 | | October 28, 2011 |  | From peaceful revolution to free elections in just nine months, the birthplace of the Arab Spring has achieved a stunning transition, says President, Director and CEO Jane Harman from Tunis. Now we must embrace the victors and ensure strong roles for women. more | | Hussein's Thoughts During Iran/Iraq War Revealed |  | October 25, 2011 // 4:30pm — 6:00pm Newly-available archival material and recollections from former government officials, "The Iran-Iraq War: The View from Baghdad" re-examines the bloody eight-year conflict from a variety of informed perspectives. | Ten Years On — Afghanistan Work in Progress | October 27, 2011 On this month's ten-year anniversary of U.S. military engagement in Afghanistan, Michael Kugelman of the Asia Program offers an analysis of the conflicting forces that are challenging the regional peace process and discusses changes in U.S. policy approaches toward Afghanistan and Pakistan. | Social Media Improves Disaster Response and Relief |  | October 25, 2011 Facebook, Twitter, and other social media tools are making the response to national and man-made disasters faster and more efficient. We spoke with one of the world's leaders in the field, Gisli Olafsson, to learn about the latest developments. |  | October 25, 2011 Thanks to new technology, people can immediately help seismologists assess the scope and impact of earthquakes by providing valuable firsthand data. The recent east coast quake, centered in Virginia, provided the back drop for our discussion with Colorado-based seismologist, David Wald. | Seven Billion People, One Planet |  | October 26, 2011 The UN estimates that the seven billionth member of the earth's population will be born on October 31. Demographer-in-residence Elizabeth Leahy Madsen explains how we got to that number and where our demographic path might take us from here. | November 01, 2011 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm It took only 12 short years for the world's population to grow from six to seven billion. While the "Day of Seven Billion" will receive widespread media coverage, how widely reported – and more important, how well understood – is the impact of this rapid growth on our planet's resources? The Wilson Center, National Geographic, and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting discuss population-environment connections. | Congress and Foreign Policy | | | October 17, 2011 // 4:00pm — 6:00pm Congress does not pay close attention to foreign affairs; its oversight of the foreign policy establishment is sporadic and haphazard; and, when it does get involved, its decisions are usually driven more by politics than careful deliberation. That was the consensus of a panel convened at the Wilson Center Oct. 17 on the topic, "Congress' Influence on Foreign Policy: For Better or Worse?" | Wilson in the News | Democracy Wins in Tunisia (The Daily Beast)http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/26/tunisia-s-free-elections-a-win-for-democracy.html
From peaceful revolution to free elections in just nine months, the birthplace of the Arab Spring has achieved a stunning transition. Now we must embrace the victors and ensure strong roles for women, former representative Jane Harman says from Tunis. | History in the Arab World (CNN)http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2011/10/24/am-harman-gadhafi-tunisia-election.cnn
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"Tunisia has set a marker here, for what you do from a standing start…this is how you do a fair election, this is how people participate, and this is how you open it to the world to see it," says Wilson Center Director, President, and CEO Jane Harman on CNN's American Morning. | Papers From Iraqi Archive Reveal Conspiratorial Mind-Set of Hussein (The New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/26/world/middleeast/archive-offers-rare-glimpse-inside-mind-of-saddam-hussein.html?_r=1
Middle East Program's Public Policy Scholar Michael Gordon on the Saddam Hussein documents released for "The Iran-Iraq War: The View from Baghdad." | U.S. Agencies Infiltrating Drug Cartels Across Mexico (The New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/world/americas/united-states-infiltrating-criminal-groups-across-mexico.html
"The Mexicans sort of roll their eyes and say we know it's happening, even though it's not supposed to be happening," said Eric L. Olson, an expert on Mexican security matters at the Woodrow Wilson Center. | US Has Network of Informants in Mexican Drug Cartels (The Take Away) http://www.thetakeaway.org/2011/oct/25/us-has-network-informants-mexican-drug-cartels/
Eric Olson, senior associate at the Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, comments on what this revelation means for U.S.-Mexican relations. | Can Libyan Tribes Unite? (CNN) http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2011/10/25/am-wright-libya.cnn
Distinguished Scholar Robin Wright on what it will take for Libyan tribes to unite to form a new government. | The parable of the mosquito-slaying tennis racket (Dawn) http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/22/the-parable-of-the-mosquito-slaying-tennis-racket.html
Program Associate for the Asia Program Michael Kugelman published a piece on the importance of thinking small in Pakistan, and specifically in the context of managing natural resources and responding to the country's dengue fever epidemic. | Why Barack Obama Is Likely to Be Our Next President (Huffington Post) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-david-miller/obama-romney-2012_b_1028727.html
Barely 13 months from now our current president is more than likely to be our next one too, says Public Policy Scholar Aaron Miller. Despite high unemployment and a stalling economy other trends favor the President's chances of victory next November. | Millions Will Be Trapped Amid Climate Change, Study Warns (The New York Times) hhttp://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/millions-will-be-trapped-amid-climate-change-study-warns/#
Geoffrey Dabelko, who heads the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center and was not directly involved with the research, said the report demonstrated that previous estimates of migration are nothing more than "very fuzzy aggregate global figures that have weak to no methodology behind them." | KTH: Iraq withdrawal too soon? (CNN) http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1110/21/acd.02.html"> (part 2)
Robin Wright participated in a panel discussion on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 on the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and the death of Muammar Ghaddafi. | Debate: Pakistan army warns US (The Times of India) http://www.timesnow.tv/Debate-Pakistan-army-warns-US---1/videoshow/4386884.cms
Asia Program Director Robert Hathaway discussing US-Pakistani tensions in the run-up to Hillary Clinton's visit to Islamabad this week. | US Forum Urges Contraception Aid for Poor Countries http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h4JSoQXx1xPA5_q3LDYrJFWwDINQ?docId=CNG.b0b893fb04aee2445cb9d54b02462bd7.c1 | | | | | | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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