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Parliamentary members from France, Germany, and Poland spoke about European security and their defense partnerships amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. The Wilson Center hosted this first-o…

Ian Borg, Malta’s foreign minister and current chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), discussed European security and stability amid the ongoing Russia-Ukra…

Current and former government officials joined policy advocates to discuss U.S. policy towards Iran and the Middle East at a conference hosted by the Wilson Center. Among the topics discusse…

Current and former government officials joined policy advocates to discuss U.S. policy towards Iran and the Middle East at a conference hosted by the Wilson Center. Among the topics discusse…

Former Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky talked about Afghan women’s rights at the Wilson Center. She said Afghan women had suffered “very draconian measures” relat…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave remarks at an event on the international response to the taking of hostages for diplomatic purposes. He spoke at a Wilson Center for Scholars discussio…

“The only way that we will ensure security for all of us in the region … is through a pathway to a two-state solution that gives security to all,” said Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, fore…

A group of former Afghan government officials, including the former ministers for public health and education, joined the Wilson Center for a virtual discussion on the Taliban’s governance f…

Wilson Center director of international studies Robert Litwak talked about the nuclear competition between the U.S., Russia and China. This event was hosted by the Wilson Center in Washingto…

Catherine Ashton, former European Union high representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, talked about international diplomacy in the 21st century. This event was hosted by the Wi…

Hofstra University U.S. history professor Carolyn Eisenberg talked about the Vietnam War during the Nixon/Kissinger years. This virtual event was hosted by the Wilson Center in Washington, D…

Author Philippa Strum recounted lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s sex discrimination cases before the Supreme Court, arguing that her work in the 1970s may have been her greatest legal achievemen…

Author Olivier Zunz looked at the life of Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville and his commitment to the political experiment of democracy. This virtual event was hosted by the National History C…

Former members of the George W. Bush administration discussed ways they changed government development projects, what worked, and lessons learned, in a discussion hosted by the Wilson Center…

Co-editors Andrew Natsios and Andrew Card talked about their book, Transforming Our World: President George H.W. Bush and American Foreign Policy. They collected insider accounts from Bush a…

John Sullivan, the former U.S. ambassador to Russia for the Trump and Biden administrations, joined foreign policy experts and academics to discuss the first year of the Russia-Ukraine War d…

University of Texas at Austin professor Jeremi Suri examined the white supremacist resistance in the years after the Civil War. The American Historical Association and the Wilson Center host…

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, joined the Wilson Center for a conversation on cryptocurrency, digital assets, and technology. Topics discussed includ…

Mayor of Bucha, Ukraine, Anatolii Fedoruk and others talked about the destruction from the Russian invasion and alleged war crimes. Bucha is a suburb of Kyiv. Other topics included reconstru…

How should we address Woodrow Wilson’s complicated legacy? That was the question before representatives of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, the President Wilson House, and the Woodro…