[RED DEMOCRATICA] North Korea, Venezuela, & The Way of The Knife

 

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Apr 12 How Serious Are North Korea's Nuclear Threats? Context Q&A with Robert Litwak The rhetoric emanating from North Korea has been alarmingly aggressive and threatening. How seriously should South Korea and the United States take threats of nuclear attacks from the North? And how much do we really know about North Korea's nuclear capabilities and ability to attack the U.S. and its allies? Other interviews with Robert Litwak: CFR | A New Containment Policy for Iran, North Korea Diane Rehm | Assessing the North Korean Threat On The Homepage The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth Event Video New York Times national security correspondent and former Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar Mark Mazzetti releases his new book, on the CIA's shadow war, written while he was at the Center. "The United States fought three wars after 9/11: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the one in the shadows. This is an authoritative account of that that third war, conducted by the CIA and military Special Operators in Yemen, East Africa, and, most of all, Pakistan. If you want to understand the world we live in, you need to read it." —Thomas E. Ricks, author of Fiasco and The Generals In Venezuela, Will 'Chavismo' Last Without Hugo Chavez? "Chavez's designated successor, Nicolas Maduro, will face significant challenges in keeping together the disparate elements of the Chavez coalition, especially at a time of mounting economic difficulties and increases in Venezuela's already astronomical levels of crime and violence," writes Cindy Arnson on PBS Newshour's The Rundown. This Week's Issues: America's Borders: North & South On this episode of Dialogue at the Wilson Center we present a discussion of America's borders. We begin with a look northward. Our guest is the director of the Wilson Center's Canada Institute David Biette. We also turn our sights south to the U.S.-Mexico border with Christopher Wilson, an associate with the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute. Book Launch: The Second Arab Awakening Apr 17, 2013 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm  Strategic Options for Iran Apr 17, 2013 // 12:15pm — 2:00pm The Impact of Violence Against Women on Maternal Health Apr 18, 2013 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm The Extra-Judicial Use of Drones In the annual Holt Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Wilson Center President Jane Harman argues that a FISA-like process for governing so-called "remote-control warfare" --the use of drone strikes and offensive cyberattacks--would protect individual liberties enshrined in the Constitution while confronting a supercharged threat environment. Watch the Video >> Violence Unsettles Tunisia's Democratic Transition In this new report, Senior Scholar David Ottaway writes how Tunisia's transition to democracy is being seriously threatened by violence in the wake of a prominent leftist politician's assassination in early February. Read More → Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Use the link below to start receiving your own copy. Sign Up! Wilson in the News The global farm grab is on — CNN.com Michael Kugelman discusses the conflict risks of the global farms race on CNN's GPS blog. Persuading Pyongyang: North Korea's Nuclear Threats — ChinaUSfocus.com J. Stapleton Roy outlines the common interests that China and the U.S. have in not allowing North Korea to threaten the stability of the region. Focus immigration security on official border crossings — The Dallas Morning News Christopher Wilson writes about how to improve border security with a new focus amid the current immigration debate in Washington. 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 2013. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. All rights reserved. Privacy | Unsubscribe

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