 2002 - Sep 30, 2012
  • Jo Freeman
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    Senior Scholar
    Jul 01, 2006 - Jun 30, 2012
  • Nobuo Fukuda
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    Public Policy Scholar
    Asia Program
    Jan 31, 2011 - Apr 01, 2014
  • Brent D. Glass
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    Senior Scholar
    United States Studies
    Jan 03, 2012 - Jan 03, 2014
  • Laura Gomez-Mera
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    Fellow
    Latin American Program
    Sep 01, 2011 - Jun 01, 2012
  • Alan Goulty
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    Senior Scholar
    Africa Program
    Mar 01, 2009 - Feb 28, 2013
  • Kathryn Graber
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    Kennan Institute Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar
    Kennan Institute
    Jan 01, 2012 - Aug 31, 2012
  • Jacqueline Maria Hagan
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    Fellow
    Latin American Program
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Yair Hirschfeld
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    Public Policy Scholar
    Middle East Program
    Jan 01, 2012 - May 31, 2012
  • Bruce Hoffman
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    Senior Scholar
    International Security Studies
    Jan 01, 2006 - Jan 31, 2013
  • Zahid Hussain
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    Pakistan Scholar
    Asia Program
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Tatiana Indina
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    Fulbright-Kennan Institute Research Scholar
    Kennan Institute
    Sep 05, 2011 - Feb 29, 2012
  • Maurice Jackson
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    Fellow
    Comparative Urban Studies Project
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • A. Ross Johnson
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    Senior Scholar
    History and Public Policy Program
    Oct 15, 2006 - Oct 31, 2012
  • Jan Kalicki
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    Senior Scholar
    Kennan Institute
    Feb 01, 2006 - Jun 30, 2012
  • Yedida Kanfer
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    Kennan Institute Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar
    Kennan Institute
    Sep 01, 2011 - May 30, 2012
  • Stefan Kaufmann
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    European Studies German Junior Scholar
    History and Public Policy Program
    Jan 30, 2012 - Mar 23, 2012
  • Clara Kemme
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    History and Public Policy Scholar
    European Studies
    Jan 03, 2012 - Apr 30, 2012
  • Moushira Khattab
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    Public Policy Scholar
    Middle East Program
    Jan 03, 2012 - Mar 30, 2012
  • Yuree Kim
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    Korea Foundation Junior Scholar
    History and Public Policy Program
    Jan 09, 2012 - Jul 06, 2012
  • George Kopits
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    Senior Scholar
    European Studies
    Sep 01, 2011 - Aug 31, 2013
  • John A Koumoulides
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    Senior Scholar
    Jan 01, 2012 - Dec 30, 2013
  • William Krist
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    Senior Policy Scholar
    Environmental Change and Security Program
    Dec 01, 2011 - Sep 30, 2013
  • Giwon Kwon
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    Public Policy Scholar
    History and Public Policy Program
    Jan 25, 2012 - Nov 16, 2012
  • Irene Kyriakopoulos
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    Public Policy Scholar
    European Studies
    Sep 01, 2011 - Mar 26, 2012
  • Jody LaPorte
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    Kennan Institute Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar
    Kennan Institute
    Feb 01, 2012 - Jul 31, 2012
  • Guillaume Lavoie
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    Public Policy Scholar
    Canada Institute
    Feb 17, 2012 - Mar 31, 2012
  • Chaeryung Lee
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    Public Policy Junior Scholar
    History and Public Policy Program
    Aug 01, 2011 - Feb 29, 2012
  • Melvyn P. Leffler
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    Senior Scholar
    History and Public Policy Program
    May 01, 2011 - Apr 30, 2013
  • Joanna I. Lewis
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    Fellow
    Environmental Change and Security Program
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Sang-yoon Ma
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    History and Public Policy Scholar
    History and Public Policy Program
    Dec 31, 2011 - Jul 31, 2012
  • Attila Marjan
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    Public Policy Scholar
    Jul 01, 2010 - Jul 01, 2031
  • Dan M. Martin
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    Senior Scholar
    Nov 01, 2011 - Oct 31, 2013
  • Yuriy Matsiyevskyy
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    Fulbright-Kennan Institute Research Scholar
    Kennan Institute
    Oct 05, 2011 - Mar 31, 2012
  • Mark Mazzetti
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    Public Policy Scholar
    History and Public Policy Program
    Oct 01, 2011 - Oct 01, 2012
  • Wilfred M McClay
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    Senior Scholar
    United States Studies
    Jul 01, 2008 - Jun 30, 2012
  • Tara McKelvey
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    Public Policy Scholar
    International Security Studies
    Jan 03, 2012 - May 25, 2012
  • William Milam
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    Senior Scholar
    Asia Program
    Oct 31, 2002 - Oct 01, 2012
  • Aaron David Miller
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    Distinguished Scholar
    Middle East Program
    Dec 31, 2005 - Dec 31, 2012
  • William Green Miller
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    Senior Policy Scholar
    Kennan Institute
    Dec 31, 2002 - Dec 31, 2013
  • Alexander Mirtchev
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    Senior Scholar
    Jan 03, 2012 - Jan 03, 2014
  • Julia Moore
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    Senior Scholar
    Jul 01, 2009 - Jun 30, 2013
  • James Morris
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    Senior Scholar
    Dec 01, 2009 - Dec 31, 2013
  • Natalia Moussienko
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    Fulbright-Kennan Institute Research Scholar
    Kennan Institute
    Sep 01, 2011 - Feb 29, 2012
  • Carlye Murphy
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    Public Policy Scholar
    Middle East Program
    Sep 01, 2011 - Jun 01, 2012
  • Irfan Nooruddin
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    Fellow
    Jan 17, 2012 - Jun 29, 2012
  • Erzen Oncel
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    Visiting Scholar
    European Studies
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Marvin Ott
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    Public Policy Scholar
    Asia Program
    Sep 01, 2010 - May 01, 2012
  • David Ottaway
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    Senior Scholar
    Middle East Program
    Nov 30, 2006 - Dec 31, 2013
  • Luis Pásara
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    Fellow
    Latin American Program
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Eleonore Pauwels
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    Public Policy Scholar
    Science and Technology Innovation Program
    Sep 09, 2011 - May 24, 2013
  • Joseph F Pilat
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    Senior Scholar
    Jul 01, 2008 - Jun 01, 2012
  • Karthick Ramakrishnan
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    Fellow
    Feb 15, 2012 - Jul 15, 2012
  • Walter Reich
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    Senior Scholar
    Sep 01, 2002 - Aug 31, 2012
  • Xuefei Ren
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    Fellow
    Comparative Urban Studies Project
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • James Reston, Jr.
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    Senior Scholar
    Oct 01, 2002 - Sep 30, 2012
  • Nataliya Rostova
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    Galina Starovoitova Fellow on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution
    Kennan Institute
    Nov 04, 2011 - May 03, 2012
  • Fabio Rugge
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    Fellow
    Environmental Change and Security Program
    Oct 31, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Angela Santese
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    History and Public Policy Program Junior Scholar
    History and Public Policy Program
    Jan 03, 2012 - Jun 29, 2012
  • John W. Sewell
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    Senior Scholar
    Environmental Change and Security Program
    Sep 01, 2003 - Aug 01, 2012
  • Grygorii Shamborovskyi
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    Fulbright-Kennan Institute Research Scholar
    Kennan Institute
    Sep 05, 2011 - Feb 29, 2012
  • Nancy Sherman
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    Public Policy Scholar
    United States Studies
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Martin Sherwin
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    Fellow
    Oct 31, 2010 - Nov 01, 2012
  • Elena Sitnikova
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    Fulbright-Kennan Institute Research Scholar
    Kennan Institute
    Sep 05, 2011 - Feb 29, 2012
  • Marc Sommers
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    Fellow
    Africa Program
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Peter Stoett
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    Fulbright Canada -Wilson Center Chair
    Canada Institute
    Jan 03, 2012 - May 27, 2012
  • Philippa Strum
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    Senior Scholar
    Sep 01, 2010 - Aug 31, 2012
  • Takashi Terada
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    Public Policy Scholar
    Asia Program
    Jan 03, 2012 - Mar 30, 2012
  • Martin Tolchin
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    Senior Scholar
    Apr 05, 2011 - Apr 14, 2013
  • Kathleen M. Vogel
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    Fellow
    International Security Studies
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Grace Warnecke
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    Senior Scholar
    Kennan Institute
    Jan 05, 2012 - Feb 24, 2012
  • Samuel Wells
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    Senior Scholar
    European Studies
    Oct 01, 2008 - Sep 01, 2012
  • David Wessel
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    Public Policy Scholar
    Program on America and the Global Economy
    Feb 01, 2012 - Mar 31, 2012
  • Richard Whittle
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    Public Policy Scholar
    International Security Studies
    Jan 31, 2011 - Aug 31, 2013
  • Howard J Wiarda
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    Senior Scholar
    Sep 01, 2008 - Aug 31, 2013
  • Amy Wilkinson
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    Public Policy Scholar
    Oct 01, 2007 - Aug 31, 2012
  • Stephanie Wilson
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    U.S. Air Force Defense Fellow
    International Security Studies
    Jul 01, 2011 - May 31, 2012
  • Elizabeth Wishnick
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    Public Policy Scholar
    Asia Program
    Jan 03, 2012 - Apr 30, 2012
  • Robin Wright
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    USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar
    Middle East Program
    Oct 01, 2010 - Sep 01, 2012
  • Junhua Wu
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    Senior Scholar
    Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
    Sep 01, 2011 - Aug 31, 2013
  • Yafeng Xia
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    Fellow
    History and Public Policy Program
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Youzhen Xu
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    Public Policy Scholar
    History and Public Policy Program
    Dec 10, 2011 - Mar 10, 2012
  • Ahmet Yukleyen
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    Fellow
    European Studies
    Sep 06, 2011 - May 25, 2012
  • Jialing Zhang
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    China Environment Forum Fellow
    Jan 01, 2012 - Apr 01, 2012
  • Yang Zhang
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    ECNU-Center China Initiative Scholar
    History and Public Policy Program
    Jan 01, 2012 - Apr 01, 2012