| WILSON CENTER EVENTS, July 8 – July 23
Thursday, July 8
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Greening the Mediterranean: Greek Foreign Policy Against the Backdrop of the Financial Crisis, Spyros Kouvelis, Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece
Monday, July 12
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
 China and the Persian Gulf, Bing Bing Wu, The Sultan Qaboos Professor in Arabic Studies, Department of Arabic Language and Culture, Peking University, China; Emile Hokayem, Political Editor, The National (Abu Dhabi); Senior Fellow for Regional Security, International Institute for Strategic Studies-Middle East; Jean-François Seznec, Visiting Associate Professor, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University; Guang Yang, Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Institute of West Asian and African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China; Afshin Molavi, Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation
Tuesday, July 13
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
NATO's New Strategy in the Era of Financial Crisis, Marios Efthymiopoulos, Southeast Europe Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, and Director General, Strategy International (Greece)
Thursday, July 15
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
"The Gravest Threat" to Internal Security: India's Maoist Insurgency, P.V. Ramana, Research Fellow, Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (New Delhi); Srinivas Reddy, Deputy Editor, The Hindu (Hyderabad); Nandini Sundar, Professor of Sociology, Delhi University
Friday, July 16
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Transitional Justice in Post-Conflict Societies: What Works Best?, David Tolbert, President, International Center for Transitional Justice; Reverend Frank Chikane, Former Director General, Office of the President, South Africa; Mark Goodale, Associate Professor, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University; Priscilla Hayner, Senior Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Wendy Lambourne, Lecturer and Academic Coordinator, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney; Douglass Cassel, Former Legal Adviser, United Nations Commission on Truth for El Salvador, and Professor of Law, Notre Dame University; Jennifer Easterday, Trial Monitor, Special Court on Sierra Leone, War Crimes Studies Center, University of California, Berkeley; Patrick Burgess, Asia Director, International Center for Transitional Justice, and Former Director of Human Rights, UNTAET and UNMISET Missions in Timor-Leste; Richard Joseph, Former Democracy Adviser, Carter Center; Martin Kimani, Deputy Director, Ansari Africa Center, Atlantic Council
Monday, July 19
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The U.S. and China: Mutual Public Perceptions, Jerome Cohen, Professor of Law, NYU School of Law; Robert Daly, Director, Maryland China Initiative, The University of Maryland, College Park; Jim Fallows, National Correspondent, The Atlantic; Ellen Frost, Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; Jamie Horsley, Deputy Director, Senior Research Scholar, The China Law Center, Yale Law School; Terrill Lautz, Visiting Professor, Syracuse University; Cheng Li, Senior Fellow and Research Director, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution; Richard Madsen, Distinguished Professor and Chair, University of California, San Diego; Wang Zhenmin, Professor of Law, Tsinghua University Law School; Xu Yihua, Professor, Center for American Studies; Zhang Chuanjie, Assistant Professor, Deputy Director, Tsinghua Center for U.S.-China Relations; Zhou Qingan, Assistant Professor, Director of the Public Diplomacy Research Program, School of Journalism and Communications, Tsinghua University; Jiang Changjian, Associate Professor, the School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University; Liu Jianfei, Professor, Deputy Director, The Institute of International Strategic Studies, the Central Party School of the CPC; Sun Zhe, Director, Tsinghua Center for U.S.-China Relations; Tao Wenzhao, Senior Research Fellow, Tsinghua Center for U.S.-China Relations; Tian Wei, Host, CCTV News
Thursday, July 22
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Emerging Trends in Environment and Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, Christine Pendzich, Technical Adviser on Climate Change and Clean Energy, USAID; Eric Olson, Senior Adviser, Mexico Institute; Judith Morrison, Senior Adviser, Social Sector, Gender and Diversity Unit, Inter-American Development Bank; Maria Carmen Lemos, Associate Professor, Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan; Other Speakers TBA
Friday, July 23
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Book Launch: Europe's Destiny: The Old Lady and the Bull, Attila Marjan, Author, Economist, and International Relations Specialist, Brussels
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WILSON CENTER NEWS
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke Discusses the Economy With Sam Donaldson at Wilson Center Board, Council Dinner
Following a day of engaging meetings, the Wilson Center's Board and Council attended a dinner featuring Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, interviewed by ABC News veteran Sam Donaldson. Bernanke says unemployment likely will remain high for some time, but economic recovery is underway.
Defusing the Bomb: Overcoming Pakistan's Population Challenge
Pakistan's population—currently about 185 million—is expected to rise to 335 million by 2050. On June 9, the Wilson Center hosted a day-long conference to examine both the challenges and opportunities of Pakistan's demographics, and to discuss how best to tackle the former and maximize the latter.
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SCHOLARS IN THE MEDIA
Greece's Policy at NATO
Southeast Europe Project Policy Scholar Marios Efthymiopoulos published an op-ed in Europe's World recommending that Greece take a more active role in NATO. (6/23)
A Battle Against the Odds
A Chance in Hell, the new book by former Public Policy Scholar Jim Michaels about the winning of U.S. support in Iraq's Anbar Province, was reviewed in The Wall Street Journal. Michaels worked on the book while at the Center in 2009. (6/22)
Elijah Parish Lovejoy Journalism Award
Public Policy Scholar Alfredo Corchado was awarded Colby College's Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for courageous journalism for his coverage of Mexican drug cartels as Mexico bureau chief for the Dallas Morning News. (6/21)
U.S. Cash Fans the Flame of Mexico's Drug Violence
Mexico Institute Director Andrew Selee appeared on "Newshour" to discuss U.S.-Mexico cooperation in dealing with organized crime. (6/16)
Boom or Doom?
Public Policy Scholar Maleeha Lodhi published an op-ed in The News (Pakistan) about the challenges caused by Pakistan's booming population, and about a recent Wilson Center event addressing this topic. She also published op-eds about Journey Into America: The Challenge of Islam by Akbar Ahmed and the inadequacies of the United States' approach to terrorism. (6/15)
The Beijing Hour With Susan Osman
Middle East Program Director Haleh Esfandiari appeared on "The Beijing Hour With Susan Osman" on China Radio International to discuss UN nuclear sanctions against Iran. She also published an article in Foreign Policy about the impact of the Iranian presidential elections of June 2009 and was featured in a panel discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations for the screening of the HBO documentary For Neda. (6/10)
Science Plugs Into Prediction Markets
The Science and Technology Innovation Program's prediction market for scientific breakthroughs was featured in Miller-McCune. The market's opening experiment was to predict the opening weekend gross of the movie Splice. (6/9)
New Leadership for Facebook? What COO Sheryl Sandberg Brings
Public Policy Scholar Amy Wilkinson published a piece on the Washington Post's "On Leadership" blog about the wisdom behind Facebook's hiring of new chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg. (6/9)
After Iranian Sanctions, Now What?
Public Policy Scholar Michael Adler published a piece in Politico unpacking the background and implications of the UN Security Council's fourth round of sanctions against Iran. (6/9)
U.S. Leading Charge on Synthetic Biology Funding
A new report on synthetic biology funding by the Science and Technology Innovation Program resulted in a piece on Wired, which also features Associate Todd Kuiken. (6/8)
U.S. Department of State Honors Philip Lyon
East European Research Scholar Philip Lyon was named State Alumni Member of the Month by the U.S. State Department. (6/7)
Islam and Feminism
Senior Scholar Margot Badran was interviewed by FiveBooks on the intersection of Islam and Feminism. (6/6)
Women Lead the Way on Green Energy and Environment
Fellow Maria Ivanova was awarded the "Goddess Artemis Award" by the Euro-American Women's Council; the theme of this year's awards is "Women Lead the Way on Green Energy and Environment." (6/1)
Mideast Peace Tops List of Hopeless Causes
Public Policy Scholar Aaron David Miller published an op-ed on Bloomberg News about the obstacle to Middle East peace posed by the Israeli raid of an aid ship headed for Gaza despite Israel's blockade. Miller also published an op-ed in Politico on the topic. (6/2)
Now Creditor Drones
Asia Program Associate Michael Kugelman published an op-ed in Dawn (Pakistan) that takes aim at both U.S. drone policies in Pakistan and Pakistani conspiracy theories. (5/31)
Procedural Politics by Don Wolfensberger
Don Wolfensberger, director of the Congress Project, is a contributing writer at Roll Call. Last month he published "Members Strain for Catchy Legislative Titles" and "Science Panel Chairman COMPETES to Win".
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