| WILSON CENTER EVENTS, July 8 – July 28
Friday, July 8
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
 Countdown to 2012: Mexico's Electoral Landscape in the Year Ahead, Jose Antonio Crespo, Professor and Researcher at CIDE; Luis Carlos Ugalde, Former President of Mexico's Federal Electoral Commission (IFE) and the Reagan Fascell Democracy Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy; Roberta Lajous, Visiting Professor at Colegio de Mexico and former Mexican Ambassador to Austria, Cuba, and Bolivia; Duncan Wood, Professor, ITAM, and Senior Adviser, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center; Andrew Selee, Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center
Tuesday, July 12
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Maternal Health Challenges in Kenya: What New Research Evidence Shows, Lawrence Ikamari, Director, Population Studies Research Institute (PSRI); Dr. Margaret Meme, M.D., Former Head of Maternal and Child Health, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation (Kenya); Geoffrey Mumia Osaaji, Professor, University of Nairobi; Additional panelists include 20+ participants from the in-country workshop
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Libya: Death of an "Idea"?, Karim Mezran, Director, Center for American Studies, Rome
Wednesday, July 13
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers, Ambassador Peter Tomsen, former Special Envoy on Afghanistan; Ambassador Omar Samad, former Afghan Ambassador to France; Ambassador Dennis Kux, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World, Robin Wright, Author and USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar
Monday, July 18
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Backdraft: Minimizing Conflict in Climate Change Responses, Geoffrey D. Dabelko, Director, Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson Center; Dennis Taenzler, Senior Project Manager, Adelphi Research, Germany; Christian Webersik, Associate Professor, Centre for Development Studies, University of Agder, Norway
Tuesday, July 19
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Population, Health, and Environment in Tanzania, Patrick Kajubili, Tanzania Coastal Management Partnership; Alice Macharia, Director, East Africa, Jane Goodall Institute; Elin Torell, Research Associate, BALANCED/University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Report Release: "Sexual Harassment at Work: 25 Years After the Landmark Meritor Decision", Cynthia Deitch, George Washington University; Jennifer Goldstein, Equal Economic Opportunity Commission; Fatima Goss Graves, National Women's Law Center; Ariane Hegewisch, Institute for Women's Policy Research; Monica Ramirez, Southern Poverty Law Center; Carol Rosenblatt, Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW)
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Arab Spring or Arab Winter (or Both)? Implications for U.S. Policy, Marwan Muasher, Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former Ambassador of Jordan to the United States and Deputy Prime Minister; Ellen Laipson, President and CEO, The Stimson Center; Rami Khouri, Former Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, and Director, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of Beirut (via Skype); Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Wednesday, July 20
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Societal Issues Arising From Synthetic Biology, Lori Knowles, University of Alberta; David Rejeski, Director, Science and Technology Innovation Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Harnessing Natural Resources for Peacebuilding: Lessons From U.S. and Japanese Assistance
Thursday, July 21
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The State of the U.S.-Pakistan Relationship: A Discussion with Pervez Musharraf, Pervez Musharraf, former president of Pakistan
Friday, July 22
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Book Launch: Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Recreate Race in the Twenty-First Century, Author Dorothy Roberts, Professor, Northwestern University School of Law
Wednesday, July 27
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Book Launch: Afghanistan and Pakistan: Conflict, Extremism, and Resistance to Modernity, Riaz Mohammad Khan, former foreign secretary of Pakistan and former Pakistan Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Book Launch: Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon, Authors Gretchen Morgenson, Reporter, The New York Times; Joshua Rosner, Partner, Graham Fisher Co.
Thursday, July 28
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
International River Basins: Mapping Institutional Resilience to Climate Change, Jim Duncan, Consultant, World Bank; Aaron Wolf, Professor, Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University; Matt Zentner, Hydrologist, U.S. Department of Defense
1:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Comprehensive Environmental Assessment and Its Application to Synthetic Biology Applications
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WILSON CENTER NEWS
Woodrow Wilson Center, National Defense University Partner to Study Iran-Iraq War
Woodrow Wilson Center President, Director, and CEO Jane Harman and National Defense University President Vice Admiral Ann E. Rondeau signed a Memorandum of Agreement for a joint research and conference program on Iraqi records captured in the wake of the 2003 invasion.
Pakistan's Population Challenge
Pakistan, arguably the world's most volatile nation, is constantly on the minds of Washington's policymakers, who are gripped by fears of radical Islamist takeovers and loose nukes, but they obsess much less about Pakistan's demographics. This could soon change, writes Asia Program Associate Michael Kugelman.
FOCUS Issue 22: "Coffee and Community: Combining Agribusiness and Health in Rwanda"
Rwanda, "the land of a thousand hills," is also the land of 10 million people, making it the most densely populated country in Africa. Rwandans depend on ever-smaller plots of land for their food and livelihoods, leading to poverty, soil infertility, and food insecurity. Could Rwanda's burgeoning specialty coffee industry hold the key to the country's rebirth, reconciliation, and sustainable development?
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SCHOLARS IN THE MEDIA
Drawing Lessons From 9/11, Ten Years Later
Director, President, and CEO Jane Harman appeared on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" as part of a panel at the Aspen Ideas Festival discussing the ten-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks and what the U.S. has learned about intelligence gathering and terrorism since then. She also appeared on Southern California Public Radio's "Patt Morrison" to discuss the complicated politics behind light bulb energy regulations and the merits of impending regulations, and appeared on MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports" to discuss how the embargo on Cuba is hurting the Cuban people, and short-changing American workers. She also appeared on the show to discuss the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan and whether the U.S. can broker a regional peace deal for the Af-Pak region. (6/28)
Shocking Gulf Firefight Caught on Tape
Public Policy Scholar Michael Adler posted an exclusive video of a British ship firing warning shots at what may be an Iranian speedboat in the Persian Gulf. Adler published a full report on the skirmish, along with the video, on The Daily Beast. (7/5)
G.O.P. vs. World
Public Policy Scholar David Greenberg published an op-ed in The New York Times on the return of isolationist tendencies in today's Republican Party. (6/29)
The Most Lethal Bomb
Asia Program Associate Michael Kugelman published an op-ed in Dawn evaluating the problem of Pakistan's high growth rate. He also published a piece in The Huffington Post about the negative impact that a Pakistani operation in North Waziristan would have on American interests. (6/28)
Leaving Afghanistan
Senior Policy Scholar Dennis Kux appeared on Voice of America's "On the Line to discuss the timeline for the war in Afghanistan. He also appeared on Bloomberg radio to discuss how the U.S. can still succeed in Afghanistan with smaller troop numbers. (6/26)
Is President Obama's Jewish Support Slipping?
Public Policy Scholar Aaron David Miller contributed to discussion on Politico's "The Arena" addressing low confidence in President Obama from Israelis and American Jews. He also provided commentary for another "Arena" topic, saying that it is time for the U.S. to accept that it can't win in Afghanistan and leave the country. Miller appeared on NPR's "Weekend Edition" to discuss the United States' and Saudi Arabia's mutual interests in reducing hostilities—one based on oil, the other on security—and discussed the conflict between Congress and the Executive branch over war powers and its application in Libya on Fox News. He also published an op-ed in Foreign Policy about the grim chances of a conflict-ending agreement between Israel and Palestine. (6/22)
The Anticipation Almanac: Books
Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World, by USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar Robin Wright, was featured as one of five recommend summer books in New York magazine. She also appeared with Aaron David Miller on "The Diane Rehm Show" to discuss the U.S.-Saudi Arabia relationship in the context of the Arab Spring and appeared on PBS NewsHour to discuss intensified violence in the region. (6/19)
Iranian Reform
Middle East Program Director Haleh Esfandiari appeared on "Charlie Rose" to discuss the state of Iranian opposition and Iranian politics. (6/16)
The Persistence of Political Patronage
Senior Scholar Marty Tolchin and Susan Tolchin co-authored a piece for the Washington Post blog "Political Bookworm" about the persistence of political patronage. (6/9)
Hunger Pains
"Hunger Pains: Pakistan's Food Insecurity," the Wilson Center publication edited by Asia Program Director Bob Hathaway and Associate Michael Kugelman, was featured on The Browser in a book recommendation piece by Asia Society Fellow Hassan Abbas. (6/9)
Difficulty in Talks
Pakistan Scholar Huma Yusuf published an op-ed in Dawn analyzing the difficulty of beginning talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan. (6/6)
A Geographer Pushes Climate Panel and Academia to Reach Out
The New York Times' Dot Earth blog featured a video produced by Environmental Change and Security Program Associate Sean Peoples and Writer/Editor Schuyler Null, made with geographer Edward Carr about the importance of openness and outreach for climate researchers. (6/3)
The Internal Logic of China's Political Development
Kissinger Institute Director Stapleton Roy published an op-ed in The Globalist about how the recent decades of China's economic growth have spurred positive change in its government. (6/3)
30 Years In, We Are Still Learning From AIDS
Fellow Lawrence Altman published a piece in The New York Times about medicine's long road of learning about AIDS, 30 years after the first cases. (5/30)
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