 | | December 30, 2011 |  | The Wilson Center: A Year in Review As a new year approaches, The Wilson Center looks back at the people, news, and events that made 2011 a success. The past year brought new leadership, a new National Conversation, and a Q& A series that provides context to the world's most pressing issues. | |  | February 8, 2011 The Wilson Center appointed The Honorable Jane Harman (D-Calif.) as its new president, CEO, and director. "I am passionate about public policy," said Harman at a February 8 press conference at the Center. Leading this institution "is a challenge I could not resist." |  | September 19, 2011 "The Council of 46 women world leaders 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." | The National Conversation | | In April, the Center launched The National Conversation, a series which created a safe political space in which leading senior-level experts could discuss deeply and broadly the most significant challenges facing the nation and the world. |
 | Event // November 1, 2011 Dr. Henry Kissinger and a distinguished panel from the media, government, and academia discuss the future of Afghanistan. What role should outside powers play in promoting the peace process and stability in the aftermath of a US military presence? |  | Event // September 12, 2011 Top experts from Congress, the intelligence community, the media and academia joined together in an event moderated by the Washington Post's David Ignatius to examine how the threat is changing and how homeland security, military, and intelligence strategies should evolve to deal with it. |  | Event // July 13, 2011 The Wilson Center and American Public Media launched an updated version of Budget Hero at an event on Capitol Hill. The latest version of Budget Hero includes updated Congressional Budget Office numbers and gives people the chance to do what Congress hasn't yet managed—balance the federal budget. |  | Event // April 8, 2011 The Center's first National Conversation discussed the need for a new national security narrative. Hosted by Wilson Center Director, President, and CEO Jane Harman, and moderated by New York Times columnist and author Thomas Friedman, panelists discussed options for defense and diplomacy in our increasingly complex and multi-polar world. | CONTEXT | | CONTEXT, a new series of short, intelligent hi-def video interviews, draws on the expertise of Wilson Center scholars, fellows, and staff, along with visiting experts to provide unique perspectives and concise insight and analysis of the stories and events shaping our world. Below is a sampling of the best from the new series. |  | Video // December 21, 2011 Nabil Rajab, recipient of the 2011 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award, says Bahraini people will continue to fight for human rights despite government intimidation. After ten months of government crackdown "people are back to the streets and are committed to the struggle until they achieve their goal.". |  | Video // December 15, 2011 Almost eight years after the invasion of Iraq, U.S. troops are on their way home. The Wilson Center interviews James Zogby, founder and president of the Arab American Institute, about a new poll he conducted to gauge reactions to the withdrawal of American forces. |  | Video // October 31, 2011 In exclusive interviews, Aaron David Miller, Haleh Esfandiari and William B. Milam discuss the significance of Muammar Gaddafi's death in the context of the greater Arab Spring. |  | Video // October 20, 2011 In an exclusive interview MacArthur "Genius" Fellow Peter Gleick answers questions on growing constraints of freshwater availability, quality, and use. | The Lee Hamilton Lecture Series on Civil Discourse and Democracy | | The Lee Hamilton Lecture Series was established this year in honor of Lee H. Hamilton, who served as the Woodrow Wilson Center's President and Director from 1998–2010. |
 | Event // October 11, 2011 We must not reduce our readiness or ability to perform essential missions, said Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in his first U.S. policy speech at The Wilson Center, but in our current fiscal environment it is imperative to scrutinize for savings. |  | Event // May 25, 2011 Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen discussed current and anticipated challenges the military must confront in continuing to safeguard national interests. | Director's Forums | | An event series featuring high-level dignitaries in a non-partisan forum designed to encourage open and informed dialogue. |
 | Event // September 28, 2011 President Pierre Nkurunziza detailed the fight to create both a political and economic environment necessary in Burundi for investment, trade, and support from the international community. |  | Event // September 15, 2011 Prior to the International Monetary Fund annual meeting, Managing Director Christine Lagarde gave her first Washington policy address at The Wilson Center. |  | Event // July 21, 2011 Pervez Musharraf, a former president of Pakistan, offers his take on Pakistan's relations with the U.S. |  | Event // March 3, 2011 Enhanced economic integration is needed to make North America more competitive against other world trading blocs, Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa said at a March 4 public forum cosponsored by The Wilson Center and the Council of the Americas. | Wilson in the News | We're getting close to the point that we can use words like "massacre" and "genocide," when the U.N. claims that there are at least 5,000 people who have been killed, said Distinguished Scholar Robin Right. "There are some estimates that 70,000 Syrians have been arrested. Some of those who have been released have talked about really brutal torture. The scope of this is now getting really horrendous." | A little more than a year since the begining of the Arab Spring, Distinguished Scholar Robin Wright and Richard Haass discuss this year's global upheaval, new hope for democracy and the remaining uncertanty of the unprisings. | Caught up in celebrations of the two month extension of the payroll tax cut, few have noticed that one thing was left off: funding to implement a law to create U.S. jobs, save billions for consumers and cash-strapped communities, and remove tons of carbon from the atmosphere in the process, writes Director Jane Harman. | Presidents need to be self-confident, but they also have to avoid arrogance and grandiosity, writes Public Policy Scholar Aaron David Miller. I don't know what the president has planned for the holidays, but he might consider spending a little time getting some historical perspective and maybe some humility, too. | Virginia's Democratic senator marches to his own beat, sometimes bucking his party's leadership to reach out to the GOP, says Senior Scholar Linda Killian. Can he help revive a bipartisan effort to cut the deficit? | "It's another indication of how bad the situation has gotten at the municipal level. It's pretty shocking when it's a city this big," said Eric Olson, a Mexico expert at the nonpartisan Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. | Deputy Director of the Kennan Institute William Pomeranz talks about the continued fallout from the Duma elections and what it means for the upcoming Presidential contests. | A discussion panel held at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC, on December 19 served as a venue for experts to discuss their research on the links between climate and conflict. | | | | | | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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