Biannual Report: Why Wilson Matters

8/11/2019 Biannual Report: Why Wilson Matters

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Why Wilson

Trusted Platform

Framing Issues

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MATTERS...

Its no secret that 2014 has been a year of crisis and upheaval. From the

Crimea to the Gaza Strip, from the rise of insurgency in Iraq to the flood of

unaccompanied children who have sought to cross the U.S. border, the news

cycle has been crowded with reports on tough issues that have fewif any

clear solutions. The Wilson Center has been at the forefront of the debate on

these issues, with our scholars and expert staff providing a trusted platform

for reasoned discussion, helping frame the issues in new ways, and offering

actionable ideas for policy.

Unique in Washington, the Wilson Center is the living memorial to our 28th President, chartered

by Congress in 1968 to provide innovative ideas on global issues by bringing together leadingthinkers and top decision-makers. I am proud to chair the presidentially appointed board, which

oversees the work of more than 150 visiting scholars each year from around the world as well as

14 programs producing practical, action-oriented research on a range of major world issues, from

U.S. relations with key countries to the promises of scientific innovation and the challenges of

environmental change.

The Wilson Center improves the quality and tenor of policy discussions. The promise we make to

all our stakeholdersknowledge in the public serviceis one we take very seriously. We were

deeply grateful when, earlier this year, the Global Go To Think Tank Index voted us the number-oneU.S. Think Tank to Watch. This speaks to the enormous changes underway at the Wilson Center

and the mark that the Center is making on public debate. As the Wilson Center moves toward an

increasingly international vision in years to come, we will maintain our steadfast commitment to

excellence, depth, and the pursuit of knowledge in the public service.

Tom Nides

Chairman, Wilson Center Board of Trustees

Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley

Why Wilson Matters

Mission

The Wilson Center, chartered by

Congress as the official memorial

to President Woodrow Wilson,is the nations key non-partisanpolicy forum for tackling global

issues through independentresearch and open dialogue

to inform actionable ideas forCongress, the Administration,

and the broader policycommunity.


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I have spent a lifetime in public service, including 17

years in Congress, and policy is my passion. Today,I am fortunate to lead an organization that is

committed to sound, reasoned, nonpartisan thinking

on global issues. The Wilson Center is not just a

place for abstract ideas, but a major contributor

to improving the quality of our policy thinking and

decision-making, tackling the tough global issues that

will shape the future of our country and our world.

But the work that the Wilson Center undertakes each day is not possiblewithout the ideas and contributions of a wide range of stakeholders, from

staff to scholars and from Trustees to individual supporters. The Center is a

brain trust, made up of the work of many committed individuals around

the world and anchored in the policy community of Washington, DC.

With your dedication, we have been able to expand our programming and

outreach while maintaining the depth and excellence for which the Wilson

Center is known. Your continued support will help us widen our impact on

critical policy issues for an increasingly global audience.

The programs, progress, and initiatives youll read about in this report

wouldnt be possible without your commitment to the Wilson Center, its

mission, and the talented staff and scholars who make the Center what it

is. We welcome your passion and your continued input as we look to new

ideas and new accomplishments in the year ahead.

Jane Harman

Director, President, and CEO

Why You Matter to Wilson

Wilson Center Leadership

Jane Harman, Director, President, and CEO

Andrew Selee, Executive Vice President

Board of Trustees

Thomas R. Nides, Chairman

Sander R. Gerber, Vice Chairman

Public members:

James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress

G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education

David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States

John F. Kerry, Secretary of State

Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of U.S. Health and Human Services

Carole Watson, Acting Chairman, National Endowment for

the Humanities

Designated Appointee of the President from within the

Federal Government

Fred P. Hochberg, Chairman and President, Export-Import Bank of

the United States

Private Citizen members:

John T. Casteen, III

Charles E. Cobb, Jr.

Thelma DugginBarry S. Jackson

Nathalie Rayes

Jane Watson Stetson

Wilson Center Vice Presidents:

Leslie R. Johnson, Administration and Resource Management

Robert S. Litwak, Scholars and Academic Relations

Aaron David Miller, New Initiatives

Gary A. Officer, Global Engagement and Chief Development Officer

Blair A. Ruble, Programs

Caroline L. Scullin, External Relations


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The Wilson Center connects Washington to the world by offering a trusted platform to discuss major

global issues, framing them in news ways, and producing actionable ideas for policy.

Outreach Report, February - August 2014

In 2014, our website has been

visited by readers from 228 different

countries and territories

Were attracting new readers: more

than 70% of our website visitorshave

never visited our website before

Digital Media

We average more than 5,000 new

email contacts per month

The Wilson Center has more than

155,000 email subscribers and

growing

From February-August, our Facebook

followers have grown by 110%

From February-August, more than 3.4

million Facebook users have seen

our posts

Website Email Social Media

And Why Wilson Matters to a Global Audience

From February-August 2014,

we have jumped from

3.6 millionimpressions

7.5 millionimpressions

to

Email open rate is

17%Higherthan non-profit average

Visits to our websitehave Increased

21%over 2013


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Editorials

TV & RadioAppearances

Print & Broadcast Media

The Kennan Institute published 14 op-eds on Russia

and Ukraine.

The Asia Programs Michael Kugelman will be a regular

blogger on the Wall Street JournalsThink Tank blog,

which features regular commentary from think tank

analysts around Washington, D.C.

Scholar Robin Wright interviewed Irans top diplomat, Javad

Zarif, for a piece in The New Yorkeron the Iranian nuclear

negotiations. In addition, one of WrightsNew York Times

op-eds has been cited as the seventh most read interactive

article on the papers website for 2013.

On topics from Ukraine to Gaza to Brazil, our broadcast

appearances increased 37% over 2013.

The Kennan Institute has appeared in the following

outlets: PBS News Hour, CNN Situation Room, Fox

News Happening Now, NPR Morning Edition, and

BBC World News America.

Our experts were on the top five Sunday morning

shows 12 times an average of twice a month.

Wilson

Publishes

100 Op-eds

in major newspapers and

outlets, up26%from 2013


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8Top Administration

Officials Speak at the

Wilson Center

10Addressing

Surveillance,

Security, and Trust

16 Iranian Missiles, IraqiViolence, and Israeli-Palestinian Conflicts

19Russias Conflicts:

Past, Present, and

Future

13

Foreign Policy

Fellowship Program

Welcomes Its

Latest Class

24Undocumented,

Unaccompanied,

and Underage

26

Wilson Center

Looks at Regional

and Global Energy

Issues

30 Launching the NewWilson Quarterly

WILSON HIGHLIGHTS: INDEX

Irans

Nuclear

Chess:

By RobertLitwak

CalculatingAmericas

Moves

Middle East Program


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TRUSTED PLATFORM

Through its lasting commitment to its independent and nonpartisan founding principles, the Wilson Center has

positioned itself as atrusted platform for ideas, discussion, and debate. The Centers reputation as a safe

space for discussion of a wide range of public policy issues has encouraged policymakers, scholars, and leaders

from around the world to reach out to the Center as an open forum to make their voices heard.


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Hearing From the Experts and Policymakers

Dr. Henry Kissinger Honored

On April 29, the Wilson Center hosted an intimate, high-

level luncheon in honor of Dr. Henry Kissinger, for whom the

Kissinger Institute on China and the United States (KICUS)

is named. The Kissinger Institutes commitment to Dr.

Kissingers legacy of frank, respectful dialogue with China

was demonstrated in an off-the-record discussion with Dr.

Kissinger and in the unveiling of a new KICUS logo featuring

the first character in Dr. Kissingers Chinese name, the origi-

nal calligraphy for which was penned by Cui Tiankai, Chinas

ambassador to the United States.

Ambassador Lamberto Zannier Speakson the OSCE

In a May visit to the Center, Ambassador Lamberto

Zannier, secretary general of the Organization for

Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), outlined

the OSCEs priorities for restoring stability in Ukraine

and discussed the impact of the crisis on European and

Euro-Atlantic security.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel AddressesNATO Expansion and European Security

In the short term, the transatlantic alliance has re-

sponded to Russian actions with strength and resolve.

But over the long term, we should expect Russia to test

our alliances purpose, stamina, and commitment, said

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel during a May panel

discussion on NATO expansion and European security.

DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson DeliversFirst Major Address at Wilson Center

We are very focused on foreign fighters heading

to Syria. Based on our work and the work of our

international partners, we know individuals from

the U.S., Canada, and Europe are traveling to Syria

to fight in the conflict, said Jeh Johnson in his first

major address as Secretary of Homeland Security.

Dr. Henry Kissinger talks with Brent Scowcroft duringthe KICUS lunch


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From South Sudan to Syria, armed conflict throughout

the globe has led to massive humanitarian needs. During

a crisis, food relief, critical medical care, and access to

safe water and basic sanitation facilities all require a

humanitarian as well as a diplomatic response. No one

is better placed to help us understand these complex

shifts than Peter Maurer, president of the International

Committee of the Red Cross, who spoke to a Center

gathering in April.

International Humanitarian Action: ChangingResponses to Conflict and Crisis

On February 18, the Mexico and Canada Institutes launched

the new Wilson Center reportIs Geography Destiny?A

Primer on North American Relations. This innovative report

breaks free of the usual separate approaches to U.S.-

Mexico and U.S.-Canada relations, and explores North

Americas challenges and opportunities by looking at all

three countries together. The launch featured a discussion

led by former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez,

which addressed the forthcoming North American Leaders

Summit of President Barack Obama, Mexican President

Enrique Pea Nieto, and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen

Harper.

Following the summit, Roberta Jacobson, assistant

secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, and

Ricardo Ziga, special assistant to the president and senior

director for Western Hemisphere affairs at the National

Security Council, led an off-the-record discussion organized

by the Mexico and Canada Institutes.

Mexico and Canada Institutes Promote New

Perspectives on North AmericaA June conference brought together top policymakers,

the private sector, and civil society from both sides of theU.S.-Mexico border to examine ways to improve border

management and strengthen the competitiveness of both

the United States and Mexico.

Envisioning a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border



Surveillance, Security, and Trust

Meg King on DHS and Cybersecurity

Over the past few years, Department of

Homeland Security has built successful

partnerships and experience to protect

critical infrastructure. Now, the mission is

shifting from a sole focus on protection

(i.e. building stronger firewalls) to building

resilience into the networks, systems, and

assets that America relies on for the delivery

of essential functions and services. DHS

is even encouraging innovators to adopt a

resilient and secure by design principle.

Meg King in The HillCongress Blog

One Year after Snowden, How Do We Understand Surveillance?

The Wilson Center has proven itself

to be a trusted platform for debateover the intersection between security

and privacy. To commemorate the

anniversary of the June 2013 Snowden

leaks, the Center hosted discussions on

surveillance, security, and trust.

The four panels addressed the

relationship between security and

liberty, examined how and why countries

conduct surveillance, explored theprivate sectors negative reaction

to governments and surveillance

efforts, and considered how to explain

surveillance to a generation raised in adigital world. The discussions brought

together national and international

participants from government, the

press, the business and technology

communities, and academia to provide

a truly comprehensive perspective on

the most pressing national security and

civil liberties questions of the day. The

Center also released a special four-part

REWIND video series on the topics of

the panel discussions.

Jane Harman on Congress and the CIA

Jane Harmans March 20 article in Reuters

provides critical context for the recent infighting

between the Senate Intelligence Committee

and the CIA over Congresss right to oversee

intelligence activities. The article emphasizes

the need to move past the dispute and return

to the important work of both Congress and

the CIA, and stresses how crucial intelligence

efforts in Russia, Ukraine, Syria, and Iran

are being sidelined by a fight that is a huge

distraction over the valid exercise of Congresss

oversight role.


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Emerging Women Leaders

Gather for Annual Women in

Public Service Project Institute

In late May, Women in Public Service

Project (WPSP) partners Mount Holyoke,

Simmons, and Smith colleges hosted a

two-week WPSP Institute for 48 women

selected from more than 600 applicants

drawn from 20 countries, with a focus

on Asia and Africa. The delegates

are at the forefront of rebuilding their

communities following the end of

conflicts.

The WPSP Institute created a powerful

platform for transnational networking

and shared learning of innovative

leadership strategies for peacebuilding,

conflict resolution, and policymaking in

the areas of human rights, transitional

justice, and economic development.

The Women in Public Serice Project (WPSP)

achievements in 2014 highlight the programs

international scope and advocacy for womens

underrepresented voices. In March, WPSPcelebrated the launch of its Australia chapter

and welcomed the Australian government as a

full partner in its public service efforts. Further,

major events in the Asia-Pacific region included

programs in Papua New Guinea and India in

March and April, and two additional WPSP

Institutes hosted by China Womens University

in July. These efforts encompass a broad range

of critical womens issues, addressing Indiasnew sexual harassment law, employment

discrimination and political participation in

China, and the advancement of women in public

service in the Asia-Pacific region as a whole.

Addressing Global Womens Issues

In late March, against the backdrop of elections

in India and national concerns over violence

against women, the WPSPs Educating for

Public Leadership: Strategic Roundtable on

Women in Public Service in South Asia at the

University of Delhis Lady Shri Ram College for

Women brought together more than a hundred

emerging women leaders and senior women in

public service from the South Asian region. A

follow-up institute planned for 2015 will convene

a consortium of womens colleges and other

universities in South Asia.

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Ground Truth Briefings Bring Expert Insights

So far this year, the Wilson Center has held 21 Ground Truth

Briefings, an exciting teleconfrence format that helps frame the

critical issues surrounding major current events. The briefings

can respond quickly and tap into the resources of Center

Scholars, Fellows, and experts who are on the ground in hot

spots around the globe.

This series has analyzed key global events such as the ongoing

crises in Gaza, Iraq, and Ukraine; the influx of unaccompanied

children at the U.S. border; the Iranian nuclear negotiations;

political changes in Egypt; and civil unrest in Venezuela.

Experts have included Maj. Gen. Giora Eiland, former head

of the Israeli National Security Council; Amr Moussa, former

Egyptian foreign minister and former secretary-general of

the Arab League; Oleksandr Chalyi, former Ukrainian deputy

foreign minister; and Wilson Center scholar and Washington

Poststaff writer Joby Warrick.

Washington and the World

February 06, 2014Deadlock:

Crisis in Ukraine

June 18, 2014How Dangerous

is ISIS, and

How Should

the U.S. Deal

With It?

March 12, 2014

Crimea at aCrossroads?June 26, 2014What Is Causing

the Sudden Flood

of Unaccompanied

Children from Central

America?

May 27, 2014Egypts Presidential

Elections: The

Way Forward

July 14, 2014

Israelis and

Palestinians in

Crisis: Are We at a

Tipping Point?

New for 2014The Ground TruthBriefing Note a short, insightful description of

each briefing, produced in real time

and distributed across all Wilson

Center platforms. The Note delivers

our on-the-ground analysis to a

global audience within hours.


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Awards and Accolades

Scaling the Mountain: Protecting

Forests for Families in Nepal, the

second short documentary film in

the Environmental Change and

Security Program (ECSP) Healthy

People, Healthy Environment

series, received a 2014 Bronze Telly

Award. Andrew Revkin praised the

film in The New York Times as

an illuminating video report on

humanitys growth spurt and

heralded ECSP Multimedia Editor

Sean Peoples as one of a new

generation of visual communicators

who are breaking down conventional

definitions of media.

Documentary Film Scaling the Mountain on Nepal Wins

Bronze Telly Award, Featured inTheNew York Times

For the past three years, the

Wilson Center has hosted a high

school intern from the AnBryce

Foundations Pillors of ExcellenceSummer Internship Program

(PESIP). PESIP began in 2004

under the leadership of the late

Brenda Pillors, former AnBryce

Foundation board member. The

program, now named in Dr. Pillors

honor, provides valuable andpractical internship opportunities

in the arts, philanthropy, and

education to high school students

from underserved communities.

The Wilson Center is proud to

participate in PESIP and encourage

the growth and professional

development of future leaders.

In the summer of 2014, WilsonCenter PESIP participant Chzyz

Roebuck worked in the Scholars

and Academic Relations office. A

graduate of Archbishop Carroll High

School, he will be attending Virginia

State University this fall.

The Asia Programs Shihoko Goto has won atwo-year nonresidential Mansfield Foundation/

Japan Foundation fellowship, which supports

U.S. professionals who have been identified

as having an interest in and potentia for

becoming policy intellectuals. It allows fellows

numerous travel opportunities in addition to offering

them platforms to present their research to policy-

and opinion-makers in Japan and the United States.

Asia Program Associate Wins

Prestigious Fellowship

Wilson Center and AnBryce Foundation Summer

Internship Encourages Student SuccessQueen Noor shares link to Wilson Center webcast

with her 400K+ followers


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FRAMING ISSUES

Through deep scholarship and policy expertise, the Wilson Center works to frame the critical issues that af-

fect people in the United States and abroad. From Ukraine to the Middle East, and from history to science, the

Center provides new ways of looking at todays most pressing issues.


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Monitoring Multiple Fronts in the Middle East

Irans Nuclear Chess Gives Insights into aComplicated Game

Crisis in Gaza: Tackling the Israeli-PalestinianConflict

Through expert analysis, the Wilson Center delves into thecore of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza. Aaron David

Millers extensive background in the region informs his key

insights in his July 22 Foreign Policyarticle The Endgame

in Gaza, which considers Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

Netanyahus vision for the demilitarization of Gaza and

emphasizes the importance of stopping the violence before

contemplating the regions future. Both Miller and Wilson

Center Director Jane Harman have also been in demand on

news broadcasts, including ABC This Week and Face the

Nation, to provide analysis on the conflict.

On the eve of the latest deadlinefor a potential deal with Iran over

its nuclear program, the Wilson

Centers Robert Litwak authored

an insightful study that considers

the technical and political contexts

for a possible resolution. Litwak

identifies a core questionis Iran

a revolutionary state or

an ordinary country?and

stressed that it will be key to

separate the nuclear issue from

the question of regime and societal

change in Iran.

On July 21, New York TimesChief Washington Correspondent

David Sanger and Washington College President Mitchell

Reiss joined Litwak to discuss the study as well as the

implications of the Iranian nuclear negotiations for U.S.

policy toward Iran.

Irans

Nuclear

Chess:

By Robert Litwak

CalculatingAmerica s

Moves

Middle East Program

The Middle East Program regularly

publishes essays in its Viewpoint

Series written by current and past

Middle East scholars that are widely

distrubted both in the U.S. and

globally. In the past six months theseviewpoints have covered such topics

as ISISs threat to women, Turkey

after Erdogan, an assessment of the

Rouhani regime, and the relationship

between the Jordanian regime and

the Muslim Brotherhood.

Expert Viewpoints on Middle East Hot Spots


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Iraq, ISIS, and Sectarian Violence:Context and Consideration

Where Do Israel and the

Palestinians Go From Here?

Iraqs Leadership Crisis

[Kerrys negotiation] was

idealistic, but it was the right

thing to do. It is a tragedy

that it collapsed. It failed,

but I think it was admirable.

Jane Harman, Face the Nation(July 13, 2014)

With measured analysis and thoughtfulperspective, Wilson Center scholars have

been looking at all sides of the issues facing

Iraq. Robin Wright suggests a potential U.S.

role in her June 22 piece forTheNew Yorker:

helping to rebuild the house of cards that

is the Iraqi government, in order to prevent

Iraq from falling into the sectarian chaos

that engulfed Lebanon in the 1980s. Marina

Ottaways June 27 Foreign Policyarticle also

addresses Iraqs sectarian divisions, and

argues that overcoming sectarian divisions

wont solve Iraqs crisis. Embracing them will.

Haleh Esfandiaris August 8 New York Times

op-ed takes a different approach to the crisis,

stressing that Arab and Gulf countries must

take the lead in dealing with the insurgency in

Iraq. This carnage should be an opportunity

for Washington to work with responsible

actors in the region. Arab League and Gulf

Cooperation Council countries should take the

lead and provide humanitarian and military aid

in the form of air power and ground troops to

defeat and uproot ISIS, she writes.

Director Jane Harman provides analysis on

the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on a Face the

Nation panel.

Robin Wright speaks with Jake Tapper

about Iraqs political leadership amid a

security threat from the Islamic State.


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All Eyes on Russia

Russian Intervention in the Donetsk Area of Ukraine and a Possible

Role for the U.S.

Putin believes that Russian sovereignty can be best pro-

tected by its growing isolation. However, his fundamentalmisunderstanding of how the post-imperial, postWorld War

II international system works has already created serious

economic consequences in Russia, writes William E.

Pomeranz in his recent op-ed for Reuters.

Its going to be urban warfare. The pro-Russian

separatists are not going to give up.[its]

going to provide the justification the Russians

needto declare a humanitarian emergency.

Theyll use air power, theyll use rocketsand

theyll say Ukrainians, you must not advance

here and theyll enforce that.

Matt Rojanksy, Fox News, August 7, 2014

Putins Already Paying Dearly for Ukraine and the Price Will Only Go Up


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Mutual security and the transatlantic relationship areonce again faced with challenges in the form of the

Ukraine crisis. What does this crisis mean for mutual

security, and how will it affect the security architec-

ture in Europe? The Wilson Center brought together

a distinguished panel to discuss these issues, includ-

ing Wolfgang Ischinger, distinguished scholar and

chairman of the Munich Security Conference; former

National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski; and the

Brookings Institution Arms Control Initiative director

Steven Pifer.

Mutual Security on Hold? Russia, the West, and European Security Architecture

In June, the Center held its 24th

National Conversation: If Its Nota Cold War, What Is It? Three

veteran analysts, practitioners, and

scholars of Russia and the U.S.-

Russian relationship discussed and

debated several key questions: Have

we returned to the zero-sum game

mentality from our Cold War past? Did

we ever leave it? Or is this some kind

of deep freeze with the Russians?

National Conversation:If Its Not a Cold War,What Is It?

Open Access to History through the Digital Archive

The Digital Archive remains at the forefront of historical

research and document availability. In the early 2000s,

the Cold War International History Project provided

the first platform for online access to files from

the Mitrokhin Archive, one of the greatest archival

collections of Soviet intelligence material available toscholars. As of July 2014, the Mitrokhin Archive files

are now available at the Churchill Archives Centre at

Cambridge University, but the Wilson Centers own

Mitrokhin collection provides freely accessible online

versions of the late Vasili Mitrokhins original secret

notes on KGB operations around the world.

Former KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin

(19222004)

Thomas Pickering, former under

secretary of state for political affairs

and former U.S. ambassador to Russia;

Fiona Hill, director of the Brookings

Institutions Center on the United States

and Europe; and Matthew Rojansky,

director of the Wilson Centers Kennan

Institute, discuss the U.S.-Russia

relationship at the Wilson Center.


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Taking the Initiative, from Pole to Pole

Out in Front of the Issues

The Wilsons Center new Polar Initiative,

launched in May, is a multiprogram effortto coordinate research and activity on the

overlapping issues facing the polar regions.

Unique in Washington, the Center focuses

on both the Arctic and Antarctic, examining

the human, economic, and environmental

issues caused by the end of the Cold War,

climate change, and greater resource

development.

Center programs such as the Canada

and Kennan Institutes have considered

polar issues in previous activities and

publications, and the new Polar Initiative

will draw on these and other programs toprovide more comprehensive regional and

topical coverage. The initiative will examine

the following issues, among others:

Current effects on people, includingindigenous communities and health

issues

Fishing and scientific cooperation

Energy and resource development,particularly oil and gas drilling and mining

Business and government initiatives in

the Arctic and Antarctic

The Center launched the Polar Initiative

with a well-attended public program and

a separate private session for invited U.S.

government guests. Subsequently, the

Centers Who Owns the Arctic? video

series convened an international panel of

experts to describe why one of the worlds

coldest environments is becoming a hot

topic.

New Wilson Center Video Series: Who Owns the Arctic?


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In anticipation of the October general election in Brazil,

the Brazil Institute has launched the Elections Portal, a

comprehensive and one-of-a-kind guide that provides easily

accessible information on the 2014 Brazilian elections.

The guide will provide background on party platforms, and

candidates, polls, debates, and information on important

issues to the electorate.

Brazil Institute Launches One-of-a-KindElections Portal

In June, the Asia Programs Michael Kugelman

provided a more than timely analysis of increased

urban militancy in Pakistan. On June 8, just days after

hisForeign Policyarticle Will Karachi Become the

Next Waziristan? was published, militants staged a

spectacular assault on the main airport in the financial

capital of Karachi. Kugelmans article went viral,

and at one point it was one of the most viewed

articles on the high-trafficForeign Policywebsite

showcasing the Wilson Centers vital contribution to

promoting awareness of this largely underreported

and underexamined threat.

Meanwhile, militants, particularly thosegunning for new targets as U.S. forcesleave Afghanistan, could be preparing forfuture assaults on cities in Pakistans popu-lous eastern and southern regions.

Michael Kugelman, Will Karachi Become the Next

Waziristan?, Foreign Policy(June 8)

A Prescient Perspective on Pakistan

In August, President Obama welcomed leaders from across the

African continent to Washington D.C. for a three-day U.S.-Africa

Leaders Summit. In a Wilson Center NOW video interview filmed

before the Summit, Africa Program Director Monde Muyangwa

told ECSP Director Roger-Mark De Souza that the United States

and Africa should work more closely on broader economic

development, peace and security, and youth engagement.

Following the summit, the Africa Program produced a series of

six analytical and forward-looking pieces regarding U.S.-Africa

policy options.

Commenting on the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit


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Wilson Briefs are 1,000-word analyses of current policy questions

by Wilson Center experts. Written for nonexperts, these concisepublications use informed research to clearly present the essential

points of a topic and move toward a set of actionable policy

recommendations. New Briefs are published at least once a month.

They can be read on the Centers website and are available, as

needed, in print.

How to Address Child Migration from Central America , by

Eric L. Olson, associate director of the Wilson Centers Latin

American Program

How Cities Can Foster Tolerance and Acceptance , by BlairA. Ruble, director of the Wilson Centers Urban Sustainability

Laboratory

Leveling the Playing Field for U.S. Trade with Asia , by Kent

H. Hughes, Wilson Center senior scholar and author of Building

the Next American Century: The Past and Future of American

Economic Competitiveness

The Other Deficitthe International One

and How to Shrink It, by Kent H.

Hughes

Expert Policy Perspectives with Wilson Briefs


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ACTIONABLE IDEAS

Across all programs and in all areas of research, the Wilson Center has embraced its mission of developing

relevant, actionable ideas for the policy community. By building on its trusted brand and looking to the

issues and needs of the moment, the Center will continue to shape the future of public policy debate.


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Mapping Migration

In July, as the countrys attention

turned to the U.S.-Mexico border

and the influx of unaccompanied

child migrants from Central America,

the Wilson Quarterly worked with

the Latin American Program to build

an interactive map exploring the

myriad causes of the humanitarian

crisis. NPRs Morning Edition, and

more than 1,200 individuals, shared

the interactive feature on social

media.


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Energy

The China Environment Forum

created a bilingual interactive map

on Chinas hydropower development

to demonstrate the speed, size, and

environmental impact of the worlds

largest build-out of dams. The map

clocked nearly 2,000 unique views in

a little over a month and was fea-

tured on Public Radio International,

Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Quartz,

China Water Risk, Chinadialogue, and

in other popular news media. This

innovative method showcasing the

compelling story behind Chinas mas-

sive hydropower build-up has attract-

ed invitations from a leading Chinese

nongovernmental organization and

a German university to cooperate to

expand this mapping work to capture

more detail within China and Chinese

hydropower investments abroad.

China Environment Forum Interactive Dam Map Makes a Splash

Illuminating the Issues in the Wilson Centers

Regional and Global Energy Series

Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar Jan

H. Kalickis new bimonthly Regional and

Global Energy event series draws on the

Centers strong regional perspectives on

the security, economic, and environmentaldimensions of energy policy. The

inaugural July 1 program brought in

the Kennan Institutes expert research

and commentary to address the energy

aspect of Ukraines tumultuous relations

with Russia, other Eurasian states, the

European Union, and the United States.

Jan Kalicki has also contributed to the

ongoing energy debate as coeditor of and

contributor to Energy and Security, now inthe second printing of its second edition by

Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Johns

Hopkins University Press, fully updated to

address the Ukraine crisis.


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ACTIONABLE IDEAS 27

A New Beginning for Mexican Energy

The Pea Nieto administrations opening of

Mexicos energy sector, approved in December

2013, ended the countrys 75-year oil monopoly

and will allow private investment in Mexican oil,

gas, and electricity for the first time. The WilsonCenters Mexico Institute has been closely

involved in providing background and analysis on

the challenges and opportunities that stem from

this new development. A December 2012 Mexico

Institute publication, A New Beginning for Mexican

Oil, set the tone for the reform debate and was

mentioned in the text of Mexicos constitutional

reform. Over the past 18 months, the Mexico

Institute has hosted numerous events on the

reform process, and its staff has participated in

conferences on the issue across the three countries

of North America, including major events organized

by the Economist and Bloomberg.

Similarly, the Institutes work on energy has

been prominently featured in both national and

international media such as Forbes, Bloomberg,

O Globo Brazil, and El Pas.In an op-ed for Forbes,

Director Duncan Wood discussed the concerns and

expectations that emerged after the approval of the

constitutional reform from different political actors.

Clearing the Air:IsNaturalGas ChinasGameChangerforCoal?

1

New Dual-Language Publication Series Delves into Chinas Energy and

Environment Concerns

The China Environment ForumsnewInsight Outpublication

series is designed to tap

on-the-ground expertise to

understand the complex energy

and environmental challenges

facing China and opportunities

for U.S.-China collaboration.

Each issue will be published in

both Chinese and English, which

will enable the series to reachthe broadest possible target

audienceincluding Chinesepolicymakers, business leaders,

and environmental advocates.

The inaugural issue addresses

whether natural gas is a game

changer for coal-fired power

in China, and upcoming issues

will look at Chinas desalination

industry and Chinese clean

energy investment in the United

States.

178% 31.2%

Growth in Natural Gas

China U.S.


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ACTIONABLE IDEAS28

Security and Climate Change

Climate-Security Connection Has National and

International Appeal

The Wilson Centers Environmental Change and Security Program(ECSP) is actively engaged in addressing the security risks posed by

climate change. In June, the Wilson Center held an event to discuss

national security and the accelerating risks of climate change. The

connection is very clear to us, said Acting Deputy Under Secretary

of Defense John Conger at the event. When you acknowledge the

risk exists, there are sensible, prudent, reasonable things you can do

to plan to mitigate that risk.

The ice doesnt care about politics or

Democrats and Republicans; it just melts.

Rear Admiral David Titley, USN (ret.)

Center Celebrates World Population Day

To commemorate World Population Day on July 11, 2014,

the Wilson Center focused on youth engagement and the

future of the global development agenda as the Millennium

Development Goals expire next year. The panel, which included

UNFPA Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General of the

United Nations Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, discussed how

choices made by young people are key to building a sustain-

able future. From providing appropriate sexual and reproduc-

tive health services to investing in education, especially for

girls, the panelists discussed strategies for strengthening

communities and achieving a range of development goals.

L E A D E R S O F

TOMORROW

people on Earth are under 25

and the vast majority live in

developing countries.i

Globally, nearly

4 out of 10UNEMPLOYEDPEOPLE

are betweenthe ages

of 15 and 24.ii

Historically,democratic governments

are much less likely in countries

with young populations.iv

Between 1970 and 2000,

occurred in countries

with young populations.iii

At least

most in fast-growing,

youthful countries,

want accessto modern

contraception but do not have it. v

iTheGlobalYouthWellbeingIndex,http://www.youthindex.org/full-report/.iiInternationalLabourOrganization,http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_233953.pdf.

iiiCincottaandMadsen(2007),http://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/population-age-structure-and-its-relation-to-civil-conflict-graphic-metric.ivCincotta(2009),http://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/half-chance-youth-bulges-and-transitions-to-liberal-democracy.vGuttmacherInstitute,http://www.guttmacher.org/media/nr/2012/06/19/.

viUNPopulationDivision,http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/unpp/panel_population.htm;andTheGlobalYouthWellbeingIndex,

http://www.youthindex.org/full-report/.viiFederalGovernmentofNigeria,http://www.healthpolicyproject.com/pubs/36_FINALRAPIDPopDevelNovFORWEBfinal.pdf.

viii PewResearchCenter,http://www.pewglobal.org/database/indicator/3/survey/15/response/Dissatisfied/.

NIGERIA is home to 160 million

people today; by the end of the

century it could be more

populous than all of Europe

and it ranks dead last in the

Global Youth Wellbeing Index.vi

LIKE OTHERFAST-GROWING COUNTRIES,

much dependson whetherNigerias

government can meet the needsof itsyoungpopulat ion.

Nigeriansdont appearoptimistic: 87 percentare dissatisfied with the

countrys direction.viii If young Nigeriansand hundreds of millionslike them

around the world are to be the leaders of tomorrow, the leadersof today

need to give thema helping hand by making policy decisionsthat support

basic health and education foryoung people and create jobst hat they can fill.

If growth remainsrapid, BY2040 NIGERIAWILL NEED AT LEAST...vii

(COMPARED TO WHAT WAS NEEDED IN 2010)

25,000 more

primary schools

1.4 million new

jobsannually

20,000

more hospitals

117,000

more midwives

160MPeople

in 201037MPeople

in 1950

914MPeople

Projectedfor2100

,

How we meet the needs and aspirations

of these young people will define the

worlds future.

Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director ofUNFPA and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations

ECSP has also joined a unique international consortium with

adelphi (Berlin), International Alert (London), and the EU Institute

for Security Studies to produce a report and website on climate

security, at the request of the G7s foreign policymakers. Over

the next year, the consortium will produce a major report

with recommendations for addressing climate and fragility. In

connection with this project, ECSP Director Roger-Mark De Souzaand Senior Editor/Writer Meaghan Parker presented a proposal

to develop a climate security report and online platform at the

German Foreign Ministry to representatives from all G7 countries.

The Wilson Centers popular infographic drew attention to fact that four

out of 10 people around the world are under 25 years old, most living in the developing

world. Together they account for the largest generation in history.


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Science and Technology

New Terrorism and New Media, a new Commons

Lab report by Wilson Center Fellow Gabriel

Weimann, examines how al-Qaeda, its affiliates,

and other terrorist organizations have moved their

presence online to YouTube, Twitter, Facebook,

Instagram, and other social media outlets, posing

new challenges to counterterrorism agencies and

crisis response organizations. New responses and

strategies will be needed to defend against these

cybersecurity and human security risks. A public

event on the report was held in May 2014, and

media outlets Politico, National Journal, Agence

France-Presse, and The Atlantic Wire picked up

the story.

To tie in with Weimanns report, the Commons Lab

created an interactive timeline, How Terrorists Use

Social Media, athttp://bit.ly/terrorismtimeline.

This timeline highlights key events where terrorists

and oppressive regimes have used social media to

spread propaganda, gather information, radicalize

and recruit followers, coordinate activities, create

panic and undermine stability.

New Report Connects Global

Terrorism and Social Media

The InfectionThe infection stage often relies on the seed

crystal practice, comparable to lowering the

temperature of a glass of water until ice crys-

tals form as the seeds of a complete freeze. In

seed crystal recruitment, different forces

can be used to chill the glass and increase

the hardness of the freeze. These forces may

include advanced radicalization

by continuous exposure to

online radical material and

virtual online guidance.In terms of al-Qaeda, the

seed crystal approach is

most successful in

diasporas or populations

where open recruiting is

difficult or impossible.

Recruiting Terrorists OnlineThe recruitment of lone wolf terrorists relies on online platforms and requires a

gradual transition through numerous phases.

The NetAll online platforms may be used at this stage, official websites, Facebook pages,

and personal email to YouTube video clips and Twitter messages. At thi s step,

recruiters view the whole population as primed for recruitment and exposes it to

an online message, video, taped lecture, or word document.

The target audience is viewed as homogeneous enough

and receptive enough to be approached with a single

undifferentiated pitch, to which some members will

respond positively, others negatively.

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The FunnelWhen a terrorist recruiter believes a

target is ripe for recruitment yet requires

a significant transformation in identity

and motivation, he or she uses an

incremental, or phased, approach that

capitalizes on a wealth of techniques

well studied in cognitive, social, and

clinical psychology. This stage relies on

a virtual social bonding, based on the

targets alienation, social frustration,

solitude, and personal pessimism. It

involves online exchanges and furtherexposure to religious, political, or

ideological material.

+

This step includes practical instructions

(via online manuals) on using explosives,weapons, poisons, and chemicals; directions

regarding the selection of target, location, and

timing; and the final send-off.

The Activation

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http://bit.ly/new-terrorism

The Synthetic Biology Project continues to be

on the cutting edge of emerging technology,

investigating the regulatory, safety, and

security issues of biological engineering.

Earlier this year, it worked with the National

Science Foundation and Harvard University

scientists on different bioengineering and

ecology projects, including the study of a new

gene drive technology that could be used to

combat malaria and fight invasive species. The

project also prepared a key report examining

how the UNs Nagoya Protocol on sharing

genetic research and resources could affect

synthetic biology research.

Cutting-Edge Research and

Reporting on Synthetic Biology

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BIOLOGY

PROJECT

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CREATING A RESEARCH AGENDA

FOR THE ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

OF SYNTHETIC BIOLOGYJoint Workshops by the MIT Program on Emerging

Technologies and the Woodrow Centers Science andTechnology Innovation Program


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The Wilson Center relaunched the Wilson Quarterly

(WQ) in a new digital format featuring multimedia

content that is primed for social media and designed

to fit any digital device. The Spring 2014 issue rolls

out the new format, featuring a cluster of storieson the lasting effects of the war in Afghanistan in

both Afghanistan and the United States. The site is

already receiving accolades from other think tanks

and the media. Visit the new WQat

www.wilsonquarterly.com.

Wilson QuarterlyRelaunches on New Digital Platform

A retweet from Marvin Anderson of Bloomberg

News, illustrating the WQs reach to new audiences,

including news outlets.

Launching the New Wilson Quarterly

Summer 2014 Issue:Revolutions of 1989

Revolutionsbe they political,

social, technological, or cultural

swept the world in 1989. Twenty-

five years on, WQs Summer 2014

issue looks at the revolutions of

1989, with pieces on the following

topics:

The deaths of Irans AyatollahKhomeini and Japans Emperor

Hirohito

The paradox of Chinas

choices in 1989

Never-before-seen

photographs from Tiananmen

Square

The birth of the World WideWeb.


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THE WILSON CENTER TEAM

The Wilson Centers strength lies in the hard work and dedicationof its staff and scholars. Its strategic focus on

sound scholarship and innovative policy ideas continues to inspire those who want to make a difference in how

others view the past, present, and future.


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Scholars in Action

Bruce Jentleson, professor at Duke University

and Distinguished Scholar, was a participant in

the Centers National Conversation, Governingin a Borderless World: Meeting the Challenge

of Instability, covering globalization in the

Middle East, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Wolfgang Ischinger, chairman of

the Munich Security Conference

and former German ambassador to

the United States, has concluded

his tenure as Distinguished Scholar.

Recently appointed as a negotiator

on Ukraine for the Organization for

Security and Co-operation in Europe,

he attended the first nationwide

roundtable on national unity at

Verkhovna Rada.

Former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative

and Senior Scholar William Kristsnew

book, Globalization and Americas Trade

Agreements,has already become a valuable

primer on the topic. Bills blog, AmericasTrade Policy, is also a go-to resource.

Anne-Marie Brady,

professor of political science

at the University of Canter-

bury in New Zealand (Global

Fellow and Fellow, 201314)

is an expert on Chinese propaganda and on

its foreign policies in the Arctic and Antarctic.

She works with the Kissinger Institute on China and the UnitedStates on China-related issues and advises the new Wilson

|Center Polar Initiative.

Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger speaks at the Wilson Center.

Christina Lamb, chief foreign

correspondent for The Sunday

Timesof London, and named

Foreign Correspondent of the

Year five times in the British Press

Awards, is the author of the recent

book I Am Malala: The Girl Who

Stood Up for Education and was

Shot by the Taliban, with Malala

Yousafza. She also wrote the

feature article on women in

Afghanistan for the new

Wilson Quarterly,

www.wilsonquarterly.com.

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Reaching Across the Globe

Kai Bird, Pulitzer prize-

winning author (Fellow

2001-02), recently pub-

lished, The Good Spy: The

Life and Death of Robert

Ames, which has received

rave reviews, including from

The New York Times.

Olufemi Vaughan, professor of

Africana Studies at Bowdoin Col-

lege (Public Policy Scholar 2013

and Fellow 20067), is the author

(with Suraiya Zubair Banu) of

the Africa Programs Occasion-

al Paper Muslim Womens

Rights in Northern Nigeria, which

provides insight into the Boko Haram

kidnappings.

Peter Finn,Washington Postnational

security correspondent (Public Policy

Scholar, 2012), recently published

The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin,

the CIA, and the Battle Over a

Forbidden Book, which is receiving

a great deal of media attention

right now, including a review with

Ted Koppel for NPR. He wrote much of the

book at the Wilson Center.

Global Fellow David Shirk, director of the

Justice in Mexico Project at the University

of San Diego, is coproducer with

the Mexico Institute of the report

Building Resilient Communities in

Mexico: Civic Responses to Crime

and Violence.

Global Fellow Luca Dammert,

associate professor at the Universi-

dad de Santiago de Chile and expert on publicsecurity issues in Latin America, was named

chief adviser to the Undersecretary of Interior,

Ministry of Interior and Public Security, Chile.

Global Fellow Jorge Heine, former Chilean

cabinet minister and ambassador, was named

Chilean Ambassador to China.

Scholars and Global Fellows Bring International Perspective

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New Leadership

Wilson Center External Relations Team Welcomes Caroline Scullin

Monde Muyangwa joins the Wilson Center

as director of the Africa Program. Dr.

Muyangwa is a serious, highly-regarded

Africa scholar, said Wilson Center Director,

President, and CEO Jane Harman. She

made her mark as a vice president at the

National Summit on Africa, which produced

key recommendations for strengthening U.S.-

Africa relations in the twenty-first century.

Before coming to the Center, Muyangwa

was academic dean at the Africa Center

for Strategic Studies at National Defense

University for 11 years. Born in Zambia, she

holds a Ph.D. from Oxford University

and was a Rhodes Scholar.

Africa Program Gets New Leader

Caroline Scullin, the Wilson Centers new vicepresident for external relations, brings more

than 25 years of strategic communications and

external relations experience. Most recently, she

was communications director for the Center for

International Private Enterprise (CIPE), one of the

four core institutes of the National Endowment for

Democracy and an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of

Commerce.

The Wilson Center is a trusted space for top

thinkers to work on the critical issues facing the

United States and the world, said Wilson Center

Director, President, and CEO Jane Harman.

Caroline Scullin comes with the experience andproven success necessary to ensure the Centers

work is available to key constituencies as well as

broad national and international audiences.

Prior to joining CIPE in 2008, Scullin was the U.S.

Government Printing Offices key point of contact

for press and public interest. From 2001 until early

2007, she operated her own project management

consulting practice. She also spent more than a

decade as chief aide and press secretary to the

Hon. Robert C. McFarlane, former national security

advisor to President Reagan. She is a graduate of

Georgetown University and sits on the Board of

Governors of the universitys alumni association.


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Bob Hathawayalso made noteworthy

contributions as director of the Centers

Asia Program. Coming from the House of

Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, he

set an impressive programming and publication

record, averaging more than 55 events annually.

Bob ably covered all sections of Asia from

India to Australia to Japan and Korea, including

Chinas impact on these areas. He worked hard

to develop, nurture, and maintain meaningful

links throughout the region and his program

funding proved it. Two examples prove the

point: his launch of the successful Pakistan

initiative, putting the Center at the nexus of the

key work done on the troubled U.S.-Pakistani

relationship; and his strong ties with a Japanese

foundation that brought Japanese scholars

and journalists to Washington, enriching their

careers and the Centers scholar community.

The Wilson Center salutes Haleh and Bob,

thanks them for their exemplary service to

the Center, and wishes them well in futureendeavors and their richly deserved retirements.

They will forever be a part of the Wilson Center

community to which they have given so much.

During their illustrious careers,Haleh Esfandiari and

Bob Hathawaygave more than 15 years of strong

leadership to two of the Wilson Centers most

successful and respected programs. The Center is

deep in their debt for their relevant, succinct, and

widely circulated scholarship. Upon their retirement,

they can take a substantial measure of pride in

their accomplishments. The Center has benefitted

enormously from their hard work, their dedication

to the Centers strategic objectives, and the wide

national and international recognition their work has

received.

Haleh Esfandiarifirst came to the Center as a

scholar to work on a book. She went on to create

the Middle East Program, which quickly became the

go-to venue for diverse, nonpartisan public policy

programming on highly charged regional issues,

including governance crises in the Middle East, the

Arab-Israeli conflict, Iran, and the evolving womens

role in the region. Haleh was dedicated to the

Middle East Program. In fact, her only significant

time away from the Center was the awful eightmonths spent under house arrest and then in prison

in Iran in 2007, following a visit to see her mother.

That experience would have devastated the less

brave, but Haleh came back a focused and more

determined scholar who continued to make lasting

contributions to her field, including a riveting book,

My Prison, My Home,on her fateful final days in Iran.

Farewell to Haleh Esfandiari and Bob Hathaway


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