Program
Events
Africa and Global Financial Crisis
March 20, 2009 // 12:00pm — 1:15pm
with Sudhir Shetty, Sector Director, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM), Africa Region, World Bank; and Kathryn Lavelle, Ellen and Dixon Long Associate Professor of World Affairs, Case Western Reserve University, Wilson Center Fellow. Moderated by Ann Tutwiler, Former Program Officer, Global Development, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Conservation, Health and Development: Connecting Science and Practice
March 10, 2009 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
To save the planet, Jane Goodall stresses the importance of finding a solution to abject poverty and rapid population growth. Greater integration of projects can benefit health, conservation, and poverty alleviation at the same time.
China's Carbon Cost Abatement Curve: What it Means for U.S. Climate Policy
March 04, 2009 // 2:00pm — 3:30pm
Jonathan Woetzel, Director, McKinsey & Company Shanghai Office; David Moulton, Director, Climate Policy and Conservation Funding, The Wilderness Society; Moderator Jennifer Turner, Director, China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson Center
U.S. Policy Towards Mexico: Opportunities and Challenges
February 24, 2009 // 11:00am — 12:15pm
Harriet C. Babbitt, Attorney, Jennings, Strouss and Salmon, and Former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States; James Jones, Chairman, Manatt Jones Global Strategies, and former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and Member of Congress; Andrew Selee, Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center
The Frost/Nixon Interviews: The Final Chapter of Impeachment
February 20, 2009 // 9:00am — 10:30am
with James Reston, Jr., author of The Conviction of Richard Nixon: The Untold Story of the Frost/Nixon Interviews.
U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges in the 111th Congress: Brazil, Russia, India, and China
February 06, 2009 // 9:00am — 10:30am
Stapleton Roy, director, Kissinger Institute; Robert Hathaway, director, Asia Program; Paulo Sotero, director, Brazil Institute; and Henry Hale, scholar, Kennan Institute
U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges in the 111th Congress: The Developing World
January 30, 2009 // 9:00am — 10:30am
Cynthia Arnson, director, Latin American Program, Woodrow Wilson Center; former Congressman Howard Wolpe, director, Africa Program, Woodrow Wilson Center; Gib Clarke, coordinator, Global Health Initiative, Woodrow Wilson Center
Food Safety in China: A Menu for Change
November 19, 2008 // 11:00am — 12:15pm
with Jennifer Turner, Director, China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars;Paul Young, Senior Manager, Chemical Analysis Operations, Waters Corporation; and Jeanne Ireland, Chief Public Health Policy Advisor, House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Thinking Outside the Grid: An Aggressive Approach to Climate and Energy
September 23, 2008 // 12:00pm — 1:15pm
"The issue of our time is the combination of energy security and climate change," says former Congressman Sherwood Boehlert at a forum co-sponsored by Wilson Center On the Hill and ECSP.
The Russia-Georgia Conflict: What Happened and Future Implications for US Foreign Policy
September 12, 2008 // 9:00am — 10:15am
with Charles King,Professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; Michael Dobbs, Reporter and Former Moscow Bureau Chief, The Washington Post; Moderated by William Pomeranz, Deputy Director, Kennan Institute