Is the United States at a Crossroads? Domestic and Global Dimensions

In this half-day conference, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and leading experts from journalism and academia discussed the role of the United States in the world today and the future of U.S. immigration policy. These public events are part of a Wilson Center Alumni Reunion gathering.

9:00 - 9:45am: Conversation--Is the United States Still the "Indispensable Nation"?

• Jane Harman
  Director, President and CEO, Wilson Center
• Madeleine Albright
  Former U.S. Secretary of State, WC Class of 1981-82

9:45 - 11:00am: Panel I--America's Decline: Myth or Reality?

• John Ikenberry, Princeton University
  WC Class of 1998-99
• Bruce Jentleson, Duke University
  WC Class of 2014
• Mitchell Reiss, Williamsburg Foundation,
  WC Class of 1992-3, 1995
• Helene Cooper, The New York Times
  WC Class of 2004-5, 2013
• Constanze Stelzenmueller, Brookings Institution
  WC Class of 2004

Moderated by Robert Litwak, Vice President of Scholars and Academic Relations, Wilson Center

11:15 - 12:45pm: Panel II--How Will Immigration Continue to Transform America?

• Susan J. Terrio, Georgetown University
  WC Class of 2012-13

• Jonathan Fox, American University
  WC Class of 2004-5

• Karthick Ramakrishnan, University of California at Riverside
  WC Class of 2012-3

• Edward Schumacher-Matos, Public Policy Fellow, Wilson Center
  WC Class of 2015

Moderated by Duncan Wood, Director of the Mexico Institute, Wilson Center