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CloseMoments of Clarity: Uncovering Important Lessons for 2023


The Wilson Center’s unique Congressional charter gives it a special obligation to look beyond the daily headlines and to identify key foreign policy developments that others may overlook or underappreciate. The Center’s mission is to analyze those developments, and identify lessons and insights to guide policymakers as they navigate new challenges and opportunities. Reviewing 2022, here are several “moments of clarity” from Wilson Center experts.
Contributors

Ambassador Mark A. Green
President & CEO, Wilson Center

Robert Daly
Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States

Sue Mi Terry
Former Director of the Asia Program and the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy

David Sanger
Distinguished Fellow;
White House and National Security Correspondent and Senior Writer, The New York Times. Author of "The Inheritance," "Confront and Conceal" and "The Perfect Weapon."
White House and National Security Correspondent and Senior Writer, The New York Times. Author of "The Inheritance," "Confront and Conceal" and "The Perfect Weapon."

Shihoko Goto
Director for Geoeconomics and Indo-Pacific Enterprise and Acting Director, Asia Program

Mark Kennedy
Director, Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition

Sir John McLeod Scarlett
Co-Chair, Wilson Center Global Advisory Council; Chairman, SC Strategy Limited; Former Chief, British Intelligence Service (MI6)

Baroness Catherine Ashton
Slater Family Distinguished Fellow;
Former Vice President of the European Commission and former High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Former Vice President of the European Commission and former High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil; Senior International Policy Advisor, Arnold & Porter

Jill Dougherty
Global Fellow;
Former CNN Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Former CNN Foreign Affairs Correspondent

Benjamin Gedan
Director, Latin America Program // Director, Argentina Project

Oge Onubogu
Director, Africa Program

Michael Kugelman
Director, South Asia Institute

John Thon Majok
Director of Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative (RAFDI); Deputy Director of Development

Iván Duque Márquez
Distinguished Fellow;
Former President of the Republic of Colombia
Former President of the Republic of Colombia

James F. Jeffrey
Chair of the Middle East Program, Slater Family Distinguished Fellow;
Former ambassador to Iraq and Turkey, and Special Envoy to the Global Coalition To Defeat ISIS
Former ambassador to Iraq and Turkey, and Special Envoy to the Global Coalition To Defeat ISIS

Eddy Acevedo
Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the President and CEO

Merissa Khurma
Director, Middle East Program

Duncan Wood
Vice President for Strategy & New Initiatives; Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute

Lauren Herzer Risi
Program Director, Environmental Change and Security Program

Bruce Jentleson
Former Distinguished Fellow;
William Preston Few Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science, Duke University
William Preston Few Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science, Duke University