A CONVERSATION WITH PRIME MINISTER DR. MANMOHAN SINGH
India and the United States should continue to build strategic partnerships, said India's newly reelected prime minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on November 23 at an address at the Council on Foreign Relations that was co-sponsored by the Wilson Center. During the address, Singh also discussed Afghanistan, Pakistan, climate change, and his nation's growing economy.
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WILSON CENTER EVENTS, December 1 – December 16
Tuesday, December 1
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Film Screening: A Film About Anna Akhmatova, Helga Landauer, Director and Poet, Palo Alto, California
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World, Jeffrey Herf, Professor of Modern European History, University of Maryland, College Park; Richard Breitman, Professor of History, American University.
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
America, Europe and Global Security: Convergent Goals, Divergent Capacities, Ambassador Vassilis Kaskarelis, Greek Ambassador to the United States
Wednesday, December 2
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Revisiting Kim Dae Jung, Chaibong Hahm, Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation; Kirk Larsen, Associate Professor of History, Brigham Young University; Sung-Yoon Lee, Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Politics The Fletcher School, Tufts University
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations From Nixon to Carter, Thomas A. Schwartz, Professor of History, Vanderbilt University; Matthias Schulz, University of Geneva
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Negotiating With Iran: Wrestling the Ghosts of History, John Limbert, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Thursday, December 3
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Book Discussion: American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Author Joan Biskupic, Supreme Court Reporter, USA Today; Richard Lazarus, Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director, Supreme Court Institute, Georgetown University Law Center; Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor, Slate
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Integrating HIV/AIDS and Maternal Health Services, Dr. Claudes Kamenga, Senior Director of Technical Support and Research Utilization, Family Health International; Michele Moloney-Kitts, Assistant Coordinator, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator; Harriet Birungi, Program Associate, Population Council-Kenya
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Democracy: Traps and Question Marks, Adam Michnik, political activist, retired member of Poland's first democratic parliament, and Editor in Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza; Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Adviser to President Jimmy Carter
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Step Lightly: China's Ecological Footprint Overseas, Wenran Jiang, University of Alberta, Terry Parnell, East West Management Institute, Victor Gao, China National Association of International Studies
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Photo Exhibition: People's Republic of Poland. So Close and So Far Away
Friday, December 4
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
The Changeable Faces of Moscow: Global, Multicultural, and Russian, Olga Vendina, Senior Researcher, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, and Galina Starovoitova Fellow on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, Woodrow Wilson Center
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Uruguay's Presidential Race: A Post-Election Assessment, Jorge Lanzaro, Universidad de la República and Woodrow Wilson Center; Arturo Porzecanski, American University
Monday, December 7
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Turkmenistan: U.S. Interests and Turkmen Reality, Richard Miles, Former U.S. Ambassador, and Charge d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Turkmenistan
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Obama and the Islamic World, Satoshi Ikeuchi, Japan Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center and Associate Professor, University of Tokyo
Wednesday, December 9
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
The Future of U.S.-Egypt Relations: A View From the Next Generation, Amy Hawthorne, Executive Director, Hollings Center for International Dialogue; Ashraf Swelam, Acting Director General, Egypt's International Economic Forum; Lara Friedman, Director of Policy and Government Relations, Americans for Peace Now; Norann Zaghloul, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Former Vice President, Egyptian American Cultural Association
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Support for Democracy From Poland to Serbia to Georgia: The Role of Supranational Identity, International Institutions, and Soft Power, Ryan Kennedy, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Houston
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Book Discussion: Borderline Americans: Racial Division and Labor War in the Arizona Borderlands, Author Katherine Benton-Cohen, Assistant Professor of History, Georgetown University and Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center; Eric Arnesen, Professor of History, George Washington University; Melanie Shell-Weiss, Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University
Monday, December 14
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Russia on the Pacific: The Rising Role of the Russian Far East Among Pacific Rim Nations, Rock Brynner, Adjunct Professor, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Tuesday, December 15
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Film Premiere: "Made in Pakistan"
Wednesday, December 16
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Changing Climates in North American Politics, Stacy VanDeveer, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of New Hampshire; Henrik Selin, Director of Graduate Studies and Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Boston University
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WILSON CENTER NEWS
The Fifth Annual Ion Ratiu Democracy Lecture
Adam Michnik, a political activist and retired member of Poland's first democratic parliament, will be presented the 2009 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award on December 3 at the Woodrow Wilson Center. At the event, Michnik will also be delivering this year's Ion Ratiu Democracy Lecture. This event is open to the public.
The New Media Age: Newspapers in Peril
Newspaper ad revenue is declining as they struggle to compete with websites. Papers are closing; others are cutting staff, bureaus, and whole sections. Two recent Wilson Center meetings explored the state of newspapers and the future of journalism.
Fellow Examines History of Subprime Lending Debacle
Wilson Center Fellow Devin Fergus looks at the history of subprime lending laws, a prime example of the financial industry's harmful effects on average Americans.
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SCHOLARS IN THE MEDIA
Entrepreneurs Are the Key
Public Policy Scholar Amy Wilkinson published an op-ed in The Washington Times about the steps countries have taken to spur entrepreneurship and how the United States can learn from them. She also discussed Global Entrepreneurship Week on "Washington Business Tonight" and published an article in BusinessWeek about the symbolism of innovation and global economy in baseball. (11/22)
Symbolically, Dr. Singh's U.S. Visit Is Huge
Asia Program Director Bob Hathaway published an op-ed on the Indian website Rediff about the symbolic significance of the visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. (11/22)
My Prison, My Home
Middle East Program Director Haleh Esfandiari discussed her memoir My Prison, My Home and U.S.-Iran relations on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal." The memoir also garnered reviews in The New York Review of Books, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. (11/21)
Opportunities Abound in Indian Prime Minister's Visit to U.S.
Fellow Dinshaw Mistry published an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun about foreign policy objectives the United States will address during the visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. (11/20)
Bring Back the Cots! The Filibuster and Health Care Reform
Fellow Jerome Karabel published an article on The Huffington Post about health care reform, the history of the filibuster, and a little-noticed but important change in the Senate's filibuster practice. (11/18)
Unraveling the Smid Death Story
Senior Scholar A. Ross Johnson published two articles on the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website: one about a radio broadcast that helped spark the 1989 Prague demonstrations that brought the end of Communist rule and another recalling the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall. (11/16)
Remembering Former U.S. Envoy to China
Stapleton Roy, director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, appeared on NPR's "All Things Considered" to remember James R. Lilley, the U.S. ambassador to China who recently died of prostate cancer. (11/16)
The Middle East, After 10 Months
Public Policy Scholar Aaron David Miller appeared on "Amanpour" on CNN to discuss stalled peace talks in the Middle East 10 months into the Obama presidency. He also published an op-ed on CNN.com about the topic. (11/13)
The Army Deserves Better Than Afghanistan
Public Policy Scholar Jamie Stiehm published two op-eds on USNews.com, one questioning the value of U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, and a humor piece about a political Halloween party. (11/9)
Pelosi Jeopardized Vulnerable Democrats With Healthcare Vote
Senior Scholar Linda Killian wrote an op-ed on USNews.com about the close voting margin of the health care reform bill passed by the House, and the work ahead as the issue goes to Senate. (11/9)
Challenges to Democracy in Kosovo
East European Studies Program Associate Nida Gelazis published a guest blog post about democracy in Kosovo on America.gov, the online presence of the U.S. State Department, as part of a series looking at former Soviet countries 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. (11/6)
Global Warming and National Security
Environmental Change and Security Program Director Geoff Dabelko appeared on Public Radio International's "To the Point" to discuss Congressional efforts on climate change and the upcoming UN conference in Copenhagen. (11/5)
The U.S. Must Cajole Iran Into a Nuclear Deal
Vice President for Programs Robert Litwak published an op-ed in the Financial Times about ways the United States can reduce Iran's nuclear ambiguity. (registration required) (11/4)
Why Iran Loves Ambiguity
Public Policy Scholar Michael Adler wrote on op-ed on The Daily Beast explaining Iran's possible strategy behind delaying a nuclear deal. (10/30)
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 "No Good Options for U.S.," "Whatever Their Tone, We Need Town Hall Meetings," "Divergent Interests Test U.S.-India Ties," and "What It Looks Like When Congress Does Its Job."
Procedural Politics by Don Wolfensberger
Don Wolfensberger, director of the Congress Project, is a contributing writer at Roll Call. Last month he published "Will Congress Really Pay for Pending Health Care Plan?" and "Health Care Debate Illustrates Deep Divide Between House, Senate."
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