[RED DEMOCRATICA] New homepage, Syria, Putin's return

 

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June 12, 2012 Wilson Center Launches New Homepage The Wilson Center relaunched its website homepage at www.WilsonCenter.org. The new page allows interactive access to considerably more of the Center's independent research, open dialogue and actionable ideas. It also provides links to events that are webcast live and in high definition, as well as our Twitter feed. 'Little Value' in UN Peace Plan BBC News INTERVIEW Offering asylum to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to get him out of the country - similar to the plan offered to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh – would be the best immediate solution to the Syrian crisis, Wilson Center Director Jane Harman tells BBC's Katty Kay. Op-ed: The Stalled Arab Spring, by Aaron David Miller Arab Awakening: A Step Forward or Back for Women? CONTEXT Q&A Initial optimism in the wake of the Arab Spring has given way to fears of women being marginalized by fundamentalist religious political parties, says Director of International Human Rights Policy at Wellesley Centers for Women, Rangita de Silva de Alwis. Publication: Reflections on Women in the Arab Spring The Return of Vladimir Putin CONTEXT Q&A Vladimir Putin began his third term as president amidst protests and questions of his ability to lead the country. Although he promises reform, Putin will be unable to lead Russia at this critical juncture in its post-Soviet evolution, says New School Professor Nina Khrushcheva. National Conversation: Putin's Return The US-Russian Reset Is the Arab Awakening Marginalizing Women? This Week’s Guests: • Rend al-Rahim, Executive Director of the Iraq Foundation • Rola Dashti, Chair of the Kuwait Economic Society • Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Director of International Human Rights Policy at the Wellesley Center for Women at Wellesley College. watch >  The 11th Civil Society Organization Session of US-Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum June 13, 2012 // 8:45am — 6:00pm Mexico's Economic Future from the Perspective of the Left June 14, 2012 // 8:30am — 10:00am The Impact of Local Law Enforcement at the Canada-US Border June 14, 2012 // 9:00am — 11:00am 2012 – 2013 Wilson Center Fellowship Class Wilson Center Director Jane Harman this week announced the members of the 2012-2013 fellowship class. The 21 fellows include scholars and practitioners from the United States, Canada, China, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. "Wilson Center scholars are the backbone of the institution – and their diversity adds immensely to the richness of thought and dialogue. We are proud to have such a distinguished group of women and men joining us this fall," says Harman. Read More → Marc Sommers In Rwanda, economic progress has come at the cost of democracy, with disenfranchisement especially high among youth, Wilson Center fellow Marc Sommers argues in a New York Times op-ed. Read More → Rajiv Chandrasekaran Written while a public policy scholar at the Center, Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan is a riveting, intimate account of America's troubled war in Afghanistan. Read More → Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Use the link below to start receiving your own copy. Sign Up! With Political Polarization at All-Time High, Americans Say 'Listen to Me' — PBS Newshour Senior Scholar Linda Killian discusses what it means that more Americans are turning away from the political parties. After The Housing Bust, Revisiting Homeownership — NPR-All Things Considered Five years after the market crash of 2007, the desire to own a home is actually very much alive and well. In a recent poll of likely voters by the Woodrow Wilson Center, 84 percent of respondents said homeownership today is just as important as or more important than it was five years ago. Ninety percent still think homeownership is part of the American dream. Arizona Sherriff Defends 5 Bodies Case — Associated Press Mexico Institute Associate Director Erica Olson, said that he can understand why sheriff's investigators would consider a cartel as the perpetrator of Saturday's crime, given that the bodies were found in a smuggling corridor in the desert at an odd time of day Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center One Woodrow Wilson Plaza - 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 19004-3027 T 202-691-4000 © Copyright 2012. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. All rights reserved. Privacy | Unsubscribe

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