Events
Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe: Accomplishments and Open Questions
February 06, 2009 // 11:00am — 12:00pm
Andrei Marga, Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Democracy and Freedom as Fundamental Human Rights
December 04, 2008 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Mrs. Eleonora Cercavschi, a human rights activist and the 2008 recipient of the Ion Ratiu Democracy Award, spoke on Democracy and Freedom as Fundamental Human Rights. The Honorable Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, and Samuel Donaldson, Chairman of the Wilson Council, and provided introductory remarks.
Economists with Guns: Authoritarian Development and U.S.-Indonesian Relations, 1960-1968
November 14, 2008 // 2:00pm — 3:30pm
Bradley R. Simpson, assistant professor of history, Princeton University; David Painter, associate professor of history, Georgetown University; David Ekbladh, assistant professor of history, Tufts University
Promises of 1968: Crisis, Illusion, and Utopia
November 07, 2008 // 8:00am — 5:30pm
CWIHP Director Christian Ostermann, Martin Palous, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the United Nations, Charles Maier, Harvard University, and Wilson Center Fellow Vladimir Tismaneanu
The China Diary of George H.W. Bush: The Making of a Global President
October 29, 2008 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
with author Jeffrey Engel, director of the George H. W. Bush School's Scowcroft Institute for International Affairs and assistant professor of history and public policy at Texas A&M
King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life
October 23, 2008 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life, featuring Nigel Ashton, senior lecturer in international history at the London School of Economics and Alexander Wieland from the State Department's Office of the Historian.
The Czechoslovak Intelligence Services in the Cold War: New Documents from the Czech Archives
October 09, 2008 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Pavel Zacek, Director, Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes; Benjamin Fischer former chief historian, CIA
Helsinki 1975 and the Transformation of Europe
September 23, 2008 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Helsinki 1975 and the Transformation of Europe, featuring Oliver Bange, senior researcher and lecturer at the University of Mannheim, Germany
Prospects for Inter-Korean and US-DPRK Relations
September 08, 2008 // 10:00am — 11:00am
A discussion of the prospects for inter-Korean and US-DPRK Relations with Park Jae Kyu, former ROK Minister of Unification and president of the University of North Korean Studies