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HAPP Director Christian Ostermann is featured in the Kyunghyang Shinmun
Oct 28, 2011On October 24, 2011, Kyunghyang Shinmun, a South Korean newspaper, featured a report on the publication of The Rise and Fall of Détente on the Korean Peninsula, 1970-1974, the newest addition to the History and Public Policy Critical Oral History Conference Series.
Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar Hope M. Harrison was featured in The Washington Post
Oct 28, 2011Harrison discussed the 50th anniversary of the American/Soviet showdown at Checkpoint Charlie—an incident that some feared would trigger nuclear war.
The Iran-Iraq War: The View From Baghdad
Oct 22, 2011The enduring legacy of the Iran-Iraq War will be the focus of the panel discussion, The Iran-Iraq War: The View from Baghdad, to take place Tuesday, October 25, at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Spring NKIDP Internship Opportunities
Oct 20, 2011The North Korea International Documentation Project is currently accepting internship applications for Spring 2012.
The Cold War in East Asia: 1945-1991 is reviewed in Frontline
Sep 26, 2011The Cold War in East Asia: 1945-1991 by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa is reviewed in Frontline by A.G. Noorani.
Voices of Freedom - Western Interference? 60 Years of Radio Free Europe in Munich and Prague
Sep 23, 2011Radio Free Europe began regular broadcasts from Munich sixty years ago with a news program by its Czechoslovak department. To mark this anniversary, the Collegium Carolinum, together with the Czech Centre, and the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes held the conference "Voices of Freedom – Western Interference? 60 Years of
Radio Free Europe in Munich and Prague."
NKIDP intern Charles Kraus is published in the Journal of Cold War Studies
Sep 07, 2011The Bonds of Brotherhood: New Evidence on Sino–North Korean Exchanges, 1950–1954
Special CWIHP Report: The Victims at the Berlin Wall, 1961-1989
Aug 10, 2011On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961, the Cold War International History Project is pleased to announce the publication of a Special CWIHP Research Report, The Victims at the Berlin Wall, 1961-1989, by Hans-Herman Hertle, fellow at the Center for Contemporary History in Potsdam and Maria Nooke, fellow at the Berlin Wall Memorial Site and Documentation Center on the number and identities of the individuals who died at the Berlin Wall between 1961 and 1989.
NPIHP Welcomes New Public Policy Scholar Anna-Mart Van Wyk
Jul 20, 2011"United States-South African Nuclear Relations During the Cold War and Beyond"
CWIHP welcomes new Public Policy Scholar Shen Zhihua
Jul 18, 2011CWIHP is pleased to welcome Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar Shen Zhihua. His project is entitled "Uncertain Partners: A History of Sino-DPRK Relations, 1949-1992."