[RED DEMOCRATICA] Syria, Pakistan, Global Energy

 

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July 20th Syria: What Lies Ahead The Assad regime is "doomed", and Syria faces a long and bumpy road ahead which will give rise to power-sharing among the various sects with some inevitably dominating others, expert Joshua Landis predicted in a discussion at the Wilson Center. Watch the Video | Listen to the Podcast Op-ed: Syria Action Group Plan May Only Add to Muddle On The Homepage Pakistan's Constitutional Crisis Event Video Pakistan's Supreme Court recently forced the resignation of the country's prime minister, and some fear that a similar fate awaits his successor. Judicial activism and overreach, warned International Crisis Group President and CEO Louise Arbour, threatens to destabilize the country's fragile democracy and could throw the country into chaos, with serious implications for its international partners, including the United States. With the publication of a new Crisis Group report, Aid and Conflict in Pakistan, Arbour discussed Pakistan's rule-of-law crisis. Report: Aiding and Abetting: US Aid to Pakistan Publication: Pakistan's Demographic Challenges Could Mediterranean Gas and Oil Change the Global Energy Equation? CONTEXT Q&A Recently discovered reserves of natural gas and oil in the Mediterranean have the potential to alter the geopolitics of energy in the region and beyond. In addition to enormous political and economic consequences, there is significant potential for both cooperation and conflict, says expert Emmanuel Karagiannis. Little America: The War Within the War in Afghanistan Book Launch Event Former Public Policy Scholar Rajiv Chandrasekaran discussed his latest book, Little America--The War Within the War for Afghanistan in which he provides an eye-opening look at the complex relationship between America and Afghanistan. In The Wake of War: Latin America In this episode of dialogue our guest is Latin American Program Director, Cynthia Arnson. Arnson is the editor of the new book, In The Wake of War: Democratization and Internal Armed Conflict in Latin America which assesses the consequences of civil war for democratization in Latin America, focusing on questions of state capacity. The book is the culmination of a fifteen-year project, Program on Comparative Peace Processes in Latin America. watch >  The Thirsty King: Digging into the Water Footprint of China's Coal Industry July 24, 2012 // 9:00am — 11:00am  Domestic Violence in Post-Conflict Settings: Interventions, Shelters, and Policy Recommendations July 24, 2012 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm  The Spirit of Cities: Why the Identity of a City Matters in a Global Age July 25, 2012 // 9:00am — 10:30am Stephen Clarkson Former Fellow Stephen Clarkson (1999-2000) has been awarded the Seymour Martin Lipset Book Award by the American Political Science Association for Does North America Exist? Governing the Continent after NAFTA and 9/11, published by the University of Toronto Press and Woodrow Wilson Center Press in 2008. Read More → Four authors debate America's future in the Summer 2012 issue of The Wilson Quarterly, while others look at the past and present of presidential campaigns, the failure of brain science to conquer schizophrenia, and how market forces are reshaping U.S. cities. WQ Goes Digital! The Wilson Quarterly summer issue is available as an app on iPad and Android tablets and on the Nook and Kindle. The WQ will be moving to digital-only starting with its Autumn issue. Read More → Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Use the link below to start receiving your own copy. Sign Up! Wilson in the News Uncertainty Surrounds Stalled Middle East Peace Talks — MSNBC Distinguished Scholar Aaron David Miller talks about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's trip to the Middle East and whether the US has missed an opportunity with the peace talks. Rise in Pill Abuse Forces New Look at US Drug Fight — New York Times Since 2010, programs for building the rule of law and stronger communities have become the largest items in the State Department's anti-drug budget, with the bulk of the money assigned to Mexico. Associate Director of the Mexico Institute Eric Olson said the growing debate had, so far, mostly led to confusion. "Some U.S. officials favor building institutions; others think it's hopeless," he said. Could Pakistan and Afghanistan go to war? — Dawn Program Associate for the Asia Program Michael Kugelman responds to Robert Haddick's Foreign Policy piece on a possible war between Pakistan and Afghanistan. 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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