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Iran Election Update

May 23, 2013
The Middle East Program offers the latest news on the Iranian presidential election of June 2013, based on a selection of Iranian news sources. The Iran Election Update is a daily summary of up-to-date information with links to news in both English and Farsi. It includes the latest developments and analysis of news about the upcoming election.

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Getting Minority Voices Heard

Oct 05, 2004
U.S. Studies Program Associate Acacia Reed views the New Scholarship in Race, Ethnicity series through the prism of programs designed to empower minority scholars.

9/11 and the Future

Oct 04, 2004
In a compelling look at the future, the 9/11 Commission's leaders -- Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton -- go to the heart and spirit of the Commission's 41 recommendations in a highly personalized and candid interview on dialogue. The full video of the interview can be viewed on this site.

Wilson Center Press Books on Asian History Make Library Journal Bestseller List

Oct 01, 2004
Two books co-published by the Woodrow Wilson Center Press were recently on the Library Journal Bestsellers list for Asian history---Frontier Passages: Ethnopolitics and the Rise of Chinese Communism, 1921-1945,written by Xiaoyuan Liu, and India-China Relationship: What the United States Needs to Know, edited by Francine R. Frankel and Harry Harding.

Fighting Terrorists While Seeking Peace

Oct 01, 2004
Terrorists around the world terrorize for different reasons. Former Congressman Lee Hamilton says our long-term policies must recognize this.

UNEP's Klaus Toepfer Launches Understanding Environment, Conflict, and Cooperation

Sep 30, 2004
Report Finds Fertile Ground for Peace in Environmental Cooperation,but Lack of Data Prevents Early Warning of Environmental Conflict

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The American Quest for Redemption

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From the Oprah Winfrey Network to the White House, the ritual of redemption and starting afresh has a mesmerizing effect on Americans. Bill Clinton did it, and now Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, and other celebrities and politicians are trying to follow. Where does the redemptive urge come from? Where is it taking us?

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Way of the Knife

May 22, 2013 – May 29, 2013

This week on Dialogue at the Wilson Center our guest is Mark Mazzetti, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for The New York Times. He is the author of the new book, “The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth.” We also spoke with Curtis Brainard, Editor of The Observatory, the Columbia Journalism Review’s “lens on the science press,” to survey the landscape of science journalism.

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