| WILSON CENTER EVENTS, December 1 – December 16
Wednesday, December 1
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
 Nanotechnology Research Directions for Societal Needs in 2020, Mihail C. Roco, Founding Chair, Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET), National Science and Technology Council, and Senior Adviser for Nanotechnology, National Science Foundation; David Rejeski, Director, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, Woodrow Wilson Center
Thursday, December 2
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Here Comes the Sun (and the Wind, Water, and Biogas): Opportunities and Challenges for U.S.-China Renewable Energy Collaboration, Derek Vollmer, National Academy of Sciences; Bill Morin, Applied Materials; Joanna Lewis, Georgetown University
2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
The Sixth Annual Ion Ratiu Democracy Award, Daniel B. Baer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State; Robert Guerra, Project Director, Internet Freedom, Freedom House; Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Egyptian Democracy Activist, and 2006 Recipient, Ion Ratiu Lecture Award; Oleg Kozlovsky, Political Activist and Co-founder, Solidarnost, United Democratic Movement in Russia; Christian Ostermann, Director, European Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center; Angela Stent, Director, Center for Eurasian, Russian East European Studies, Georgetown University; Ambassador Kurt Volker, Managing Director and Senior Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations, SAIS, and Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Friday, December 3
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Russia in Search of an Independent Judiciary, Susan Glasser, Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy; Vadim Klyuvgant, Lead Defense attorney for Mikhail Khodorkovsky; Karinna Moskalenko, Founder, International Protection Center; Richard Sakwa, Professor of Russian and European Politics, University of Kent; Peter Maggs, Professor of Law, Clifford M. and Bette A. Carney Chair in Law, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Monday, December 6
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Moldova's 2010 Parliamentary Election: Toward Stability and Reintegration?, Rebecca Chamberlain-Creanga, Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
New Insights Into the Population Growth Factor and Development, Martha Campbell, President, Venture Strategies for Health and Development; Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu, Director, African Institute for Development Policy, Kenya; Jotham Musinguzi, Director, Partners in Population and Development, Uganda; Malcolm Potts, Bixby Professor of Population and Family Planning, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Tuesday, December 7
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Modernization of the Russian Economy, Sustainable Development, and Civil Society, Vladimir Zakharov, Director, Institute of Sustainable Development, Russian Federation Public Chamber; Sergey Bobylev, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Moscow State University; Alexander Adam, Head, Department of Natural Resources and Nature Protection, Tomsk Oblast Administration; Vladimir Kuznetsov, Director, Center for Russian Environmental Policy
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Ahmadinejad's Confrontation with the Iranian Parliament, Bahman Baktiari, Director, The Middle East Center, University of Utah
Wednesday, December 8
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Mixed Signals at the Border: The Future of U.S.-Canada Preclearance Programs, Paul Haddow, Director General, Canada Border Services Agency; Kathryn Bryk Friedman, Director of Law and Policy Research, The University at Buffalo Regional Institute; C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., Founder and Partner, Monument Policy Group, LLC; Kirk Lanz, Associate, Booz Allen Hamiliton; John Parisella, Quebec's Delegate General in New York; Christopher Whatley, Director, Washington Office, The Council of State Governments
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The Reified Nomad: The Historical Roots of Current Anti-Roma Persecution in Europe, M. Benjamin Thorne, Ph.D. Candidate in East European History, Indiana University
Thursday, December 9
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Gender-Based Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Research Findings and Programmatic Implications, Dr. Lynn Lawry, Senior Health Stability and Humanitarian Assistance Specialist, U.S. Department of Defense Heidi Lehmann, Director of Gender-based Violence Unit, International Rescue Committee Dr. Nancy Glass, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and Associate Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health moderated by: Dr. Sunita Kishor, Senior Gender Advisor, ICF Macro
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Gospels Spirituals, Serhiy Zhadan, Writer, Kharkiv, Ukraine
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
RFK in the Land of Apartheid: A Ripple of Hope, Ebrahim Rasool, South African Ambassador to the United States; Larry Shore, Director and Co-Producer, RFK in the Land of Apartheid; Jerri Eddings, Program Director, International Center for Journalists; Moderator Steve McDonald, Director, Africa Program and the Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity, Woodrow Wilson Center
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Work in Progress: Geopolitical Game: Romania Between the U.S. and USSR, 1965-1989 Radio Free Europe and Co.: Epistemologies of Truth within Entangled Environments, Liviu Tirau, Ph.D. Candidate, Babes-Bolyai University, Romanian Short-Term Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Ioana Macrea-Toma, Associate Researcher, Central European University, Romanian Short-Term Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Monday, December 13
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cameroon's 2011 Elections: Stakes, Risks, Opportunities, Kah Walla, 2011 Presidential Candidate in Cameroon
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Emerging Trends in Russian-American Trade Relations, Philip H. de Leon, President, Trade Connections International, LLC
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Honduras and the Inter-American System: One Year After, Secretary General José Miguel Insulza, Organization of American States; Leticia Salomón, Centro de Documentación de Honduras; Eduardo Stein, OAS Special Envoy and former Vice-President of Guatemala; Facundo Nejamkis, Executive Director, CEPES, Buenos Aires
Tuesday, December 14
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Organized Crime in Central America, James Bosworth, Consultant; Douglas Farah, IBI Consultants; Julie López, Freelance Journalist
4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
"Sugar Daddy Blues": Japan's Approach to Building Peace in Afghanistan, Kuniko Ashizawa, Oxford Brookes University, and Japan Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Integrated Development in Population, Health, and Environment: Updates From Ethiopia and the Philippines, Joan Regina Castro, Executive Vice President, PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc.; Negash Teklu, Executive Director, PHE Ethiopia; Annie Wallace, Population, Health, and Environment Technical Adviser, USAID Global Health Fellows Program, The Public Health Institute and The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Values and Leadership: Mrs. Rawlings' Commitment to Women and Children in Africa, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings; Shelly Williams President, The Osgood Center for International Studies; Moderator, Steve McDonald, Director, Africa Program and Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity, Woodrow Wilson Center
Wednesday, December 15
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
The Secession of East Pakistan in 1971 and the Question of Genocide, Dirk Moses, Woodrow Wilson Center Australian Scholar
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Continuity and Change in the Yugoslav Successor States, Mieczyslaw Boduszynski, Department of State
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Iran Primer I, Geneive Abdo, Director, Iran Program, The Century Foundation; Shaul Bakhash, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History, George Mason University; Robin Wright USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar
Thursday, December 16
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Muslim Women in Europe: Strategic and Cultural Challenges, Senay Özdemir, Senior Fellow, Osgood Center for International Studies
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WILSON CENTER NEWS
A Conversation With Lee Hamilton
Lee H. Hamilton, outgoing president and director of the Wilson Center, appeared on dialogue to discuss what he sees as the most pressing domestic and foreign challenges facing the United States as we begin the new decade. Watch the whole interview online, including Hamilton's thoughts about the Center and its role past, present, and future.
Empowering Women in the Muslim World
Women in the Middle East continue to strive for equality and justice throughout the region. Several recent Middle East Program meetings explored the progress in some countries and some of the challenges that remain.
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SCHOLARS IN THE MEDIA
The Iran Primer
USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar Robin Wright appeared on "The Diane Rehm Show" to discuss her project The Iran Primer an unprecedented project by 50 of the world's top scholars on Iran. (11/30)
Pinstripe Patronage: Political Favoritism from the Clubhouse to the White House and Beyond
Senior Scholar Marty Tolchin appeared on "White House Chronicle" to discuss his and Susan Tolchin's new book, Pinstripe Patronage: Political Favoritism from the Clubhouse to the White House and Beyond. They also co-authored op-eds on The Huffington Post asking five questions for the GOP and about using computer formulas to help Congress determine which earmarks are worthy of funding. (11/29)
Staunching the WikiLeaks Bleeding?
Public Policy Scholar Aaron David Miller contributed to a forum on Politico about the most embarrassing and damaging revelations from the cables compromised by the site WikiLeaks. He also published op-eds in Foreign Policy dissecting the most recent breakthrough in negotiations between Israel and Palestine and recommending that President Obama keep his diplomatic rhetoric and ambitions small leading up to midterm elections. (11/29)
Domestic Workers' Unhappy Thanksgiving
United States Studies Director Sonya Michel published an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun about the right of domestic workers, many of whom are immigrants. (11/23)
Despite the Odds, American Innovators Persevere
Public Policy Scholar Amy Wilkinson published a Thanksgiving-themed post on the Economist blog "The Ideas Economy" about some innovative work being done by entrepreneurs. She also published an op-ed in The Huffington Post about the role entrepreneurs can have in transforming developing countries, given the proper work environment. (11/23)
The Other Face of America
Visiting Arab Journalist Rachid Ould Boussiafa published a travel piece on Echorouk Online about visiting Historic Jamestown and Williamsburg. (11/19)
Case of Alleged Adulteress Reflects Iran's Internal Divisions
Middle East Program Director Haleh Esfandiari published a piece on the blog of the Iran Primer about an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned to death for alleged adultery. Esfandiari was also profiled on the European Research Media Center's blog, "Nu, Gender and Excellence." (11/17)
The Rigors of Treating the Patient in Chief
Fellow Lawrence K. Altman published a column in The New York Times about the unique job of the White House physician. (11/16)
U Street: A Biography
Kennan Institute Director Blair Ruble was interviewed in The Washington Post's Express to discuss his new book, U Street: A Biography. The book was also featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education's weekly book list. (11/15)
Will There Ever Be Peace On Earth?
Fellow Elavie Ndura-Ouedraogo appeared on Virginia radio show "With Good Reason" to discuss how peace-building can be an important part of school curricula. (11/13)
Obama's New Bid to Engage the Muslim World
Public Policy Scholar Roger Hardy wrote a piece for BBC News about President Obama's offer of "a new beginning" to Muslim relations. (11/8)
The People Have Spoken...Well, at Least Some of Them
dialogue host John Milewski published an op-ed on The Huffington Post about the midterm elections and just what portion of the American populace actually participated in them. He also wrote a piece questioning the value to education reform of the film Waiting for "Superman." (11/5)
Blogging Through the Election
Senior Scholar Linda Killian published a series of election pieces on Politics Daily, including pieces about New Hampshire possibly not following the wave of GOP victories and about the often-overlooked demogrpahic of independent or unaffiliated voters. (11/3)
5 Expert Takes on How U.S. Marijuana Legalization Would Affect Mexico
Mexico Institute Director Andrew Selee participated in an expert conversation on The Atlantic's politics blog about how U.S. marijuana legalization would affect Mexico. (11/1)
Blog Theory: Feedback and Capture in the Circuits of Drive
Fellow Henry Farrell published a review in the Times Higher Education of Jodi Dean's book Blog Theory, a critical theory of 21st-century media. (10/28)
Procedural Politics by Don Wolfensberger
Don Wolfensberger, director of the Congress Project, is a contributing writer at Roll Call. Last month he published "Are Lame Ducks Really Dangerous Beasts?"
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