| WILSON CENTER EVENTS, September 30 – October 29
Wednesday, September 30
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The German Elections: The State of the Polity and Prospects for German Foreign Policy, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, Berlin Office, German Marshall Fund and Former Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Thursday, October 1
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
What's Next? Perspectives From Afghan Civil Society, Mary Akrami, Afghan Women Skills Development Center; Orzala Ashraf, Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan; Palwasha Hassan, International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Kennedy and the Berlin Wall: A Hell of a Lot Better Than a War, W.R. Smyser, Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar, Library of Congress and Adjunct Professor, BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University; Mary Beth Stein, Associate Professor of German and International Affairs, The George Washington University; R. Gerald Livingston, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, German Historical Institute; Bernd Schaefer, Senior Scholar, Cold War International History Project
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Reporting From Kenya: U.S. Editors Cover Health, Environment, and Security, Andrea Crossan, Radio Producer, "The World," BBC/PRI; Stephanie Hanson, Associate Director and Coordinating Editor, CFR.org, Council on Foreign Relations; Margaret McElligott, Senior Producer, washingtonpost.com
Friday, October 2
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Engaging China in New Energy Cooperation, David Mohler, Senior VP and CTO for Duke Energy, Peggy Liu, Chairperson, Joint U.S.-China Collaboration on Clean Energy (JUCCCE), Steve Papermaster, JUCCCE Co-Founder, U.S. Steering Committee Chair
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Serbian Foreign Policy and the Possibility of Cooperation within the Western Balkan Region, Aleksandar Vucic, Deputy President, Serbian Progressive Party
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Rediscovering Multilateralism: Toward a Cooperative Approach to Middle East Reform, Audra Grant, RAND Corporation; Hanane Zelouani Idrissi, National Endowment for Democracy; Almut Moeller, Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy; Andrew Albertson, POMED Executive Director
Monday, October 5
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
The U.S., Hamas, and the Pursuit of Israeli-Palestinian Peace, Elliot Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations and Former Deputy National Security Adviser for Middle Eastern Affairs, George W. Bush Administration; Robert Pastor, Professor of International Relations and Founder and Co-Director, Center for Democracy and Election Management, American University and Senior Adviser on Conflict Resolution and the Middle East, The Carter Center; Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The Uncertain Future: Sino-Russian Relations in the 21st Century, Herman Pirchner, Jr., President, American Foreign Policy Council
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Dynamisms and Disfunctions of Turkey's Civil-Military Relations After Ergenekon: Why Do They Matter?, Umit Cizre, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Joshua Walker, Fellow, Transatlantic Academy, German Marshall Fund
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The Road to Copenhagen: Progress and Challenges on Sustainable Development in Chico Mendes's Homeland, Arnóbio (Binho) Marques, Governor, Brazilian Amazon State of Acre; Foster Brown, Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center; Adriana Gonçalves Moreira, World Bank Senior Environmental Specialist, Sustainable Development Department for Latin America and Caribbean Region; Moderator Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center; Michael Shifter, Vice-President for Policy, Inter-American Dialogue
Tuesday, October 6
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
China and Climate Security, Linda Jakobson, Senior Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; Murray Scot Tanner, China Specialist, Center for Naval Analyses
Wednesday, October 7
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Translating Ivan Cankar in the 21st Century: Historical and Literary Perspectives on Slovene Political and Social Evolution, John Cox, Professor of History and Department Head, North Dakota State University
Thursday, October 8
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The Energy Company of the Future, A Director's Forum with Peter Voser, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
The Road to Rio: The Right to the City: Bridging the Urban Divide, Ana Marie Argilagos, Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary Donovan, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; Robert Buckley, Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation; Mathew Chandy, Senior Urban Adviser, CHF International; Celine D'Cruz, Coordinator, Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) and Associate Director, Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC), Mumbai
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Germany 1989: A New Kind of Revolution?, Axel Klausmeier, Director, Berlin Wall Memorial in Berlin, Germany and Author, Wall Remnants, Wall Traces; Rainer Klemke, Director, Berlin Senate Working Group on Museums with Federal Participation, Memorials and Contemporary History; Ilya Gayduk, Coordinator, Cold War Group, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences; Pawel Machcewicz, Professor of History, the University of Warsaw; Konrad Jarausch, Professor of European Civilization, Department of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Friday, October 9
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Zhivago's Children: The Last Russian Intelligentsia, Vladislav Zubok, Associate Professor of History, Temple University, Michael David-Fox, Associate Professor of History, University of Maryland, College Park, and Eric Lohr, Associate Professor of History, American University
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Rebellious Satellite: Poland 1956, Pawel Machcewicz, Professor of History, University of Warsaw; Charles Gati, Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies and Foreign Policy Institute Fellow, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Book Launch: Participatory Innovation and Representative Democracy in Latin America, Enrique Peruzzotti, Di Tella University, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Andrew Selee, Director, Mexico Institute
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Traffic Jam: Gender, Labor, Migration and Trafficking in Dubai, Pardis Mahdavi, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center and Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Pomona College
Tuesday, October 13
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Book Discussion: Distorted Mirrors: Americans and Their Relations With Russia and China in the Twentieth Century, Eugene Trani, President Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Former Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Strait Talk: United States-Taiwan Relations and the Crisis With China, Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, and Professor of History, Georgetown University
Wednesday, October 14
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Covering Climate: What's Population Got to Do With It?, Dennis Dimick, Executive Editor, National Geographic Magazine; Emily Douglas, Web Editor, The Nation; Andrew Revkin, Environmental Reporter, The New York Times (invited)
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Copyright Law in Canada and the United States: The Digital Challenge, Barry Sookman, Partner Co-chair, Technology Law Group, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Toronto; Eric J. Schwartz, Partner, Mitchell Silberberg Knupp LLP, and Former Acting General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office
Thursday, October 15
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Back from the Brink? Prospects for Inter-Korean Dialogue, Past and Present, Bernd Schaefer, Senior Scholar, Cold War International History Project, Jongdae Shin, Visiting Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, Sunwon Park, Northeast Asia Energy and Security Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Monday, October 19
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Book Discussion: The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy, David Hoffman, Contributing Editor, The Washington Post
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Return of the Foxbats: New Light on the Climax of Soviet Military Intervention in the Middle East, 1969-1972, Isabella Ginor, Research Fellow, Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Gideon Remez, Research Fellow, Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace; Craig Daigle, Assistant Professor, City College of New York
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Inclusion of Civil Society Stakeholders in Comprehensive Peace Processes: A Practical Analysis, Steve McDonald, Consulting Director, Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity; Michael Lund, Consulting Project Manager, Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity; Carla Koppell, Director, Institute for Inclusive Security; Anthony Wanis-St. John, Assistant Professor, International Peace and Conflict Resolution, American University SIS; Elizabeth McClintock, Founder and Manager, CM Partners
9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
A Discussion With Governor Fidel Herrera Beltrán, Felipe Herrera Beltrán, Governor of Veracruz, Mexico
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Book Launch: In Praise of Deadlock: How Partisan Struggle Makes Better Laws, Author W. Lee Rawls, Senior Counsel to the Director, FBI; Richard Baker, Former Senate Historian; Richard Cohen, Congressional Correspondent, The National Journal
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Shaping Lithuania's White House: From the Former Communist Party Leader Algirdas Brazauskas to the Newly-Elected Baltic "Iron Lady" Dalia Grybauskaite, Ausra Park, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Simmons College
Tuesday, October 20
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Sexual Violence Against Minors, Jim Mercy, Special Adviser for Strategic Directions, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Jama Gulaid, Country Representative, UNICEF Swaziland
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Werwolf Sutra, Yuri Andrukhovych, Poet and Novelist, Ivano-Frankivsk
Wednesday, October 21
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Reaching Out at a Time of Economic Crisis: External Anchors and Internal Dynamics in the Western Balkans, Jens Bastian, Senior Economic Research Fellow, ELIAMEP, Athens, Greece
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Why Europe Fears Its Neighbors, Fabrizio Tassinari, Head of Foreign Policy and EU Studies Unit, Danish Institute for International Studies, and Non-Resident Fellow, John's Hopkins Center for Transatlantic Relations, and Former Contributing Scholar, Southeast Europe Project, Woodrow Wilson Center
Thursday, October 22
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Our Common Energy Future, The Honorable William K. Reilly, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Fixing a Broken Immigration System: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Reform, Day 1, Elena Letona, NALACC; Ruth Milkman, Professor of Sociology, UCLA; Dowell Myers, Professor of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California; Mae Ngai, Professor of History, Columbia University; George Sanchez, Professor of American Studies, University of Southern California
Friday, October 23
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Fixing a Broken Immigration System: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Reform, Day 2, David Abraham, University of Miami School of Law; David Bacon, Photographer and Journalist; Jorge Castañeda, Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University; Muzaffar Chishti, Migration Policy Institute; Richard Foltin, Legislative Director and Counsel, American Jewish Committee; Gary Gerstle, James G. Stahlman Professor of American History, Vanderbilt University; Jennifer Gordon, Professor of Law, Fordham University; David Gutiérrez, Professor of History, University of California, San Diego; Cindy Hahamovitch, Professor of History, College of William and Mary; Tamar Jacoby, President and CEO of ImmigrationWorks USA; Christian Joppke, Professor of Politics, American University of Paris; Miriam Jordan, Wall Street Journal; Maria Elena Letona, Associate Director, National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities; Dowell Myers, Professor of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California; Rhacel Parreñas, Professor of American Studies, Brown University; Arturo Vargas, Executive Director, NALEO
Monday, October 26
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Main Trends in Contemporary Russian Literature, Marina Tyurina Oberlander, Philologist, Poet, and Translator, Washington, D.C.
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Dialogues With Mexico: Senator Santiago Creel, Santiago Creel Miranda, Senator, National Action Party (PAN)
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Murder in the Name of Honor, Rana Husseini, Journalist and Author, Murder in the Name of Honor
Tuesday, October 27
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe, Mary Sarotte, University of Southern California; Brent Scowcroft, Former National Security Adviser
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Book Launch: A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice and the Environmental Challenge, Laurie Mazur, Director, Population Justice Project; John Bongaarts, Vice President, Population Council; Jacqueline Nolley Echegaray, Associate for International Programs, Moriah Fund; Roger-Mark De Souza, Director of Foundation and Corporate Relations, Sierra Club
Wednesday, October 28
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Department of Defense's Strategic Energy Opportunities, Amory Lovins, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute; Chairman Emeritus, Fiberforge, Inc.
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Australia: Re-Calibrating Relations With the Major Powers, James Cotton, Wilson Center Australian Scholar
Thursday, October 29
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
After the Greek Elections: Challenges and Opportunities in the U.S.-Greece Partnership, Nikolas Karahalios, Chairman, Forum 2020, and Former Secretary for Political Planning and Program Development, New Democracy Party, Greece
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WILSON CENTER NEWS
The Woodrow Wilson Center Welcomes the 2009-2010 Class of Fellows
The staff and scholars of the Woodrow Wilson Center welcome the 2009-2010 fellowship class who arrived on Sept. 8. The 24 fellows include scholars and practitioners from the United States, Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Israel, United Kingdom, and Uzbekistan.
Wilson Center Welcomes New Director of Marketing and dialogue Host
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars welcomes the arrival of John Milewski, the new director of marketing and host of dialogue, the Center's radio and television program.
Participatory Innovation and Representative Democracy in Latin America
A new book published by the Woodrow Wilson Center Press examines participatory institutions in five Latin American democracies.
New From the CWIHP Book Series: Rebellious Satellite: Poland 1956, by Pawel Machcewicz
A new book published by the Woodrow Wilson Center Press narrates the social history of Communism in 1956 Poland.
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SCHOLARS IN THE MEDIA
Playing Into His Hands
Public Policy Scholar Michael Adler published a piece in The Daily Beast that unpacks the meaning of Iran's recently revealed uranium enrichment site. He also wrote stories about a private dinner in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hinted at the plant and about the announcement that the United States will join talks next month about Iran's nuclear program. (9/29)
Obama's test in Afghanistan
Public Policy Scholar Maleeha Lodhi published an op-ed in Pakistan's The News about the challenges President Obama faces in Afghanistan. (9/29)
Don't Canonize William Safire, He Could Never Live Down His Nixon Roots
Public Policy Scholar Jamie Stiehm wrote an essay for US News World Report about conservative columnist William Safire, writing that Safire's work for President Nixon is hard to live down. She also wrote a piece remembering Sen. Ted Kennedy in The Huffington Post. (9/29)
Remembering William Safire
Public Policy Scholar Marty Tolchin remembered the late William Safire, conservative columnist and speechwriter to President Nixon, on NewsHour With Jim Lehrer. (9/28)
A Long-Term Fix for Medium-Range Arms
Fellow Dinshaw Mistry published a letter to the editor in The New York Times, responding to an op-ed about a global ban on medium-range missiles. (9/25)
40 Years of Ambiguity
Public Policy Scholar Avner Cohen wrote an op-ed in Haaretz about Israel's nuclear ambiguity and its effect on U.S.-Israeli relations, 40 years after a nuclear weapons meeting between Golda Meir and Richard Nixon. (9/25)
Toward Peace in the Middle East
Public Policy Scholar Aaron David Miller wrote an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times about the Sept. 22 trilateral talks between President Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. He also published an article in Politico about the historically grim outlook on the Arab-Israeli conflict. (9/25)
When the Mind Falters, Is Sex a Choice?
Senior Scholar Marie-Therese Connolly published an op-ed in the Outlook section of The Washington Post about what constitutes sexual consent or assault when an elderly person with dementia is involved. (9/20)
My Prison, My Home
Middle East Program Director Haleh Esfandiari published the book My Prison, My Home this month. She discussed her imprisonment in Iran and current events in the country on several programs and in several publications, including Charlie Rose, The Takeaway, and The Diane Rehm Show. Fellow Margot Badran reviewed the book in The Washington Times, and the book also informed an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer and a review in Inside Higher Ed.
Going Gaga Over Grain
Asia Program Associate Michael Kugelman published an op-ed in Dawn about Pakistan's charm offensive to depict agriculture as the solution to the region's insecurity. (9/17)
Preparing for Copenhagen
Brazil Institute Director Paulo Sotero appeared on The Diane Rehm Show to discuss the UN summit on climate change in Copenhagen. (9/17)
Harper Goes to Washington
Canada Institute Director David Biette appeared on BNN to discuss U.S.-Canada relations in light of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's meeting with President Obama. (9/16)
Rethinking Our Iran Strategy
Public Policy Scholar Robin Wright and International Security Studies Director Robert Litwak co-authored an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times about rethinking the United States' Iran strategy in light of the crackdown that followed the presidential election. (9/13)
Commentaries by Lee Hamilton
Lee Hamilton, director of the Wilson Center, writes regular commentaries on foreign policy and Congress. Last month he published "Aim for Counterterrorism Without the War Cries," "Members of Congress Need to Travel," and "Toward a Better U.N."
Procedural Politics by Don Wolfensberger
Don Wolfensberger, director of the Congress Project, is a contributing writer at Roll Call. Last month he published "Health Care Reform Challenge Appears More Jagged Up Close" and "High Theater Rules at Joint Sessions of Congress."
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