2015 Year in Review
Thanks to our scholars, our staff, and our friends around the world, this has been an exceptional year in programming at the Wilson Center. More than ever, our publications and our conversations bridged the worlds of scholarship and policy.
Thanks to our scholars, our staff, and our friends around the world, this has been an exceptional year in programming at the Wilson Center. More than ever, our publications and our conversations bridged the worlds of scholarship and policy.
Below you’ll find a list of the standout events, publications, and articles of 2015 organized by the themes we found most significant.
International Security
Wilson Perspectives: Implications of the Paris Attacks
A Conversation with Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson
Can We Ultimately Defeat ISIL? A Conversation with General John Allen
A Conversation with the President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili
How to Counter Jihadist Appeal Among Western European Muslims
Cybersecurity
Briefing with Admiral Michael Rogers, Commander of U.S. Cyber Command
Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities: Securing America's Most Important Assets
with Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterrorism
Security Clearance: A Next-Gen Overhaul
Trans-Pacific Partnership
Challenges and Opportunities for TPP Countries
Wilson Perspectives: The Trans-Pacific Partnership
Vietnam Takes on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Setting the Standard and Raising the Bar
Migration
Update on Europe’s Migration Crisis
The Case for Accepting Syrian Refugees
To Protect Our Open Societies, We Must Not Close Them
Women on the Run: The Looming Refugee Crisis
Climate Change
Wilson Perspectives: The Paris Climate Agreement
Success in Paris: Adoption of the Global Climate Agreement
What the Paris Climate Conference Means for South Asia
New Algae Research Could Address Climate Change and Food Security Challenges
Impact of China’s Cap and Trade Announcement
Energy
Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz on 2015 Global Policy Outlook
U.S. Quadrennial Energy Review: 2015 Report
Tracking the Energy Titans: Hidden Trends in the United States, China, and Canada [Infographic]
Chapter Updates to Energy and Security: Strategies for a World in Transition
Global Energy Forum: Revolutionary Changes and Security Pathways
Second Annual North American Energy Forum
Noteworthy Books of 2015
Roots of Russia's War in Ukraine
By Elizabeth A. Wood, William E. Pomeranz, E. Wayne Merry, and Maxim Trudolyubov
Terrorism in Cyberspace: The Next Generation
By Gabriel Weimann, Fellow, 2013-14
Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
By Joby Warrick, Public Policy Fellow, 2014
Power Wars: Inside Obama’s Post-9/11 Presidency
By Charlie Savage, Public Policy Fellow 2015
Mexicans in the Making of America
By Neil Foley, Fellow, 2007
Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?
By Karen Dawisha, Public Policy Fellow, 2012