Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (or Wilson Center) (located in Washington, D.C.) is a United States Presidential Memorial that was established as part of the Smithsonian Institution by an act of Congress in 1968. Named in honor of President Woodrow Wilson (the only President of the United States with a Ph.D.), its mission is:

:“to commemorate the ideals and concerns of Woodrow Wilson by: providing a link between the world of ideas and the world of policy; and fostering research, study, discussion, and collaboration among a full spectrum of individuals concerned with policy and scholarship in national and world affairs.” [ [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=about.about About Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars] ]

Purpose

The Center serves as a national memorial to President Wilson established by Congress in 1968 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is a nonpartisan institution supported by public and private funds, engaged in the study of national and world affairs. The Center establishes and maintains a lively, neutral forum for free and informed dialogue. The mission of the Center is to commemorate the ideals and concerns of Woodrow Wilson by providing a link between the world of ideas and the world of policy. The Center also focuses on fostering research, study, discussion, and collaboration among a full spectrum of individuals concerned with policy and scholarship in national and world affairs. Its location in the U.S. capital makes the Center a unique nonpartisan meeting ground where vital current issues and their deep historical background may be explored through research and dialogue. The Center is charged by the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act with symbolizing and strengthening the fruitful relations between the world of learning and the world of public affairs. The Center encourages contacts among scholars, policymakers, and business leaders and extends their conversations worldwide through its publishing, broadcasting, and Internet programs.

Organization

The Center was established within the Smithsonian Institution, but it has its own board of trustees, composed both of government officials and of individuals from private life appointed by the President of the United States. The Center's director and staff include scholars, publishers, librarians, administrators, and support staff, responsible to the trustees for carrying out the mission of the Center. The trustees and staff are advised by a group of private citizens called the Wilson Council. Interns, usually undergraduate or graduate students, support the activities of visiting scholars and staff while learning the business of top-level research.

Most of the Center's staff form specialized programs and projects covering broad areas of study. These programs and projects organize and host conferences and seminars, and support many kinds of research, communication, and publication on topics relevant to their areas.

The center also publishes a magazine, the "Wilson Quarterly".

Funding

The Center is a public-private partnership. Approximately one third of the Center's operating funds come annually from an appropriation from the U.S. government, and the Center's building, a wing of the Ronald Reagan Building, was provided by the U.S. government. The remainder of the Center's funding comes from foundations, grants and contracts, corporations, individuals, endowment income, and subscriptions.

Administration

The Board of Trustees, currently led by Chairman Joseph B. Gildenhorn, are appointed to six-year terms by the President of the United States. Trustees serve on various committees including executive, audit and finance, development, investment, fellowship, and investment policy.

*President and director: Lee H. Hamilton
*Assistant to the director: Kenneth Nelson
*Deputy director: Michael Van Dusen
*Associate director: Samuel F. Wells

;Board of directors
*Chairman: Hon. Joseph B. Gildenhorn, Founding Partner, The JBG Companies
*Vice Chairman: David Metzner, Managing Partner & Founder, American Continental Group
*Private Citizen Members:
**Robin Cook (novelist)
**Donald E. Garcia, President, Pinnacle Financial Group
**Hon. Bruce S. Gelb, Senior Consultant, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
**Sander R. Gerber, Chairman and CEO, Hudson Bay Capital Management LP; Chairman, XTF Group
**Hon. Charles L. Glazer, CEO C.L. Glazer & Company, Inc.; Sitting U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador
**Ignacio E. Sanchez, Partner, Piper Rudnick, LLP
**Susan Hutchison, Executive Director, Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts & Sciences
*Public members
**Hon. James H. Billington, The Librarian of Congress
**Hon. Bruce Cole, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities
**Hon. Michael O. Leavitt, The Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
**Hon. Condoleezza Rice, The Secretary, U.S. Department of State
**Hon. Cristian Samper, Acting Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
**Hon. Margaret Spellings, The Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
**Hon. Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States
**Tamala L. Longaberger, Presidential Appointee from within the Federal Government; President & CEO, The Longaberger Company;Past Board Members
* Chairman: Joseph A. Cari, Jr.

Wilson Council

The Wilson Council is the Center's private-sector advisory group. [ [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=about.council Wilson council] ] Council members come from the world of business, the professions, and public service. They participate in stimulating programs on a range of domestic and international public policy issues and also contribute vital financial support that helps the Center achieve its mandate.

Woodrow Wilson Awards

Each year, the Woodrow Wilson Center gives out several awards recognizing members of the community who have shown an outstanding commitment to President Woodrow Wilson's dream of integrating politics, scholarship, and policy for the common good. Recipients fall into two award categories, those receiving the award for Public Service, and those receiving the award for Corporate Citizenship. Woodrow Wilson Awardees are selected by the Board, and distributed at dinners benefitting the Center in different locations each year.

Programs

"Most of the Center's staff form specialized programs and projects covering broad areas of study. These programs and projects organize and host conferences and seminars, and support many kinds of research, communication, and publication on topics relevant to their areas." [ [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.welcome Programs @ The Woodrow Wilson Center] ]

Africa Program

Launched in 1999 with generous support from the Ford Foundation, the Africa Program is currently led by director Howard Wolpe. The program promotes dialogue among policymakers and academic specialists on both African issues and U.S. policy toward Africa. Presently, the Africa Program is composed of four core elements: public forums and meetings, leadership training programs in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, scholarship awards and residencies, and a Congressional Staff Forum on Africa.

Brazil Institute

Created in June 2006 as part of the Wilson Center’s Latin American Program, the [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/brazil Brazil Institute] strives to foster informed dialogue on key issues important to Brazilians and to the Brazilian-U.S. relationship. We work to promote detailed analysis of Brazil’s public policy and advance Washington’s understanding of contemporary Brazilian developments, mindful of the long history that binds the two most populous democracies in the Americas. The Institute also maintains a comprehensive website with news, analysis, research, and reference sources relating to Brazil.

The Institute was founded on the conviction that Brazil and the U.S.-Brazilian relationship deserve greater attention within the Washington policy community. Brazil's population, size, and economy, as well as its unique position as a regional leader and global player, justify this attention. The Institute has many unique qualities that set it apart from other Washington institutions: an in-depth and comprehensive approach to the issues that policymakers face in Brazil, in the United States, and in Washington's various international banks and agencies; high-quality presentations and publications; a nonpartisan forum for serious discussion; and the capacity to house public policy scholars.

Recently the Institute added two new specialized Web pages. The [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1419&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=210146 Brazil Portal] provides access to continuously updated and archived weekly news clippings from leading national and international newspapers, in English and Portuguese. Featuring a collection of publications from international organizations, policymakers, and leading Brazilian and Brazilianist scholars. Also links to other organizations and resources on Brazil. The [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1419&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=228810 Biofuels Central] page offers current news, publications and resources exploring the future of biofuels. The forum is an independent reference source offering diverse analysis and information regarding the potential impacts of alternative energy. Moreover, the Institute maintains a chronological list of [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1419&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=398621 Outreach] efforts.

The Brazil Institute also provides access to new and archived publications, newsletters and special reports. The most recent [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1419&fuseaction=topics.publications publications] include: the special report on [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/pubs/brazil.innovation.sp.pdf International Strategies for Innovation: A Study of Seven Countries and Brazil] , which focuses on a report that compared Brazil's innovation potential with the strategies pursued by the seven leading innovative nations of the world: the United States, Canada, Ireland, Finland, France, the United Kingdom, and Japan; and the book entitled, [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1419&fuseaction=topics.publications&group_id=29679 Brazilian Perspectives] on the United States: Advancing U.S. Studies in Brazil.

[http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1419&fuseaction=topics.profile&person_id=139483 Paulo Sotero Marques] is Director of the Brazil Institute. [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1419&fuseaction=topics.profile&person_id=172989 Luis Bitencourt] is Senior Scholar. Alan M. Wright is Program Assistant.

Canada Institute

This institute deals with the bilateral relations between the United States and a key country on the North American continent, but one that often is missed by politicians in Washington DC.

Cold War International History Project

This project provides large digital archive of documents accessible at the Center [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=topics.home web site] .

Comparative Urban Studies Project

Committed to improving knowledge about sustainable urban development through research, seminars, and publications, the [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1410&fuseaction=topics.intro Comparative Urban Studies Project] (CUSP) brings together broad networks of urban scholars, practitioners, community leaders, and policymakers to better understand the challenges and opportunities brought by urbanization. The CUSP recognizes highly visible disparities exacerbate social tensions, violence, and exclusion. The CUSP maintains that improving the quality of life for residents of urban environments is vital to local sustainability and global security.

Congress Project

The [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1412&fuseaction=topics.intro Congress Project] fosters dialogue between scholars who study Congress and policymakers who have experience with how Congress works. The project offers a series of seminars and forums featuring members of Congress and their staff, political scientists, historians, and Washington media representatives.

The program director is [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.profile&person_id=5705&topic_id=1412 Donald Wolfensberger] .

Environmental Change and Security Program

One of the cross-cutting programs at the Wilson Center is the [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1413 Environmental Change and Security Program] (ECSP). ECSP promotes dialogue on the connections among environmental, health, and population dynamics, and their links to conflict, human security, and foreign policy. ECSP is organized into four topics: China Environment Forum; Environment and Security; Population, Health and Environment; and Water. These issues are discussed in ECSP's blog, [http://newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com/ The New Secuirty Beat] .

ECSP's director is Geoffrey Dabelko. Gib Clarke serves as the program associate for population, environment, and health. Jennifer Turner coordinates the China Environment Forum.

Foresight and Governance Project

The Woodrow Wilson Center has established the [http://wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1414 Foresight and Governance Project] to facilitate better foresight and long-term thinking in the public sector. Work focuses on four main areas:

*Governance
*Strategic Studies
*Dialogues on the Future
*Outreach/Networks

David Rejeski serves as the director of the Foresight and Governance Project. Natalie Chin and Evan Hensleigh serve as project assistants. Patrick Polischuk and Todd Kuiken serve as a research assosicates and Alex Parlini consults on media production and project management.

Global Energy Initiative

Building on regional programs that cover the world, the [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=236266 Global Energy Initiative] (GEI) examines and brings a nonpartisan perspective to the rapidly evolving geopolitics of energy. It also explores the political context of producer-country decision-making on energy issues. By detailing energy developments around the world, GEI complements ongoing Wilson Center work on economic development, the environment, and international security.

Kent Hughes serves as consulting director of GEI.

Global Health Initiative

In September 2005, the Wilson Center launched the [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=116811 Global Health Initiative] to provide a forum for an interdisciplinary examination of critical health challenges facing the United States and the world. The initiative seeks to promote dialogue about health among the foreign policy community and focuses on four key themes:

* Health’s impact on development
* Global and domestic health policies
* Infectious diseases
* Emerging health technologies

Gib Clarke serves as the coordinator of this project and Kai Carter serves as the program assistant.

History and Public Policy Program

International Security Studies

Kennan Institute

The [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/kennan Kennan Institute] , founded in 1974 as a division of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, is committed to improving American understanding of Russia and the successor states to the Soviet Union. The Institute offers residential research scholarships in the humanities and social sciences to academic scholars and specialists from government, the media, and the private sector. The Institute also administers an active program of public lectures featuring scholars and public figures, disseminating the results of its activities and research through a variety of publications. In addition, the Kennan Institute and ISE Center (Information. Scholarship. Education.), Moscow, administer the Centers for Advanced Study and Education (CASE) program. The CASE program has established nine thematic research centers at regional Russian universities in order to foster scholarship in the social sciences and humanities.

The Kennan Institute director is [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1424&fuseaction=topics.profile&person_id=4997 Blair A. Ruble] . The deputy director is [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1424&fuseaction=topics.profile&person_id=274211 William E. Pomeranz] and the senior associate is [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1424&fuseaction=topics.profile&person_id=13599 Margaret Paxson] .

Latin American Program

The [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/lap Latin American Program] at the Woodrow Wilson Center encourages a free flow of information and dialogue between the U.S. and the nations of Latin America. The Program, founded in 1977, provides a nonpartisan forum in Washington, D.C. to discuss Latin American and Caribbean issues and to bring these issues to the attention of opinion leaders and policy makers throughout the hemisphere.

The Latin American Program Director is [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1425&fuseaction=topics.profile&person_id=7162 Cynthia Arnson] . [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1425&fuseaction=topics.profile&person_id=73716 Joseph S. Tulchin] is Senior Scholar. Jose Raul Perales is Senior Program Associate. [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1425&fuseaction=topics.profile&person_id=133538 Jessica Varat] is the Program Associate and Adam Stubits is the Program Assistant.

The Latin American Program encompasses the [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=5947 Argentina Project] , the [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1419&fuseaction=topics.home Brazil Institute] , and the [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=5949 Mexico Institute] .

One of the Program's most recent initiative is the [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1425&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=140526 Creating Community in the Americas] project.

Mexico Institute

The [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=5949 Mexico Institute] seeks to increase understanding, communication, and cooperation between the United States and Mexico. The Institute organizes studies, events, and publications that explore the relationship between Mexico and the United States, including: Perceptions and Media, Migration, Competitiveness, Security, Environment. The Institute and the Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales co-sponsor the Mexico Public Policy Scholars Program. The Institute also provides current information on the [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=5949&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=143858 2006 Mexican elections] including key headlines, news summaries, analyses, and latest polls.

Middle East Program

The Middle East Program was launched in February 1998 in light of increased U.S. engagement and the profound changes sweeping across many Middle Eastern states. In addition to spotlighting day-to-day issues, the Program continues to concentrate on long-term developments and their impact on political and social structure, economic development, and relations with the United States.

The Middle East Program's conferences and meetings assess the policy implications of long-term political, social, and economic developments in the region and individual states; the Middle East’s role in the international arena; American interests in the region; the threat of terrorism; and strategic threats to and from the regional states.

From May 8 until August 21, 2007, the Director of the Middle East Program, Dr. Haleh Esfandiari, was detained in Tehran, Iran in the notorious Evin Prison. [The Washington Post: [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/08/AR2007050801276.html?nav=hcmodule Tehran Jails Iranian American Scholar After Long House Arrest] (05/08/07)] She was released on bail and had her passport returned to her on September 2, 2007. Esfandiari was then permitted to leave Iran. [cite news | title = Freed Scholar Leaves Iran to Meet Family | author = ASSOCIATED PRESS | publisher = New York Times | date = September 3, 2007| url = http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iran-American-Detained.html?ex=1346472000&en=9d7c81ac763d9e33&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss ]

Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies was established in 2005 as a partnership between the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Pew Charitable Trusts. The Project is dedicated to helping ensure that, as nanotechnologies advance, possible risks are minimized, public and consumer engagement remain strong, and the potential benefits of these new technologies are realized.

David Rejeski is the project director, Julia Moore serves as deputy director, Dr. Andrew Maynard is chief science advisor, Todd Kuiken and Patrick Polischuk are project research associates, Alex Parlini is director of new media and project manager, Colin Finan is public affairs and policy associate, Evan Hensleigh and Natalie Chin are project assistants. For more information about the project refer to http://nanotechproject.org/about or http://wilsoncenter.org/nano.

Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity

The Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity, launched in June 2005, expands upon the work of the former Conflict Prevention Project and responds to the growing demand for leadership training directed at both the prevention of violent conflict and the reconstruction of war-torn societies.

There is an emerging awareness of the importance of leadership training in achieving sustainable peace. On a technical level, the art of building democratic state capacity is well understood. But the harder political task—helping the leaders of warring factions achieve their objectives, to work collaboratively in avoiding war or supporting postwar reconstruction, and to build democratically accountable links between the governors and the governed—requires a careful examination of the underappreciated “leadership factor” in peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction.

Under the leadership of former Congressman and Presidential Special Envoy Howard Wolpe, the Leadership Project aims to address the missing process and leadership dimensions of peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction; to expand the cadre of professional trainers capable of working in regions in conflict or emerging from conflict; and to deepen the international community’s capacity to conceptualize, implement, and manage these complex interventions.

cience, Technology, America, and the Global Economy

The Science, Technology, America, and the Global Economy program (STAGE) at the Wilson Center explores paths for long-term growth in the United States and around the world. STAGE targets policies that foster sustained, sustainable, and equitable growth.

STAGE'S director is Kent Hughes.

Publications

The [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=wwcp.about Woodrow Wilson Center Press] publishes books by fellows, other resident scholars, and staff written in substantial part at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Woodrow Wilson Press titles range from popular accounts of historical topics to fundamental reviews of scholarly fields to authoritative background on important policy issues. The resources of the Center's staff and its worldwide network of friends and alumni contribute to the development of these titles. The directors of the Center's programs are constant advisers in helping to select and shape books. The outstanding pool of expertise is particularly drawn on for comment on proposals and manuscripts to advise our authors on refining their work.

Press Division director is Joseph Brinley.

See also

* The "Wilson Quarterly", the center's journal
* Murray Feshbach
* Woodrow Wilson Awards

References

External links

* [http://www.wilsoncenter.org Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars]


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