KOREAN AND KOREA, INC.: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
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A Director's Forum with Yong Nam, Vice Chairman and CEO, LG Electronics
Within a few short decades, South Korea has emerged from the devastation of war and national division to become one of the world's most dynamic economies. Several key conglomerates have driven Korea's rapid ascension as an economic power. Yong Nam, Vice Chairman and CEO of LG Electronics, one of Korea's most well-known international brands, will speak about this process, the challenges that still confront Korea's global growth, and how his company will contribute to the further expansion and success of the collective "Korea, Inc."
In September, Mr. Nam accepted the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship on behalf of the employees of LG Electronics at a ceremony held in Seoul.
Wilson Center President and Director Lee H. Hamilton will chair this event.
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WILSON CENTER EVENTS, November 2 – November 30
Monday, November 2
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
How Politically Active are Russian Youth Today?, Roman Dobrokhotov, Leader of the Russian Youth Democratic Movement "We"
Tuesday, November 3
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
 Korean and Korea, Inc.: Past, Present and Future, Yong Nam, Vice Chairman and CEO, LG Electronics, Lee H. Hamilton, President and Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Changing the Tide: A Canadian Perspective on Afghanistan, Lt. General Andrew Leslie, Chief of the Land Staff, Canadian Armed Forces
Wednesday, November 4
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The America's Energy Coast Policy Forum, Sidney Coffee, America's WETLAND Foundation; Ted Falgout, Port Fourchon, LA; Gerry Galloway, University of Maryland; John Gillen, Texas General Land Office; Garret Graves, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority; Jody Henneke, Texas General Land Office; Mark Hurley, America's Energy Coast Industry Council Shell; Tanner Johnson, Office of Senator Mary Landrieu; Ken Koposis; U.S. House of Representatives, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Valsin A. Marmillion, America's WETLAND Foundation; R. King Milling, America's WETLAND Foundation; Karla Raettig, National Wildlife Federation; Tina Shumate, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Book Launch: Next Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Globalization, Stephen Roach, Author and Asia Chairman, Morgan Stanley; Nicholas Lardy, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; TBD
Thursday, November 5
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
New Book Discussion: The Straight State: Sexuality and Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America, Margot Canaday, Assistant Professor of History, Princeton University, author; Siobhan Somerville, Associate Professor of of English, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana; Thomas Sugrue, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor of History and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
The Road to Copenhagen: Energy Solutions for Emerging Economies, David Irvine-Halliday, Founder, Light Up the World; Chen Wang,Director, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China; Anuradda Ganesh, Professor and Head, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; moderator Kent Hughes, Director, Program on America and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson Center
Monday, November 9
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Re-Fighting the Northern War: The Celebration of the Battle of Poltava in Russia, Tatiana Tairova-Yakovleva, Professor, Department of History, St. Petersburg State University
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Offsite Event: The End and the Beginning: The Revolutions of 1989 and the Resurgence of History
Tuesday, November 10
8:45 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.
The End and the Beginning: The Revolutions of 1989 and the Resurgence of History
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
New Book Discussion: Woodrow Wilson: A Biography, John Milton Cooper, Jr., E. Gordon Fox Professor of American Institutions, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, author; David S. Patterson, Former Chief Editor, Foreign Relations of the United States Series; Leo P. Ribuffo, Society of the Cincinnati George Washington Distinguished Professor of History, George Washington University
Thursday, November 12
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
How To Manage Environmental Conflict in the Face of Climate Change, Sylvia Aguilera, Acting Director, Socios México–Centro de Colaboración Cívica (Partners-Mexico); Daniela Kolarova, Director, Partners-Bulgaria and Partners for Democratic Change International; Geoff Dabelko, Director, Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
Friday, November 13
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Iran, the Middle East and America: A View From Israel, David Menashri, Director, Center for Iranian Studies; Dean of Special Programs; and Professor, Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University; Walter Reich Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International Affairs, Ethics and Human Behavior, The George Washington University; and Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
African Media in Post-Conflict Situations, Andrew Kromah, Knight Journalist, Sierra Leone; Chouchou Namegabe, Knight Journalist, Democratic Republic of the Congo; David Ottaway, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center and Retired Journalist, The Washington Post; Jerri Eddings, International Center for Journalists
Monday, November 16
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Visions of the Welfare State: Nordic and United States Perspectives, Pauli Kettunen, Professor of Political History, University of Helsinki; Jorn Henrik Petersen, Professor of Social Sciences, Southern Denmark University; Klaus Petersen, Professor of History, Southern Denmark University
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Book Launch: America's Army: Making the All-Volunteer Force, Author Beth Bailey, Professor of History, Temple University; Judith Stiehm, Professor of Political Science, Florida International University; Lawrence Korb, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Book Discussion: The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War, Nicholas Thompson, Senior Editor, Wired, and Fellow, New America Foundation
Tuesday, November 17
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The Impact of Global Crisis on Transition Countries With Special Regard to the Western Balkans, Franjo Štiblar, School of Law, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Buy American: Creating or Costing U.S. Jobs?, Dawn Champney, President, Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufactures Association; Robert Baugh, Executive Director, Industrial Union Council, AFL-CIO; Jeffrey Schott, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; Christopher Whatley, Director, Washington Office, The Council of State Governments
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Understanding the East: The Legacy of Distorted History and Foreign Policy, Lars Brownworth, author and creator of "12 Byzantine Rulers" podcast
1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Northeast Asia on the Path to Copenhagen, Jennifer Morgan, World Resources Institute; Taiya M. Smith, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Hoesung Lee, Keimyung University (South Korea); Yves Tiberghien, University of British Columbia (Canada); Chi-jen Yang, Duke University
Wednesday, November 18
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
From Recipient to Donor: New Europe Promotes Democracy in the Neighborhood, Tsveta Petrova, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Government, Cornell University
Thursday, November 19
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Under Pressure: Speed, Vitality and Innovation in the Reinvention of Urban Planning in Georgia, Kristof van Assche, Associate Professor, Planning and Community Development Program, St. Cloud State University, Minnesota
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
The Future of Europe and Transatlantic Relations, His Excellency Romano Prodi, Former Prime Minister of Italy
Monday, November 23
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Pursuing Democracy in Belarus Through Satiric Media: Samizdat for the Modern Era, Pavel Marozau, Chair, Congress of the New Belarusian Diaspora of Europe and the United States, and Founder, The Third Way Expatriates' Network
Monday, November 30
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Civil Law Reforms Pending in Russia, William Butler, John Edward Fowler Distinguished Professor of Law, Dickinson School of Law, Penn State University
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Islamism: What Is to Be Said and Done?, Donald K. Emmerson, Stanford University
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WILSON CENTER NEWS
"They Tried to Break My Spirit"
Middle East Program Director Haleh Esfandiari chronicles her interrogation and incarceration in Iran, including 105 days in solitary confinement at Evin Prison, in My Prison, My Home. The new book is set against the backdrop of fond memories of her Iranian upbringing, with insights into the current troubled political climate.
Germany Says "No": The Iraq War and the Future of German Foreign and Security Policy
Woodrow Wilson Center Press has published a new book, Germany Says "No": The Iraq War and the Future of German Foreign and Security Policy, by Dieter Dettke. It is copublished with The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Contemporary Women's Movements in Hungary: Globalization, Democracy, and Gender Equality
Woodrow Wilson Center Press has published a new book, Contemporary Women's Movements in Hungary: Globalization, Democracy, and Gender Equality, by Katalin Fábián. It is copublished with The Johns Hopkins University Press.
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SCHOLARS IN THE MEDIA
Does the World Have the Right to Prevent Genocide?
Fellow Alan Kuperman appeared on "Amanpour" on CNN to discuss the reasons rebels provoke their state despite knowing they cannot defeat it. (Video begins at the 9:30 mark; read transcript) (10/28)
A Life of Its Own
David Rejeski, director of the Foresight and Governance Project, published a letter in The New Yorker in response to Michael Specter's article about synthetic biology. (10/26)
Iran's Big Test
Public Policy Scholar Michael Adler wrote several pieces for The Daily Beast about ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and the West. This month he broke the news about the pending agreement in which Iran will ship 1,200 pounds of enriched uranium to Russia to process for medical purposes. Adler also published an op-ed in Politico about the implications of President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. (10/23)
Iran's Harshest Sentence for an Innocent Scholar
Middle East Program Director Haleh Esfandiari wrote a piece for The New York Review of Books blog on the sentencing of Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh. She also appeared in several media outlets to discuss her book My Prison, My Home, including Vogue, NPR, Foreign Policy, and Fox News. (10/22)
Mixed News on a Cultural Signpost
Public Policy Scholar Jamie Stiehm wrote several op-eds on USNews.com: the New York Times Best-Seller List as a cultural signpost, Gen. Stanley McChrystal's chattiness, and health care reform. She also published a piece in Politico about divisions in the Democratic Party. (10/21)
Terms of Friendship
Public Policy Scholar Maleeha Lodhi published an op-ed in Pakistan's The News about the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009, or Kerry-Lugar-Berman bill, which provides $7.5 billion in aid to Pakistan. (10/20)
Fueling an Iranian Bomb?
Fellow Alan Kuperman published a letter to the editor in The Washington Post pointing out a possible snag in David Ignatius's op-ed about the Iran nuclear enrichment deal. (10/20)
Voices of the West
Fellow Katherine Benton-Cohen was featured on the public radio program "Inside Track Arizona" about her book Borderline Americans: Racial Division and Labor War in the Arizona Borderlands. The book is an anthropological look at a century of racial boundaries and their application in present-day immigration reform debates. (10/17)
My Health-Care Story: Over 50 and Out of Luck
Public Policy Scholar John Hewko published an op-ed in The Washington Post about dysfunction in the U.S. health care system, from the perspective of a Republic who supports President Obama's health care initiative. (10/13)
Expat Americans Help Folks Back Home
Mexico Institute Director Andrew Selee appeared on NPR's "Marketplace" to discuss the role of Mexican immigrants investing in their home communities (begins at the 12:00 mark). He also discussed the economic ties between Mexico and the United States on "America Abroad." (10/12)
Turkish-Armenian Accord
Southeast Europe Project Scholar Gulnur Aybet appeared on BBC Newshour to discuss the Turkish-Armenian accord signed in Switzerland in mid-October (begins at the 6:50 mark). (10/10)
Obama's Prize Doesn't 'Feel Right'
Public Policy Scholar Aaron David Miller published an op-ed on CNN.com questioning the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Obama. (10/9)
How the West Can Exit the Afghan Quagmire
Public Policy Scholar Maleeha Lodhi co-authored an op-ed in the Financial Times about a strategy for America to exit Afghanistan. (10/5)
China at 60
Public Policy Scholar Wenran Jiang published an op-ed in the Ottawa Citizen about the founding of the People's Republic of China, which celebrated its 60th anniversary this month. (10/1)
Commentaries by Lee Hamilton
Lee Hamilton, president and director of the Wilson Center, writes regular commentaries on foreign policy and Congress. Last month he published "Security Challenges That Define Our Future," "Weathering Climate Change," and "It's Time to Govern the Flow of Political Money."
Procedural Politics by Don Wolfensberger
Don Wolfensberger, director of the Congress Project, is a contributing writer at Roll Call. Last month he published "Members of Congress Catch 72-Hour Bug From Constituents" and "Policy Czars Fuel White House Power Surge."
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