| WILSON CENTER EVENTS, February 1 – February 26
Monday, February 1
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Moscow's Energy Strategy Toward Northeast Asia: Can Russia Realize Its Potential?, Shoichi Itoh, Associate Senior Researcher, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia (ERINA), Niigata City, and Visiting Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 Book Talk: The Good Soldiers, David Finkel, Editor and Writer, The Washington Post and Former Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Tuesday, February 2
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Achieving the Grand Vision: Southeast Europe in the EU, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II, Crown Prince of Serbia
Wednesday, February 3
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Clashing Between Religion and Raki? The Struggle of the Turkish Elites, Michael Thumann, Bosch Public Policy Fellow, Transatlantic Academy and Middle East Bureau Chief, DIE ZEIT
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Book Discussion: The Other Alliance: Student Protest in West Germany and the United States in the Global Sixties, Martin Klimke, Research Fellow, German Historical Institute, Author; Michael Kazin, Professor of History, Georgetown University; Jeremy Varon, Associate Professor of History, The New School for Social Research
9:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Rivers of the Amazon: Can They Be Used on a Sustainable Basis as a Source of Renewable Hydropower?, Luiz Gabriel Todt de Azevedo, Sustainability Director, Energy Vice Presidency Brazil, Construtora Norberto Odebrecht S.A.; Christine Pendzich, Independent Consultant to the Wilson Center
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
The Jackson-Vanik Amendment and U.S.-Russian Relations, Sarah Mendelson, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Sam Kliger, American Jewish Committee; Karinna Moskalenko, International Protection Center; Moderator William Pomeranz, Deputy Director, Kennan Institute
Thursday, February 4
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Incheon's Unique Urban Development Vision and the Incheon Free Economic Zone, Ahn Sang-Soo, Mayor, Incheon Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The Legacy and Consequences of Jackson-Vanik: Reassessing Human Rights in 21st Century Russia
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Contaminated Site Remediation: Are Nanomaterials the Answer?, Dr. Todd Kuiken, Research Associate, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies; Dr. Barbara Karn, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Marti Otto, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Moderator David Rejeski, Director, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
Friday, February 5
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Coffee, Commerce, and Communities: Small Scale Agricultural Development in East Africa, Shirin Moayyad, Director of Coffee Purchasing, Peet's Coffee and Tea; David Browning, Senior Vice President, Coffee Initiative, Technoserve; Julie A. Howard, Executive Director, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa; Moderator Kent Hughes, Director, Program on America and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson Center
Monday, February 8
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters, B.R. Myers, Professor of North Korean Literature, Dongseo University, Busan, South Korea; Kirk W. Larsen, Associate Professor of Korean History, Brigham Young University
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Challenges in Building Russian Democracy, Robert Orttung, President, Resource Security Institute, and Former Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute
Tuesday, February 9
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
The Conflict Prevention Resolution Forum: Advancing Peace and Mitigating Crises: Proposed Language for the Foreign Assistance Act, Charles (Chic) Dambach, President and CEO, Alliance for Peacebuilding; Lisa Schirch, Director, 3D Security Initiative; Dane Smith, Adjunct Professor, American University School of International Service; Paul Stares, Director, Center for Preventive Action
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Road to Rio: Inclusive Sustainable Urbanization, Esther Ofei-Aboagye, Director, Institute of Local Governance Studies, Ghana; Edgar Pieterse, Director, African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Christopher Williams, Representative, UN-HABITAT, Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, February 10
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Meet the New Neighbor, David Kang, University of Southern California; Ming Wan, George Mason University; Jing Sun, University of Denver
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The 1968 Pueblo Incident and the Origins of North Korea's Military Adventurism: Objectives and Lessons Learned, Narushige Michishita, Assistant Professor, Security and International Studies Program, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo; Jongdae Shin, Assistant Professor, University of North Korean Studies, Seoul, South Korea, and Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Bernd Schaefer, Senior Scholar, Cold War International History Project, 2010 Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; James Person, Project Coordinator, North Korea International Documentation Project, Woodrow Wilson Center
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Extreme Politics: Nationalism, Violence, and the End of Eastern Europe, Charles King, Professor of International Affairs and Government, Georgetown University
Thursday, February 11
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Iraqi Women Leaders in Engineering and Applied Sciences, Dr. Alkhazragy, Lecturer/Assistant Professor, University of Technology, Baghdad, and Visiting Scholar, Stanford University; Dr. Mustafa, Lecturer, Engineering College, University of Salahaddin, and Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley; Ameer, Professor, College of Science, University of Al-Mustansirya, Baghdad, and Visiting Scholar, UC San Diego
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The Future of Greece: Challenges and Opportunities, Dr. Theodore Couloumbis, Director General, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Greece, and Former Southeast Europe Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Tuesday, February 16
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Book Discussion: Know Your Enemy: The Rise and Fall of America's Soviet Experts, David C. Engerman, Associate Professor of History, Brandeis University, and Former Title VIII-Supported Short-Term Scholar, Kennan Institute
Wednesday, February 17
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Contemporary Women's Movements in Hungary: Globalization, Democracy, and Gender Equality, Katalin Fabian, Associate Professor of Government and Law, Lafayette College
Thursday, February 18
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
FM Galicia, Taras Prokhasko, Writer, Ivano-Frankivsk
Monday, February 22
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Russia's Energy Investments in Central and Eastern Europe: Mixing Politics and Business, Stacy Closson, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Human Rights in Post-Communist Transitions: Fulfillment or Betrayal?, Wiktor Osiatynski, Professor of Law, Central European University
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Can Redistricting Reforms Reduce Polarization in Congress?, Tom Hofeller, The Republican National Committee; David G. Oedel, Professor, Walter F. George Law School, Mercer University; Thomas E. Mann, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution; Juliet Eilperin, Staff Writer, The Washington Post; Moderator Don Wolfensberger, Director, Congress Project, Woodrow Wilson Center
Wednesday, February 24
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Serbia's Foreign Policy: Substance and Rhetoric, Ljiljana Smajilovic, President, Journalists' Association of Serbia
Thursday, February 25
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Book Launch: Jesus, Jobs and Justice: African American Women and Religion, Author Bettye Collier-Thomas, Professor of History, Temple University; Patricia Sullivan, Associate Professor of History, University of South Carolina
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Deterrence With a Guardian? The U.S. Role in South Asia's Nuclear Deterrence, Bhumitra Chakma, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center, and Lecturer in War and Security Studies and Director of South Asia Project, The University of Hull, United Kingdom; Michael Krepon, President Emeritus, The Stimson Center, and Diplomat Scholar and Visiting Lecturer, University of Virginia
Friday, February 26
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Director's Forum: Ambassador Michael Oren, Ambassador Michael Oren, Israeli Ambassador to the United States
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WILSON CENTER NEWS
Achieving the Grand Vision: Southeastern Europe in the EU
On February 2, the Woodrow Wilson Center will host a Director's Forum with His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II of Serbia. Crown Prince Alexander will discuss the EU integration process in Southeast Europe.
Purifying the Nation: Population Exchange and Ethnic Cleansing in Nazi-Allied Romania
Woodrow Wilson Center Press has published a new book, Purifying the Nation: Population Exchange and Ethnic Cleansing in Nazi-Allied Romania, by Vladimir Solonari. It is copublished with The Johns Hopkins University Press.
More Women in the Pakistan Media: The Way Forward
Pakistan ranks 127th out of 130 countries in the World Economic Forum's latest Global Gender Gap Index, and this poor standing is reflected in Pakistan's media sector, where less than 5 percent of journalists are women. The Wilson Center's Asia Program, along with its Pakistan-based partner, Uks, and ML Resources Social Vision, has released a guide that makes recommendations about working environments for Pakistan's journalists and about how to promote better coverage of women.
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SCHOLARS IN THE MEDIA
Iran's Women of War
Middle East Program Director Haleh Esfandiari published a piece on the New York Review of Books blog about the role women are playing in Iran's unrest following the presidential election, a topic she also discussed on WHYY's "Radio Times With Marty Moss-Coane." Her book My Prison, My Home was also featured in media outlets including The Irish Times, the Telegraph, and The Sunday Times. (1/28)
Obama's State of the Union Address Had Everything and Nothing
Senior Scholar Linda Killian posted stories on USNews.com about the State of the Union address and about how the Democrats should recenter their strategy after the Massachusetts Senate election. She also published an op-ed in Politico about the Supreme Court's decision to overturn legislation on campaign spending by corporations. (1/28)
3 Things Obama Must Do in His State of the Union Address
Public Policy Scholar Jamie Stiehm posted stories on USNews.com about what President Obama must accomplish in his State of the Union address, the dampening effect Scott Brown's electoral victory in Massachusetts might have on President Obama, and a journal entry written just after President Obama's inauguration a year ago. (1/27)
Market Access Denied
Asia Program Associate Michael Kugelman published an op-ed in Dawn about Pakistan's wish for more trade with the United States and reasons this wish will go unfulfilled for the foreseeable future. Kugelman and Asia Program Assistant Sue Levenstein also co-published an op-ed in World Politics Review about the environmental implications of large-scale land acquisitions abroad. (1/25)
President Obama, Have a Safe Trip
Public Policy Scholar Aaron David Miller published an op-ed in Politico about U.S. presidents' propensity to embark on diplomacy tours when the domestic front looks grim. He also wrote about what President Obama sees as his presidential legacy on CNN.com, Obama's first year in office in The Los Angeles Times, the irony that he may end up being more of a wartime leader in The Daily Caller, and tempering the optimism for the Obama administration's efforts on Arab-Israeli peacemaking in Foreign Policy. (1/25)
Conan's Expensive Goodbye: What's Wrong With This Picture?
dialogue host John Milewski published an op-ed on The Huffington Post about the disconnected self-indulgence of Conan O'Brien's final shows on NBC. He also wrote a post on the celebrity response to Haiti in which he contrasts George Clooney from Rush Limbaugh. (1/22)
A Vision for Haitian Health Care
Senior Scholar Skip Burkle co-authored an op-ed in The Globe and Mail about how the international community should rebuild Haiti's health care infrastructure. (1/20)
Piñera Won. Will He Uphold Chile's Post-Pinochet Moral Legacy?
Public Policy Scholar Alex Wilde published an op-ed in the Christian Science Monitor about Sebastián Piñera, who on Sunday became Chile's first conservative to be elected president since before Pinochet. (1/18)
Helen Gahagan Douglas, Hollywood Liberal
Public Policy Scholar Sally Denton's book The Pink Lady: The Many Lives of Helen Gahagan Douglas, about the actress turned New Deal politician, was reviewed in The New York Times, a review that sparked a response review in Politics Daily. Denton also published an op-ed in The Los Angeles Times about the history of sexism in American politics, dating back to the Nixon-Douglas Senate race in 1950. (1/13)
Police and Public Security in Mexico
A new book edited by Mexico Institute Associate Robert Donnelly and Fellow David Shirk, Police and Public Security in Mexico, was reviewed in East County Magazine. (1/13)
Al-Qaeda Has a New Strategy. Obama Needs One, Too.
Senior Scholar Bruce Hoffman published an op-ed in the Washington Post Outlook about al-Qaeda's new "death by a thousand cuts" strategy. Hoffman also fielded questions in an online Q&A on the topic. (1/11)
The End of Gazprom's Reign?
Fellow Stacy Closson published an op-ed on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's website about economic and political factors that could signal the end of Gazprom's dominance. (1/5)
The New Katrina Flood: Hospital Liability
Public Policy Scholar Sheri Fink published a piece in The New York Times about the extent of hospitals' liability for emergency preparedness and questions about this issue raised by Hurricane Katrina. (12/31)
Southwest Books of the Year
Fellow Katherine Benton-Cohen's book Borderline Americans was chosen for the 2009 Southwest Books of the Year list of the Pima County Public Library.
Procedural Politics by Don Wolfensberger
Don Wolfensberger, director of the Congress Project, is a contributing writer at Roll Call. Last month he published "Bipartisan Nostalgia Doesn't Square With Democrats' Conduct" and "Gawa! Kucinich's War Powers Maneuver Divides Democrats."
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