| WILSON CENTER EVENTS, September 2 – September 30
Thursday, September 2
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
 Integrated Analysis for Development and Security: Scarcity and Climate, Population, and Natural Resources, Alex Evans, Head of Program, Climate Change, Resource Scarcity and Multilateralism, Center on International Cooperation, New York University; Writer and Editor, Global Dashboard; Mathew J. Burrows, Counselor and Director, Analysis and Production Staff, National Intelligence Council (NIC)
Tuesday, September 7
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
The Berlin Edition: Willy Brandt—Berliner Ausgabe, Bernd Rother, Vice-Executive Director, Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt Foundation; Karsten D. Voigt, Former Coordinator of German-North American Cooperation, German Federal Foreign Office; Marcus Graeser, deputy director, German Historical Institute
Wednesday, September 8
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Knowing the North: Intelligence and Intentions of the DPRK, James Person, Woodrow Wilson Center; Robert Carlin, National Committee on North Korea; Dae-sook Suh, University of Hawaii; Jae-jung Suh, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Thursday, September 9
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Synthetic Biology: What Does the Public Think?, Abigail Davenport, Senior Vice President, Peter D. Hart Research Associates; David Rejeski, Director, Science and Technology Innovation Program
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Europe's Neighborhood Policies in a New Context: The Impact of Crisis, Panagiota Manoli, Lecturer, Department of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean (Rhodes) and Southeast Europe Polichy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Monday, September 13
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Pakistan's Economy: Edging Toward an Abyss or Pulling Back?, Shahid Javed Burki, Woodrow Wilson Center Senior Scholar and chairman, Institute of Public Policy Executive Council, Beaconhouse National University, Pakistan; Jehangir Karamat, Institute of Public Policy Executive Council, Beaconhouse National University; Parvez Hasan, Institute of Public Policy Executive Council, Beaconhouse National University; Ziad Alahdad, Institute of Public Policy Executive Council, Beaconhouse National University
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Where Are the Green Jobs for Women?, Tiffany Bluemle, Executive Director, Vermont Works for Women; Camille Cormier, Director of Local Programs and Policy, Wider Opportunities for Women; Debbie Frett, CEO, Business and Professional Women; Virginia Joyce, Vice President, ResCare Employment Training Services Group; Joan Kuriansky, Executive Director, Wider Opportunities for Women; Yvonne Liu, Senior Research Associate, The Applied Research Center; Sara Manzano-Diaz, Director of the Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor; Shari Shapiro, Lawyer and Author; Michele Parrott, Women in Non-Traditional Employment Roles; Cathy Redson, Instructor, Austin Community College; Wanda Ward, Office of the Director, National Science Foundation; Kit Williams, Project Manager, Green Jobs Pipeline for Women, Alliance for Sustainable Colorado
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Demography and Women's Empowerment: Urgency for Action?, Nadereh Chamlou, Senior Advisor, The World Bank
Tuesday, September 14
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Book Discussion: Reshaping the Work-Family Debate: Why Men and Class Matter, Joan Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law, 1066 Foundation Chair, and Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Contested Narratives, Controversial Rituals: Recent Debates over World War Two Commemorations and the Politics of History in Croatia, Vjeran Pavlakovic, Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural Studies, University of Rijeka
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Deterring a Nuclear Iran: Can It Be Done?, Amitai Etzioni, University Professor and Professor of Iternational Affairs and Director, Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies, The George Washington University; Robert Litwak, Vice President for Programs and Director, International Security Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center; Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Wednesday, September 15
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Book Discussion: Jane Addams: Spirit in Action, Louise W. Knight, Author; David Patterson, Former Chief Editor, "Foreign Relations of the United States" Series; Jamie Stiehm, Independent Journalist and Author
Thursday, September 16
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam, Eliza Griswold, Author and Former Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center
Friday, September 17
8:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Promoting Citizenship and Immigrant Integration: A Launch and Discussion of New USCIS Resources, Tools and Research, Alejandro Mayorkas, Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Egypt at the Tipping Point?, David Ottaway, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center and Former Bureau Chief, Cairo, The Washington Post
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Is Our Constitutional System Broken?, Kevin O'Leary, Journalist and Political Scientist; William F. Connelly, Jr., Professor of Politics, Washington Lee University; Gregory Koger, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Miami; Mickey Edwards, Vice President, Aspen Institute, and Former U.S. Representative (R-OK)
Monday, September 20
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Impact of U.S.-China Relations in Asia: Regional Views, Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor, Global Affairs, Moscow; Bruce Parrott, Professor and Director, Russian and Eurasian Studies Program, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS; Seiichiro Tagaki, Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo; Gilbert Rozman, Princeton University, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Simon Tay, Chairman, Singapore Institute of International Affairs; Ernest Bower, Director, Southeast Asia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Brahma Chellaney, Professor, Center for Policy Research, New Delhi; Robert Hathaway, Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson Center; Yuan Ming, Professor, Center for International and Strategic Studies, Peking University; Douglas Paal, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Tuesday, September 21
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Governing the Far North: Assessing Cooperation Between Arctic and Non-Arctic Nations, Joel Plouffe, Chaire Raoul-Dandurand en études stratégiques et diplomatiques; Betsy Baker, Associate Professor, Vermont Law School; Dietmar Nietan, MdB SPD, Deutscher Bundestag; Ted L. McDorman, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria; Timo Koivurova, Research Professor, Director of the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, Arctic Centre/University of Lapland; Don Newman, Former Senior Parliamentary Editor, CBC News
Friday, September 24
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Book Discussion: The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America, Mae Ngai, Professor of History, Columbia University
Monday, September 27
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The Line, Olga Grushin, Author
Tuesday, September 28
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Book Launch: Parliament Congress, Co-Author William McKay, Former Clerk, UK House of Commons; Co-Author Charles W. Johnson, Former Parliamentarian, U.S. House of Representatives; Commentator Walter J. Oleszek, Senior Specialist, Congressional Research Service; Moderator Don Wolfensberger, Director, The Congress Project, Woodrow Wilson Center
Thursday, September 30
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
A Modern Narrative for Muslim Women in the Middle East
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Education in Russia: Regional Perceptions of the Federal Education Reform and Modern Identity of Russian Universities, Igor Kiselev, Deputy Dean and Chair of Sociology, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Yaroslavl State University; Alexandr Rusakov, Rector, Yaroslavl State University
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SCHOLARS IN THE MEDIA
Will Pakistan Fail?
Senior Scholar William Milam published an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun about the structural vulnerabilities of Pakistan made worse by its catastrophic flooding. (8/30)
Discovery of Bodies in Mexico Linked to Drug War
Mexico Institute Senior Associate Eric Olson appeared on PBS Newshour to discuss the discovery of a mass grave in Mexico and the country's challenges of dealing with organized crime. (8/25)
The Obama White House's Iran Two-Step
Public Policy Scholar Michael Adler published an op-ed in Salon about how the White House wants to downplay the possibility of the U.S. or Israel attacking Iran while at the same time making clear that force remains an option. (8/25)
A Mosque at Ground Zero and the Source of American Greatness
dialogue host John Milewski published an op-ed on The Huffington Post about the proposed mosque near "ground zero" in New York City. (8/24)
Ground Zero's Wounds Are Still Too Deep to Build Upon
Public Policy Scholar Aaron David Miller published an op-ed in The Washington Post about the proposed mosque near Ground Zero and its parallels to his idea of inviting PLO Chairman Yassir Arafat to speak at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum 12 years ago. He also published a piece in The Los Angeles Times about the importance of timing in U.S. presidents' policy endeavors. (8/18)
Australian Resonance in Obama's Green Card Poll
Australian Scholar Greg Sheridan published a piece in The Australian about parallels between U.S. and Australian politics as the United States approaches mid-term congressional elections. (8/7)
Procedural Politics by Don Wolfensberger
Don Wolfensberger, director of the Congress Project, is a contributing writer at Roll Call. Last month he published "War Funding Vote Allowed Dignified Debate."
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