This event kicked off Hindsight Up Front, the Wilson Center’s new Afghanistan initiative, with a discussion between Gen. David Petraeus and Sir John Scarlett, co-chairs of the Wilson Center’s Global Advisory Council and two of the world’s forem

The Right Honorable Catherine Ashton in Conversation with the Honorable Nasser Judeh

Oct 2nd, 2019 1h 16m

The Wilson Center was honored to host a dialogue between Baroness Cathy Ashton, former EU Representative for Foreign Affairs and current member of the British House of Lords, and the Honorable Nasser Judeh, Senator in Jordan's Parliament and fo

A Tale of Four Worlds: The Arab Region After the Uprisings

Oct 2nd, 2019 1h 24m

Marina and David Ottaway bring together fifty years of experience observing the Arab world, and a wealth of first-hand information gathered from living and traveling extensively in the region. A Tale of Four Worlds is an indispensable analysis

Engage Or Retreat? American Views On U.S. Foreign Policy

Sep 19th, 2019 1h 1m

Washington is torn between two futures for US foreign policy: one of engagement and intervention, another of retrenchment and retreat. The 2020 presidential election will provide an opportunity for the American public to critically assess the T

Greenland-US Research Cooperation Part2

Sep 19th, 2019 2h 32m

The Greenland Representation in Washington DC and the Wilson Center's Polar Institute and Global Europe Program hosted another session in the Greenland Dialogues. Experts discussed the findings and recommendations of a National Science Foundati

Greenland-US Research Cooperation Part1

Sep 19th, 2019 1h 58m

The Power of Personal: Women's Leadership and International Exchange

May 30th, 2019 59m 9s

Wilson Center President & CEO Jane Harman sits down for a conversation with Assistant Secretary of State for Educational & Cultural Affairs Marie Royce about her bureau’s impact on foreign policy and efforts to empower women to achieve leadersh

A Conversation with His Excellency Hamilton Mourão, Vice President of the Republic of Brazil

Apr 17th, 2019 43m 57s

The first 100 days of the Bolsonaro administration have been marked by political paralysis, in large part due to the successive crises generated by the President’s own inner circle, if not by himself. Amidst the political noise, Vice President

Cyber-Insecurity: How to Improve America's Digital

Mar 11th, 2019 1h 30m

America isn’t optimizing its digital defenses. Although there are many positive initiatives underway, the current environment can be characterized more as independent actions with brittle boundaries than a sufficiently empowered government orga

Life After NAFTA: Unpacking the USMCA

Oct 25th, 2018 14m 47s

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we discuss the new USMCA trade agreement between the United State, Mexico, and Canada with Duncan Wood, Director of the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute. He highlights how the new deal may affect consumers,

Grand Strategy in China from Mao to Xi: 'Haunted by Chaos'

Oct 25th, 2018 22m 54s

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we discuss Sulmaan Wasif Khan’s new book Haunted by Chaos: China’s Grand Strategy from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping. Khan chronicles the grand strategies pursued by China’s paramount leaders Mao Zedong, Deng Xi

U.S. Middle East Policy: In Search of a Grand Strategy

Oct 25th, 2018 11m 36s

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we discuss the continued search, spanning multiple administrations, for a coherent and comprehensive U.S. strategy for the Middle East. Aaron David Miller, Vice President for New Initiatives and Middle East

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