 | | October 14, 2011 |  | We must not reduce our readiness or ability to perform essential missions, said Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at his first U.S. policy speech on Tuesday, but in our current fiscal environment it is imperative to scrutinize for savings. more | | Message from President, CEO, and Director Jane Harman |  | Welcome to the first weekly highlight of The Woodrow Wilson Center's work. The Center provides a safe political space between the worlds of academia and public policy to foster discussion of the critical issues confronting the United States and the world today. This unique, nonpartisan role has never been so important. We hope The Wilson Weekly helps make our work more accessible to you. Jane Harman
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 | Council of Women World Leaders Joins The Wilson Center | September 19, 2011 "The Council is doing some of the most important work to close gender gaps globally and ensure that every woman's talent and potential is maximized," said Director, President, and CEO Jane Harman. "The Wilson Center is the ideal place to host the Council and is committed to help it continue to grow and thrive."
| A Conversation with Christine Lagarde |  | September 15, 2011 // 10:00am — 11:00am Prior to the International Monetary Fund annual meeting, Managing Director Christine Lagarde gave her first Washington policy address at The Wilson Center. |  | September 26, 2011 Why is the House of Saud risking its hard-won relationship with Washington over the Palestine statehood issue? Senior Scholar David Ottaway examines this recent tension. | Palestinian Statehood? |  | September 18, 2011 With Palestine's bid for statehood still under consideration by the UN General Assembly, Public Policy Scholar Aaron David Miller discusses the hard road ahead of a possible vote, its implications for Israel, and the United States' position on a UN-recognized Palestinian state. | A Call for a Shift in U.S.-Mexico Priorities |  | October 11, 2011 //10:00am — 11:11am The United States and Mexico should de-militarize the bilateral agenda and refocus efforts on long-term development aid, leading Mexican politician Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at the Wilson Center October 11. |  | October 07, 2011 //10:00am — 11:11am President Pierre Nkurunziza spoke of the fight to create the political and economic environment necessary in Burundi for investment, trade, and support from the international community. | Wilson in the News | Panetta: Pentagon Cuts Will Hit Lawmakers at Home (The New York Times)http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/10/11/us/politics/AP-US-US-Panetta-Budget.html?_r=2
"To accomplish this will require that we navigate through some very perilous political waters. There are serious dangers ahead and very little margin for error," Panetta said in a speech at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a nonpartisan think tank. | | This Associate Press story also ran in more than 150 other outlets, including The Washington Post, Fox News, Forbes, Businessweek, Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Guardian, Federal News Radio, The Miami Herald, Yahoo! News, The Philadelphia Inquirer | South Korean visit offers rare bright spot for Obama (The Washington Times) South Korean visit offers rare bright spot for Obama (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/11/south-korean-visit-offers-rare-bright-spot-for-oba/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS
"South Korea has played a more prominent role with American calculations in Asia," said Bryce Wakefield, an analyst on the region at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington. He said the state dinner "is recognition of the extent to which American leaders are willing to go out of their way" to foster the alliance. | US Defense Secretary Says N. Korea Iran's Nuclear Ambitions Must Be Deterred (Arirang) http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=121411&code=Ne2&category=2
Speaking to an audience at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington Tuesday Panetta said the defense department might have to give up modernizing weapons as the Pentagon plans to cut 450 billion US dollars from its budget over the next decade. | Mexico's Lopez Obrador: U.S. must move relations past drug war (The Miami Herald) http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/11/2449492/mexicos-lopez-obrador-us-must.html
In his first speech in the U.S. capital, delivered at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Lopez Obrador blasted the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexico's embrace of globalization and Obama administration policies. | Mexican presidential hopeful calls for new relationship with U.S. (La Prensa) http://www.laprensasa.com/309_america-in-english/1306804_mexican-presidential-hopeful-calls-for-new-relationship-with-u.s..html
"Cooperation for development is more effective and humane than the emphasis on military assistance, intelligence services and armaments," the former Mexico City mayor said in a speech at Washington's Woodrow Wilson Center. | Cartwright goes back to DoD (Federal News Radio) http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=424&sid=2585956
Other nominees to the board include former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former deputy attorney general Jamie Gorelick and former Rep. Jane Harman. Their job is to provides advice and opinions to the defense secretary on policy matters. | The Joan Hamburg Show (WOR) http://www.wor710.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=5509418
USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar Robin Wright discusses the recent violence in Egypt. | Putin proposes setting up Eurasian Union (The Voice of Russia) http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/10/06/58257199.html
Deputy Director of the Kennan Institute William Pomeranz discusses Prime Minster Vladimir Putin's proposed Eurasian Union and what it would mean for the future of Russia and its standing internationally. | | | | | | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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