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The Rise and Fall of Democracies and Dictatorships: New Perspectives on...

 With: Scott Mainwaring, University of Notre DameFrances Hagopian, Harvard UniversitySteven Levitsky, Harvard UniversityInvitation and further details to follow.Directions: Directions to the Wilson Center

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Locating Social Entrepreneurship in the Global South: Innovations in...

Social Entrepreneurship blurs the boundaries between civil society, the state, and the market. The term embraces a range of activities, organizations, and individuals including non-governmental...

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China in Latin America: Public Impressions and Policy Implications

The growing presence and influence of China in Latin America is well-known and widely discussed.  Less well known is how the people of the region perceive the growing Chinese presence, how it impacts...

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Environmental Film Festival: PHE in Tanzania & International Peace Parks

The Environmental Change and Security Program is proud to announce the international premiere of its film, Healthy People, Healthy Environment: Integrated Development in Tanzania (10 min.), at this...

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South Korea and the U.S. Pivot to Asia

 As the United States focuses more attention to Asia politically, economically, and militarily, South Korea is reassessing its own role in ensuring stability in the region. Can Seoul and Washington...

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The Way the Wind Actually Blew: Weatherman Underground Terrorism and the...

The most famous terrorist group in modern American history was the Weatherman Underground, later called the Weather Underground Organization. An outgrowth of Students for a Democratic Society, Weather...

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Russian Civil Society in the Bolotnaya Square Era

Lara Iglitzin, Executive Director of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, will provide the perspective of a small foundation supporting human rights in Russia today. Iglitzin will discuss the direction of...

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The United States, China, and Global Governance: A New Agenda for a New Era

Please join the Kissinger Institute and the Research Center for Chinese Politics & Business for the launch of The United States, China, and Global Governance: A New Agenda for a New Era!Directions:...

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Maternal Health in India: Emerging Priorities (New Delhi, Boston, Washington,...

The Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, in partnership with UNFPA and the Maternal Health Task Force, is heading to New Delhi, India, to co-host, with the Population Foundation of India, a...

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What Does It Take to Cooperate? New Tools for Transboundary Water Cooperation

Join us as we mark the Year of Water Cooperation with a discussion of tools, approaches, and mechanisms that advance global transboundary water cooperation. Over 260 watersheds are shared by two or...

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African Women and Youth as Agents of Change through Technology and Innovation

As investments in science, technology and innovations are increasingly critical for sustainable development, new generations of women and youth leaders throughout Africa are emerging and developing...

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Impact of Violence Against Women on Maternal Health

Women suffering from intimate partner violence are more likely to suffer from complications during their pregnancy, including miscarriage, low birth weight, and excessive bleeding. They’re also more...

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Historical Perspective on the Arab Spring

Historically, the series of modern revolutions beginning with the American and the French at the end of the eighteenth century led to the attempts to replace ancient and dictatorial systems of...

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Respectful Maternal Health Care

A recent Atlantic article details the abuse of an Indian woman, by a health worker, as she undergoes a caesarean section. While strides have been made in providing access to maternal healthcare...

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Afghanistan after 2014: Regional Impact

Spotlight on Central Eurasia Series //This event explores local and regional perspectives on the future of Afghanistan against the backdrop of the planned NATO withdrawal of military forces from the...

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A Crisis of Governance in South Sudan

This discussion will center on The Power of Creative Reasoning: The Ideas and Vision of John Garang (2013), a new book authored by H.E. Dr. Lual A. Deng, member of South Sudan National Legislative...

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Enforcing Laws on Human Trafficking in Russia

Human trafficking is considered one of the worst and most widespread violations of human rights today, with the International Labor Organization estimating that as of 2012, 18.7 million people...

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Facing the Future: Empowering Youth to Protect Their Health and the Environment

Many countries with areas of high biodiversity also have high rates of population growth. Development interventions that neglect young people in these places miss out on a large segment of society....

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A Briefing on the Niger Delta: Where Things Stand

Contrary to the deadly and deeply troubling situation in northern Nigeria and parts of the Middle Belt, ongoing insecurity, abductions, and politically-motivated violence in the oil-producing Niger...

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The Farmer’s Dilemma: Climate Change, Food Security, and Human Mobility

Shifts in rainfall patterns, increasing temperatures, and other impacts of climate change are threatening agricultural productivity and food security in many parts of the world. Adapting to these...

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