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Two Years After Moïse Assassination: The Impact of Gang Violence in Haiti

Sep. 13, 2023 | 10:30am – 11:30am ET | In-Person & Online Two years after President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination, the security situation in Haiti continues to deteriorate, with gangs reportedly controlling over 80% of the capital. Violence and kidnappings are at record levels. In addition,...

China’s Clean Energy Partnerships in the Global South

Sep. 14, 2023 | 10:30am – 11:45am ET | In-Person & Online Energy partnerships between China and the Global South over the past decade have been heavy on fossil fuel infrastructure and critical mineral mining, both highly polluting. Since 2021, the Chinese government has started...

Nuclear Energy Policy Summit 2023: Accelerating Net Zero Nuclear

September 18, 2023 | 9AM | Online The Atlantic Council Global Energy Center—in partnership with the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation—is pleased to invite you to virtually attend its inaugural Nuclear Energy Policy Summit 2023: Accelerating Net Zero Nuclear. The Summit will take place from September...

Understanding the Fentanyl and Opioid Crisis: US-Mexico Solutions

Sep. 18, 2023 | 11:00am – 12:30pm ET | Online Fentanyl and other opioids are fueling the worst drug crisis in the history of the United States. According to the CDC, 107,375 people in the United States died of drug overdoses and drug poisonings in...

The Rules-Based Order in Antarctica and Global Challenges

September 27-28, 2023 | All Day | In-Person & Online On September 27 and 28, the Wilson Center, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the US Coast Guard, US Department of State, Battelle, Lindblad Expeditions, and Hurtigruten Expeditions, is hosting the first-ever...

Challenging Autocracy from the Front Lines

September 27, 2023 | 10:00am – 11:30am | In-Person & Online In a new Wilson Center report, Venezuelan opposition leader and former political prisoner Leopoldo López details the intensifying cooperation among members of a global “autocratic network,” as authoritarian nations such as China, Russia, Iran,...

Catastrophes, Confrontations, and Constraints (Book Launch)

Sep. 29, 2023 | 11:00am – 12:00pm ET | In-Person & Online Geopolitical competition and civil war are on the rise. At the same time, disasters like droughts, flooding, and hurricanes are increasing in frequency and intensity, partly due to climate change and persistent poverty....

Wilson Center Conference on US-Chile Climate Action and the Energy Transition

Nov. 6, 2023 | 7:30am – 3:30pm ET | Hybrid The Wilson Center’s Latin America Program, in partnership with the US Department of State, the US Embassy in Santiago, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, will...

Mexico’s Next President: Challenges and Recommendations

November 14, 2023 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm ET | Hybrid The 2024 presidential elections will mark a milestone in Mexico’s history and will test the nation’s democratic system. Millions of Mexican citizens will go to the polls on June 2 to elect a new president,...

Mobilizing Private Investment in International Infrastructure

November 16, 2023 | 1:30pm – 4:15pm ET | Hybrid This event has reached maximum in-person capacity, however you are welcome to RSVP for the webcast.  In-person attendance will be strictly enforced with 100% ID check.   The Wilson Center’s Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition...

Brazil Builds Panel: Miami Edition

November 28, 2023 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm ET | In-Person   Co-hosted by the Wilson Center’s Brazil Institute and FIU’s Program of Excellence in Brazilian Studies and Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, the Brazil Builds dialogue in Miami will focus on Brazil's green...

Recalibrating Growth for Development Across Asia

December 4, 2023 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm ET | Hybrid   Balancing environmental sustainability and promoting economic growth and good jobs will not be optional for Asia’s future growth. In fact, prospects for heightened human insecurity, unmet aspirations, and a more turbulent future at large...

Forgotten Warriors: The Long History of Women in Combat

December 4, 2023 | 4:00pm – 5:30pm ET | Virtual   Why was it possible for the US to have women astronauts thirty years before women in combat? The answer, Sarah Percy argues, is that a faulty recollection of military history apparently demonstrated that women...

Putting Food Waste on the Climate Action Table in the US and China

Jan. 16, 2024 | 8:00pm – 9:15pm ET | Virtual At long last food was on the climate negotiation table at the COP28. Lauded as one of the most positive outcomes of the COP, 159 countries signed the Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems...

Putting Food Waste on the Climate Action Table in the US and China

Jan. 16, 2024 | 8:00pm – 9:15pm ET | Online   At long last food was on the climate negotiation table at the COP28. Lauded as one of the most positive outcomes of the COP, 159 countries signed the Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food...

Is the Belt and Road Initiative Reshaping the Global Order?

February 12, 2024 | 11:00am – 12:00pm ET | Virtual Rather than fixating on the Belt and Road Initiative’s (BRI) many well discussed negative attributes, Simon Curtis and Ian Klaus, authors of the soon-to-be-released book The Belt and Road City: Geopolitics, Urbanization, and China’s Search...