Greece Should Stay with EurozoneExiting the Eurozone will only exacerbate the austerity Greek voters have balked at, says Kent Hughes. Rather than leave, Greek economic and political leadership should seize the opportunity to rebuild a civic culture that will support stable finances and long-term growth. more |
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Instability in West Africa: Issues and Challenges to Development and International Security
May 21, 2012 // 9:30am — 11:00am
Family Planning and Results-Based Financing Initiatives: Opportunities and Challenges
May 21, 2012 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Women’s Top-Level Political Participation in Ukraine: Challenges and Opportunities
May 21, 2012 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Wilson Center Experts
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Kent Hughes //
Kent H. Hughes is currently the Director of the Program on America and the Global Economy (PAGE) at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for... -
David B. Ottaway received a BA from Harvard, magna cum laude, in 1962 and a PhD from Columbia University in 1972. He worked 35 years for The... -
Aaron David Miller // Former Advisor to Republican and Democratic Secretaries of State on Arab-Israeli negotiations, 1978-2003.
Aaron David Miller became a Public Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in January 2006, where he wrote his fourth... -
Haleh Esfandiari, the Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, has had a rich and varied... -
Geoffrey D. Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP), a nonpartisan policy forum on environment, population,... -
Karthick Ramakrishnan // Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California-Riverside
Karthick Ramakrishnan is associate professor of political science at the University of California, Riverside. His research focuses on civic... -
Dr. Cynthia J. Arnson is director of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Her most recent work has... -
An American who has worked for Agence France-Presse news agency since 1980 with postings in Paris, Bangkok, Kuwait, Sarajevo, Bonn, Berlin and... -
Robin Wright // Journalist and Author/Editor of eight books, most recently editor of "The Islamists Are Coming: Who They Really Are"
Robin Wright is a journalist, author and foreign policy analyst. She is currently a USIP Senior Fellow-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar. During... -
Professor Adeed Dawisha specializes in Iraq's transition to democracy since the downfall of Saddam Hussein's government in 2003. -
My current work focuses on the moral psychology of soldiering. In particular, I am interested in the moral emotions of being a warrior - what is... -
Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy is Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States. He retired from the Foreign Service in January... -
Andrew Selee //
Andrew Selee is director of the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, which promotes dialogue and understanding between the United States and... -
Zahid Hussain is an award-winning journalist and writer. He is a correspondent for The Times of London and The Wall Street Journal. He also has... -
Amy M. Wilkinson is a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and senior fellow in the Center for Business... -
Affiliated with the African Studies Center at Boston University, Marc Sommers is an internationally recognized expert on youth concerns in war and...
Population Projections: Breaking Down The Assumptions
June 05, 2012 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Although the pace of world population growth has declined, it has not stopped and future projections remain uncertain. Further, the amount of uncertainty is significant: The difference between the United Nation’s high and low estimates for 2050 is 2.5 billion people. The assumptions that go into them are therefore very important to understand. more
People and the Planet (Report Launch)
June 04, 2012 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Rapid and widespread changes in global population, coupled with unprecedented levels of consumption, present profound challenges to human health and well-being and the natural environment. Although much is known about these linkages, they do not feature prominently in international debates about sustainable development. In the run up to the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development this June, the Royal Society offers the results of a wide-ranging, international study on this interaction, in the form of its People and the Planet report. more
Are We Becoming A Nation of Renters?
May 22, 2012 // 8:00am — 4:30pm
Three years after the 2008 financial crisis, America’s housing market still languishes and millions of families are losing their grip on “The American Dream.” Join us for an in-depth conference featuring policymakers, practicing mortgage capital experts, and academics to discuss the concrete steps forward to repairing and improving America’s mortgage finance system. more
Greece Should Stay with Eurozone
May 17, 2012Exiting the Eurozone will only exacerbate the austerity Greek voters have balked at, says Kent Hughes. Rather than leave, Greek economic and political leadership should seize the opportunity to rebuild a civic culture that will support stable finances and long-term growth.
Can the Startup Act Jump Start America's Economy?
May 17, 2012While established companies tend to shed employees, young businesses account for nearly all new job creation in the US. In a set of interviews, experts discuss Sens. Moran and Warner’s Startup Act—aimed at enhancing America’s entrepreneurial edge.
NKIDP e-Dossier No. 7 on Kim Il Sung’s April 1975 Trip to Beijing Featured in South Korean Press
May 16, 2012NKIDP e-Dossier No. 7, “East German Documents on Kim Il Sung’s April 1975 Trip to Beijing,” was featured widely in the South Korean press upon its release, with stories appearing in Joongang Ilbo, Donga Ilbo, and Maeil Business News, among others.
CWIHP Welcomes New ECNU Scholar Zhang Yang
May 16, 2012CWIHP is pleased to welcome new scholar Zhang Yang to the Wilson Center. During her time at the Center, her research will focus on American ideological warfare in the early cold war. Her project is entitled Militant Liberty: A Comparative Study on the Scope and Limits of Aggressive Ideological Strategy in the Early Cold War America.
Population Projections: Breaking Down The Assumptions
June 05, 2012 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Although the pace of world population growth has declined, it has not stopped and future projections remain uncertain. Further, the amount of uncertainty is significant: The difference between the United Nation’s high and low estimates for 2050 is 2.5 billion people. The assumptions that go into them are therefore very important to understand.
People and the Planet (Report Launch)
June 04, 2012 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Rapid and widespread changes in global population, coupled with unprecedented levels of consumption, present profound challenges to human health and well-being and the natural environment. Although much is known about these linkages, they do not feature prominently in international debates about sustainable development. In the run up to the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development this June, the Royal Society offers the results of a wide-ranging, international study on this interaction, in the form of its People and the Planet report.
Are We Becoming A Nation of Renters?
May 22, 2012 // 8:00am — 4:30pm
Three years after the 2008 financial crisis, America’s housing market still languishes and millions of families are losing their grip on “The American Dream.” Join us for an in-depth conference featuring policymakers, practicing mortgage capital experts, and academics to discuss the concrete steps forward to repairing and improving America’s mortgage finance system.
It’s All about the Money: Advancing Anti-Money Laundering Efforts in the U.S. and Mexico to Combat Transnational Organized Crime
Mexican criminal organizations generate billions of dollars in revenues in the United States each year and have developed both sophisticated and low tech ways to “launder” their dirty money and continue trafficking.This paper outlines the
use of the financial instruments aimed at degrading TCO's power in the U.S. and Mexico and increasing their cost of doing
business.
NKIDP e-Dossier No. 7: East German Documents on Kim Il Sung’s April 1975 Trip to Beijing
NKIDP is pleased to announce the addition of 4 new documents on Kim Il Sung’s 1975 visit to Beijing to the Digital Archive. Introduced by Ria Chae, the documents demonstrate Kim’s changing unification strategy and his increasingly distant relationship with China in the mid-1970s.
Re-Energizing the Border: Renewable Energy, Green Jobs and Border Infrastructure
An overview of prospects for renewable energy projects in Mexico’s border states. This research evaluates the impact of investment in renewable energy projects along the border.
The Shadow War
Mark Mazzetti, national security correspondent for the New York Times and public policy scholar at the Wilson Center.
Iran Returns to the Bargaining Table
Michael Adler, Public Policy Scholar with the Wilson Center’s Middle East Program.
Leaving Without Losing: The War on Terror After Iraq and Afghanistan
Mark Katz is a professor of government and politics at George Mason University; Robert Litwak is Vice President for Scholars and Academic Relations at the Wilson Center where he also serves as Director of International Security Studies.
The first serious survey of Islamist groups in the wake of the Arab Spring. Often lumped together, the more than 50 Islamist parties with millions of followers now constitute a whole new spectrum—separate from either militants or secular parties. They will shape the new order in the world’s most volatile region, more than any other political bloc, yet they have diverse goals and different constituencies. Sometimes they are even rivals. 
