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Announcing the Wilson Center's 2013-2014 Pakistan Scholar

May 21, 2013
Khurram Husain will arrive in Washington in September 2013 and serve at the Wilson Center until May 2014.

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Preserving Cold War History through Dialogue

Aug 19, 2003
Centerpoint talks with Keith Allen, a historian and author, who spent the summer at the Wilson Center helping the Cold War International History Project plan a conference on Cold War commemoration, that will take place in September.

Should Global Poverty Be Considered a U.S. National Security Issue?

Aug 08, 2003
Noted analysts Vincent Ferraro, Carol Lancaster, Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Jeffrey D. Sachs, and John Sewell answer the question in commentaries for the Environmental Change and Security Project's ECSP Report. The next issue of ECSP Report will be released in October.

Succeeding in Iraq

Aug 04, 2003
The U.S. is now engaged in the difficult and complex task of winning the peace in Iraq. In this commentary, former Indiana Congressman and Wilson Center Director Lee Hamilton outlines areas where the U.S. should focus its efforts, and appeal for international cooperation.

Report on the Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research By Sutayut Osornprasop (Cambridge University)

Aug 01, 2003
Sutayut Osornprasop, a PhD student at Cambridge University and one of the participants at the institute, reports on his experience during the two-day institute June 4-5.

William Taubman article in International Herald Tribune

Aug 01, 2003
In its 26 July 2003 issue, the International Herald Tribune published an article by William Taubman, author of a new biography of Nikita Khrushchev and CWIHP Advisory Committee chairman, examining the controversy surrounding Nikita Khruschev's famous 1960 "shoe incident" at the United Nations. The article was informed by a heated discussion among several eyewitnesses at a March 2003 CWIHP book launch for Taubman's "Khrushchev." (See the event report on this website.)

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The American Quest for Redemption

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From the Oprah Winfrey Network to the White House, the ritual of redemption and starting afresh has a mesmerizing effect on Americans. Bill Clinton did it, and now Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, and other celebrities and politicians are trying to follow. Where does the redemptive urge come from? Where is it taking us?

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Security Roundtable: Dealing with Outliers

May 15, 2013May 22, 2013

We convene our security roundtable to discuss the best ways to deal with the “outlier states” of North Korea and Iran with Haleh Esfandiari, Robert Hathaway, and Robert Litwak.