 |  | A proper and public post-9/11 debate of intelligence matters to develop clear legal policies that embody US values and have public support is long overdue, says Wilson Center President Jane Harman. "When we fail to enumerate clear policies, those expected to implement them either become risk-averse or feel enabled to commit abuses." more→ Transcript | Video |  | Iraq's 'Brittle' Democracy
Publication | Spring 2012 Using strong-arm tactics reminiscent of Saddam Hussein, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is undermining Iraqi democracy and failing to deliver much-needed government services, such as electricity and infrastructure, writes Wilson Center expert Adeed Dawisha in a new paper. |  | Europeans Less Worried Than Americans by Iran
Video | March 21, 2012 Europeans feel less of a threat than Americans do, though proliferation remains a concern, EU lawmaker Tarja Cronberg tells Context. "I do not think there is the same sense of urgency ... or [the belief] that Iran could attack Europe." Video Q&A | After Vote, a New Approach to Iran?
Factsheet | IAEA Closing In On Parchin |  | Amid Oil-and-Gas Boom, Canada Opts Out of Kyoto
Event | March 21, 2012 Canada is one of many nations to quit the Kyoto protocol, calling it impractical without a carbon-reducing commitment from the US. Ottawa's decision casts doubt on the effectiveness of similar multilateral frameworks ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Video | Podcast |  | Trade Votes Show Sharp Partisan Divide
Event | March 19, 2012 Sharpening polarization threatens to shape coming battles on Jackson-Vanik, the reorganization of Commerce, and fast-track trade authority for the president, experts say. Video | Podcast |
| Wilson in the News | | How Mexico Creates American Jobs — The Wall Street Journal Mexico has recently been thought of more as a supplier of drugs than of jobs, but as the United States prepares to receive Mexican President Felipe Calderón and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Washington on April 2, it is time to reconsider our southern neighbor, write the Mexico Institute's Andrew Selee and Chris Wilson. | | Mexico's Middle Class is Becoming its Majority — The Washington Post A Washington Post front page story cites the Mexico Institute's report, "Mexico: A Middle Class Society, Poor No More, Developed Not Yet." | | How to Help El Salvador Rebuild — The Miami Herald Many Salvadorans who wait for a day job at Home Depots around the US would like to return to their country and be part of its rebuilding. Indeed, Cynthia J. Arnson, director of the Latin America Program, argues that Salvadoran expatriates play a critical role by sending remittances home, but that is not enough. | | Six Big Lies about How Jerusalem Runs Washington — Foreign Policy Distinguished Scholar Aaron David Miller reviews some of the myths and misconceptions about domestic US politics and America's Middle East policies that still circulate all too widely in Europe, the Arab world, and in the United States too. | | Accused Of Spying, Iranian Remains Optimistic — NPR-Morning Edition After his participation at last week's Middle East Program event, "Iran after the 2012 Parliamentary Elections," Bijan Khajehpour spoke with NPR's Morning Edition about being arrested and then forced out of his country for views considered too moderate. | The State Visit That Isn't: Is the US Dissing Brazil's Dilma On the Eve of
Her Trip? — Time As Paulo Sotero, director of the Brazil Institute, points out, the more important US stop for Dilma may well be Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she'll promote her Science Without Borders project to get tens of thousands of Brazilian students educated abroad in math, science and engineering. "Like any leader, Dilma does care about protocol, but she's more preoccupied with substance," says Sotero. "I think the state-visit issue bothers her less as a result." | Africa: Ambassador Battle Discusses US-AU Relationship On Conversations
with America — All Africa United States Mission to the African Union (USAU) Ambassador Michael Battle held a conversation with Africa Program Director Steve McDonald, on the current state of US engagement with the African Union. | | | | | | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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