 |  | Once the world's uncontested manufacturing powerhouse, the US competes internationally on innovation, and for markets and talent. In the sixth National Conversation, experts debated how America should regain its competitive edge. more → Video | Audio | Event Summary |  | Securing 'Loose Nukes'
Video Q&A | March 29, 2012 Ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit of 50 world leaders in Seoul, four experts outlined the issues and identified possible solutions to one of the greatest global threats. Event Video and Podcast : Regional Perspectives on the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit |  | Transnational Crime: The Americas' Leading Security Threat
Video Q&A | March 29, 2012 Violent gangs, drug traffickers, and human smuggling rings are endangering citizens throughout the Americas. In this interview, SOUTHCOM Commander General Douglas Fraser discusses strategies to defeat transnational crime, the hemisphere's chief security challenge. Event Video and Podcast : Fighting Transnational Organized Crime |  | Political Change in Burma?
The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi
Event | March 27, 2012 Journalist and author Peter Popham explores the personality behind one of the world's foremost democracy activists—on the eve of her expected victory in Burma's parliamentary elections this Sunday. A Human Right's Perspective
Dialogue TV | March 27-April 4, 2012 Guest: David Scott Mathieson, Senior Researcher on Burma in the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch |
| Wilson in the News | | Blurred Lines — Foreign Policy Congress, the administration, and the private sector need to harness forces to face down evolving security dangers like cyber-terrorism, writes Wilson Center Director Jane Harman in Foreign Policy. | | What It Takes to Be a Great Secretary of State — Foreign Policy In his latest Foreign Policy column, "Reality Check," Distinguished Scholar Aaron Miller breaks down Hillary Clinton's term as Secretary of State. | | Warnings of 'Bio-Error' in New Science — BBC As scientists ramp up research in synthetic biology we must continue to monitor the ecological risks, says Director of the Science and Technology Innovation Program David Rejeski, and warns of the risks of bio-error. | | Christopher Wilson and Andrew Selee: Texas' Economic Trailblazing With Mexico — Dallas Morning News Texas is the state with the closest economic ties to Mexico, and as a result, its economy is growing much faster than the US average, write the Mexico Institute's Andrew Selee and Christopher Wilson in a new opinion piece. | Anti-Kony Campaign Draws Renewed Support on Hill,
Opens Door to More US Involvement — Fox News Africa Program Director Steve McDonald said it's more likely that the US would commit equipment to the Kony hunt than more soldiers. He also said he wouldn't be surprised if the US helps put up bounty money. Though he described the mission as achievable, he said resolving the tension in the region will take more than simply capturing Kony -- and warned that capturing Kony is not so simple in the vast expanse of central Africa. | | New Rules: How Effective? — Dawn Pakistan Scholar Zahid Hussain published a piece in Dawn newspaper that looks at the current state of Pakistan-US relations. | | Ug Lee American performs on Coke Studio — Dawn Program Associate for the Asia Program Michael Kugelman's latest satirical take on US-Pakistan relations, focusing on the appearance of an American politician on Pakistan's most famous live music show. | Phone Tapping Scandal Envelops Mexican Ruling
Party Candidate — Reuters "There was a fair amount of political espionage during the period of one party domination, and it was used as a way to undermine and control the party's enemies," said Mexico Program Senior Associate Eric Olsen. | | For Cheney, Pros and Cons in New Heart — The New York Times Former Vice President Dick Cheney had been living fairly comfortably with a mechanical heart pump, but decided recently to agree to a heart transplant if one were offered," writes Fellow Lawrence Altman in a New York Times piece detailing Vice President Cheney's recent heart transplant. | | | | | | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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