 | | December 2, 2011 |  | A new report reevaluates civilian aid to Pakistan and recommends what can be done to salvage the Kerry-Lugar-Berman Act. more | |  | December 2, 2011 Pakistan's location, military might, and links to Islamist terrorists ensure that it will remain central to U.S. interests even after NATO forces depart Afghanistan. Writing Pakistan out of the U.S. foreign policy script is not an option, say Wilson Center President Jane Harman and Asia Program Director Robert Hathaway in a co-authored piece for The Washington Post. |  | November 23, 2011 While Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has remained one step ahead of his impressive list of enemies, his time in power may soon be running out as his fellow Arab autocrats have discovered this year, Senior Scholar David Ottaway writes after his latest trip to Khartoum. |  | December 1, 2011 Nabeel Rajab, president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights receives the 2011 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award |  | November 23, 2011 Does the possibility of a Greek exit from the eurozone and the pressure on Italy's debt signal a new level of crisis for the monetary union? Senior Scholar and former chairman of the Fiscal Council in Hungary George Kopits explains the various elements of the crisis. |  | November 23, 2011 Reflecting on her recent trips to Egypt and Tunisia, Jane Harman discusses the different situations in both countries and her suggestions for elections. | Wilson in the News | Director of the Congress Project Don Wolfesnberger's most recent column on procedural politics and balancing the budget. | Exorcizing the Islamic Ghost Haunting North AfricaThe victory of moderate Islamist parties in parliamentary elections, first in Tunisia and now in Morocco, confirms the most significant change wrought so far by the Arab revolts of this past year, says Senior Scholar David Ottaway. Whether these elections will exorcize the "Islamic ghost" haunting North Africa, Europe, and the United States remains to be seen, but initial signs are mostly promising. | Program Associate for the Asia Program Michael Kugelman published a piece on the Asia Program's new report "Aiding Without Abetting: Making U.S. Civilian Assistance to Pakistan Work for Both Sides." | Distinguished Scholar Robin Wright and former CIA agent Bob Baer talk about the situation in Iran and the foreign policy challenges that will dominate the next presidential agenda. | British officials said they have secured their embassy in Tehran, but the compound suffered serious fire damage from protesters who breached the walls Tuesday and rampaged for hours in protest of sanctions. "Iran is feeling isolated because of the sanctions," Director of the Middle East Program Haleh Esfandiari told NBC's Nightly News. | In announcing his retirement, the 30-year lawmaker offered a few lessons on how politics has changed and how we got where we are today, says Senior Scholar Linda Killian. | Linda Killian also talks with Coffee Party USA about the failure of the supercommittee, what comes next, and ideas about how citizens can be involved. | Public Policy Scholar Aaron David Miller and Pakistan Scholar Zahid Hussain on Egyptian parliamentary elections and what it means in the context of the Arab Spring. | Another organization, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, will present the president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Nabeel Rajab, with an award this week for his work on behalf of democracy in Bahrain. | "There's a lot of hedging going on in the broader Asia- Pacific region," said Bryce Wakefield, Asia program associate at the Wilson Center, a Washington policy group. Smaller Asian countries are moving closer to the U.S. "both as a bargaining strategy against China and as a way of ensuring their own security," Wakefield said. | Former U.S. Department of Commerce official Raymond Vickery will discuss U.S.-India economic relations at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy on Thursday, Dec. 8. Vickery is the author of "The Eagle and the Elephant: Strategic Aspects of U.S.-India Economic Engagement." The book is part of his work as a 2008-2009 Public Policy Scholar in the Asia Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. | Pakistan has formally communicated to the United Nations its protest and condemnation of the NATO airstrike that killed its 24 soldiers and has strained ties between Washington and Islamabad. Senior Policy Scholar Dennis Kux joins a panel to discuss if the relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan can withstand the mounting pressure. | | | | | | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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