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April, 2009
Sudan: Prospects for a Just and Lasting Peace
Wednesday, April 01 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Featuring H.E. Deng Alor Kuol, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sudan (GONU), and Cdr. Pagan Amum Okiech, SPLM Secretary General
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Detached Engagement: India and the Middle East
Wednesday, April 01 2009, 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
P R Kumaraswamy, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
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The Maritime Strategy: Representing the National Interest on the International Stage
Thursday, April 02 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
with Admiral Patrick M. Walsh, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy
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Yugoslavia: Oblique Insights and Observations
Thursday, April 02 2009, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Mary Rusinow; A. Ross Johnson, Woodrow Wilson Center Senior Scholar; and Gale Stokes, Professor Emeritus of History, Rice University
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The V Summit of the Americas: Perspectives from the Region
Friday, April 03 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Rodrigo Borja, former President of Ecuador and former Secretary-General of the Unión de Naciones Sudamericanas (UNASUR)
Olga Pellicer, Researcher, Department of International Affairs, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
Ricardo Sennes, President, Prospectiva Consultants and Profesor of International Affairs at the Pontifica Universidade Catolica - São Paolo (PUC- SP)
Francine Jacome, Executive Director, Instituto Venezolano de Estudios Sociales y Políticos (INVESP) and Director of the Red Democracia Activa
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Book Discussion: "How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy"
Monday, April 06 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Anders Åslund, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics, and former Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute
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The 3/11 Madrid Bombings: An Assessment after 5 Years
Monday, April 06 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
with Fernando Reinares, Professor of Political Science and Security Studies, King Juan Carlos University, Madrid and and Director of the Program on Global Terrorism, Elcano Royal Institute, Madrid
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North Korean Attitudes Toward China: A Historical View of Contemporary Difficulties
Monday, April 06 2009, 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Jin Linbo, The Brookings Institution, John S. Park, United States Institute of Peace, James F. Person, the Woodrow Wilson Center's North Korea International Documentation Project, Amb. J. Stapleton Roy, the Wilson Center's Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, Bernd Schaefer, the Wilson Center's Cold War International History Project, Amb. Richard Solomon, United States Institute of Peace
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Ukraine, Dealing with the Financial Crisis
Tuesday, April 07 2009, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Edilberto Segura, Partner and Chief Economist, SigmaBleyzer/The Bleyzer Foundation
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Masaryk on Hegel’s Role in the Political Culture of Russia and Germany
Wednesday, April 08 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Zdenek V. David, Woodrow Wilson Center Senior Scholar
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The Challenge for Africa: A Conversation With Wangari Maathai (Location: Atrium Hall, Ronald Reagan Building)
Monday, April 13 2009, 2:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wangari Maathai, Founder, Green Belt Movement; Recipient, Nobel Peace Prize (2004)
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Cries of Anguish: A Report on Pakistan's FATA
Monday, April 13 2009, 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Speaker: Khalid Aziz, Director, Institutional Capacity-Building, FATA Secretariat
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Book Discussion - Resistance: The Essence of the Islamist Revolution
Monday, April 13 2009, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Author: Alastair Crooke, Founder and Director, Conflicts Forum and Former Special Middle East Adviser to the European Union High Representative;
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Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
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The Notebooks of Memory
Tuesday, April 14 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Anne Aghion, Director and Filmmaker, discussant to be announced
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Russia's Battle with Religious Extremism: A Return to Past Methods?
Tuesday, April 14 2009, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Geraldine Fagan, Moscow correspondent, Forum 18 News Service, and Title VIII-Supported Short-term Scholar, Kennan Institute
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Changes in the Structure of Belgrade and Sofia since the End of Socialism: Some Problems and Opportunities
Wednesday, April 15 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Sonia Hirt, Associate Professor, School of Public and
International Affairs, Virginia Tech-Blacksburg
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Australia, the United States, and the World
Wednesday, April 15 2009, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Speakers: Owen Harries, editor emeritus, The National Interest;
Richard C. Smith, Wilson Center Australian scholar;
Allan Gyngell, executive director, Lowy Institute, Sydney
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Return From Turkey: Obstacles and Opportunities in Obama’s Agenda
Thursday, April 16 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Asli Aydintasbas, Forbes columnist/analyst and former Ankara bureau chief, Sabah newspaper
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The Obama Administration: A Report Card on the First 100 Days
Thursday, April 16 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Tom Fiedler, Dean, College of Communication, Boston University; Michael Fletcher, White House reporter, The Washington Post; Michael Kazin, Professor, Department of History, Georgetown University; Gerald Seib, Assistant Managing Editor and Executive Washington Editor, The Wall Street Journal; Linda Killian, Director, Washington Center, Boston University and Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center (moderator)
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Day I - Immigration: Social and Cultural Capital
Thursday, April 16 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
(This event will take place in Barcelona)
Kate Brick Master's candidate, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Lamin Cham Immigration Specialist; Josep Ramoneda Director, Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona; Gaspar Rivera-Salgado Director of Projects, Institute for Research in Labour and Employment, University of California at Los Angeles; Eunice Romero Political Scientist; Andrew Selee Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center; Mostafà S'haimi community organizer; Pep Subirós writer and philospher; José Walter Tejada member of the Arlington County Board (USA)
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Katyn: The Politics of Mass Murder
Thursday, April 16 2009, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Dariusz Tolczyk, Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Virginia, and former Title VIII-Supported Short-term Scholar, Kennan Institute
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Book Discussion: A World of Trouble: The White House and the Middle East—from the Cold War to the War on Terror
Thursday, April 16 2009, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Author Patrick Tyler, Former Chief Correspondent, New York Times and Former Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Day II - Immigration: Social and Cultural Capital
Friday, April 17 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
(This event will take place in Barcelona)
Marc Hatzfield sociologist and lecturer, École d’Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris; Andrei Korobkov Assistant Professor of Political Science, Middle Tennessee State University; Loren Landau Research Coordinator, Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; Blair Ruble Director, Kennan Institute and the Comparative Urban Studies Project, WWICS
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Save Darfur Coalition
Sunday, April 19 2009, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Hosted by Catherine Wagner Wagner and the Save Darfur Coalition. Please call 202-478-6155 for more details.
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A Discussion with Minister Wijdan Salim
Monday, April 20 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Speaker: Wijdan Salim, Minister of Human Rights, Iraq
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Gender-based Violence in sub-Saharan Africa: A review of Demographic and Health Survey Findings and their use in National Planning
Monday, April 20 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Elisabeth Sommerfelt , Senior Maternal-Child-Newborn Health Advisor, Academy for Educational Development
Reena Borwankar, Gender, Gender-based Violence Advisor, Africa’s Health in 2010, Academy for Educational Development
Diana Prieto, Senior Gender Advisor, USAID Office of HIV/AIDS
Mark Blackden, Consultant, International Finance Corporation
H.E. Hawa Olga Ndilowe, Ambassador of Malawi (invited)
Vivian Lowery-Derrick, Moderator
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Nationalism, Myth, and Politics in Russia and Serbia: The Role of Ideas in the Soviet and Yugoslav Collapse
Monday, April 20 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Veljko Vujacic, Associate Professor of Sociology, Oberlin College, and Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, East European Studies
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The Road to Zero Nukes: The First Five Years
Monday, April 20 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
George Perkovich, Vice President for Studies and Director, Nonproliferation Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Demography, Environment, and Conflict in Indonesia and India
Tuesday, April 21 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Henrik Urdal, Senior Researcher, Centre for the Study of Civil War, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO); Steve Rhee, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow (2007-9)
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Sustainable Development in Kosovo: Challenges and Opportunities
Wednesday, April 22 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Mimoza Kusari-Lila, Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Kosovo and current Fulbright fellow at Georgetown University
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The Eagle and the Elephant: Strategic Aspects of U.S.-India Economic Engagement
Wednesday, April 22 2009, 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Raymond E. Vickery, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Asia's Next Challenge: Securing the Region's Water Future
Wednesday, April 22 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Saleem Ali, Brookings Institution's Doha Center; Geoff Dabelko, Environmental Change and Security Program, Wilson Center; Suzanne DiMaggio, Asia Society
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"Jogging," a Poetry Reading and Discussion
Thursday, April 23 2009, 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Andriy Bondar, poet, Kyiv
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Building a More Effective United Nations: Opportunities for the Obama Administration
Thursday, April 23 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Director's Forum: Bosnia and Herzegovina: A View From Inside the Government
Friday, April 24 2009, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
His Excellency Nikola Spiric, Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Health, Cities, and the Post-Conflict Environment
Friday, April 24 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Frederick Burkle Senior Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; Geoff Dabelko Director, Environmental Change and Security Program, WWCIS; Dan Monk Director, Peace and Studies Conflict Program, Colgate University; Blair A. Ruble Director, Comparative Urban Studies Project, WWICS
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UNRWA at 60: The United Nations and the Palestinian Refugees
Friday, April 24 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Karen Koning AbuZayd, Commissioner-General, UNRWA; Ali Abunimah, Palestinian-American Journalist; Philip C. Wilcox, Jr., President, Foundation for Middle East Peace; Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Does the Political Regime in Belarus Change?
Monday, April 27 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Alexandra Goujon, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Bourgogne, Dijon, and Lecturer, Institute for Political Studies, Paris
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Will the Real Taiwan Please Stand Up?
Monday, April 27 2009, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Speakers: Melissa J. Brown, Stanford University; J. Megan Greene, University of Kansas; Emerson Niou, Duke University; Steven Goldstein, Smith College
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Elections in Lebanon: Mapping Alliances and Managing Expectations
Monday, April 27 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Speakers: C. David Welch, Former Assistant Secretary of State, Near Eastern Affairs; Paul Salem, Director, Carnegie Middle East Center, Beirut; Karim Sadjadpour, Associate, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington
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Book Launch: Structuring an Energy Technology Revolution
Monday, April 27 2009, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
With co-authors Charles Weiss, Distinguished Professor of Science, Technology, and International Affairs, Georgetown University, and William B. Bonvillian, Director, MIT Washington Office
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Challenges on the International Landscape: The US-Greece Transatlantic Partnership
Tuesday, April 28 2009, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Miltiades Varvitsiotis, Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Reversing the Global Recession: Can the G-20, IMF and World Bank Make a Difference?
Tuesday, April 28 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
with Adam Posen, Deputy Director, Peterson Institute for International Economics; and Clyde Prestowtiz, Founder and President, Economic Strategy Institute.
Moderated by: Kent Hughes, Director, Program on Science, Technology, America, and the Global Economy, WWICS.
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Oversight of Next Generation Nanotechnology
Tuesday, April 28 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
J. Clarence Davies, former EPA official and senior fellow, Resources for the Future & David Rejeski, Director, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
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The United States and China: What Next?
Tuesday, April 28 2009, 2:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Graham Allison, Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Steven Clemons, Publisher, thewashingtonnote.com, Executive Vice President of the New America Foundation; Gu Guoliang, Deputy Director of the Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Jia Qingguo, Associate Dean of the School of International Studies, Peking University; Antony Leung, Former Financial Secretary, Hong Kong, Senior Managing Director, Blackstone Group; Joseph Nye, Professor International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School; David Richards, Independent Investor, California; Richard Rosecrance, Professor, Harvard Kennedy School; Ezra Vogel, Professor of Social Sciences, Harvard University; Zhang Yunling, Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
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Embracing Democracy in the Western Balkans: A Progress Report
Wednesday, April 29 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lenard Cohen, Professor of Political Science, Simon Fraser University; John Lampe, Professor of History, University of Maryland-College Park
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Greening the Pearl River Delta
Wednesday, April 29 2009, 3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Edward Yau, Secretary for the Environment, Hong Kong SAR
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Russian Nannies from Pushkin to Stalin
Thursday, April 30 2009, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Steven A. Grant, independent scholar, Washington, D.C.; Discussant: Richard Stites, Professor of History, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
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