 | | |  | | | CONTEXT Q&A - In the wake of triple-digit heat and the sixth worst drought on record, many are wondering if this is what climate change feels like. With predictions suggesting this may be the new normal, we are also left to wonder about how prepared we are for increasingly extreme weather. Geoff Dabelko, Director of the Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program, provides some perspective.
Event Video: Global Water Security: The Intelligence Community Assessment Article: Four Takeaways from the Global Water Security Intelligence Assessment | | |  | Harman on State Department's Role
CNN interview "The State Department has two roles that are indispensible...diplomacy and development.. our kinetic power is third. A large military footprint has an inverse relationship to building support for our policies around the world," Jane Harman told CNN at the Aspen Security Conference. |  | Digging into the Water Footprint of China's Coal
Event Video Experts discuss the coal-water choke point in China, looking at how the country's continued reliance on coal will impact future water supplies, and how China's power sector will survive a predictably parched future.
Read The Choke Point China Blog Posts |  | Post-Conflict Domestic Violence
Event Video In countries recovering from conflict, husbands, rather than armed men, often pose the greatest risk to women's safety and well-being. A panel of experts presented findings from a recent International Rescue Committee Report on domestic violence in post-conflict Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Cote d'Ivoire and efforts to strengthen legislation and policies to protect women.
Presentation: Let Me Not Die Before My Time: Domestic Violence in Liberia |  | Outlier States: American Strategies to Change, Contain, or Engage Regimes
This week on dialogue Robert Litwak, the Center's Vice President for Scholars and Academic Relations, discusses his latest book Outlier States, American Strategies to Change, Contain, or Engage Regimes, in which he explores the feasibility of the Obama Administrations' policy to re-integrate nuclear "outliers" such as North Korea and Iran into the community of nations.
watch > | | | | | | | | | US Intelligence Community Gauges Water Risks Over Next 30 Years — Reuters This kind of in-depth analysis, coordinated by the National Intelligence Council (NIC), is usually classified, but for the first time a portion of a so-called intelligence community assessment (ICA) was not only released but presented by the NIC's director of environment and natural resources at a recent public panel of experts at the Wilson Center, an independent research organization in Washington, DC. | | Elections Results Protests are Shrinking in Mexico, Here's Why — Univision Mexico Institute Associate Director Eric Olson believes that we should not jump to conclusions. According to Olson, numbers have dwindled due to the ongoing holiday season in Mexico. "Participation will dwindle with events as it's hard to keep momentum going," Wilson told Univision News. "An event after the court's response on the election [slated for September 6] should portray a more accurate snapshot of the [anti-fraud] movement's support." | | Interests vs. Values Is the Wrong Prism for Viewing the Reset with Russia - Huffington Post On August 22 Russia formally agreed to joining the WTO but U.S. businesses stand to lose access to these markets unless Congress grants Permanent Normal Trade Relations to Russia. As Congress debates whether to attach punitive human rights legislation to PNTR the Kennan Institute's Joe Dresen writes that it is more important to make sure that U.S. businesses are not at a disadvantage in engaging Russia. | | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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