John Milewski Podcasts

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Akbar Ahmed, Wilson Center Global Fellow and the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University, and Michael Kugelman, Director of the Wilson Center’s South Asia Institute. They discuss the ongoing political crisis in Pakistan in the wake of the arrest of former prime minister Imra…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Robert Daly, Director of the Wilson Center's Kissinger Institute on China and the United States. He discusses deteriorating relations between Canada and China in the wake of Ottawa’s expulsion of a Chinese diplomat and retaliation by China’s government.…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Robert J. Lieber, Professor Emeritus of Government and International Affairs at Georgetown University. He discusses his new book, “Indispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in a Turbulent World,” which argues, “in a world full of revisionist powers, America’s role is more important than eve…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we take a look at the Spring 2023 issue of the Wilson Quarterly, “When Goods Cross Borders,” with the help of editor Stephanie Bowen. Also joining us is contributor Zoe Robbin who highlights her article, “Trading Water for Sun.” The piece discusses the dire water scarcity problem in the Jordan River Basin and e…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Mark Kennedy, Director of the Wilson Center’s Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition. He highlights that program’s mission which includes, “shaping conversations and inspiring meaningful action to strengthen the technological, economic and infrastructure underpinnings required for America an…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Merissa Khurma, Director of the Wilson Center’s Middle East Program, and Lynn Mounzer, Gender in Business Specialist and Global Fellow with the Middle East Program. They discuss a new MEP report, Women Entrepreneurship in MENA: The Cases of Bahrain, Lebanon, and Tunisia. The report, “aggregates…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Andrew Rudman, Director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute. Also joining us is Lorenzo Córdova, Councilor President of Mexico's National Electoral Institute (INE). Córdova discusses the threat from the passage of a bill by Mexico’s legislature designed to curb the power of the INE, the non…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, our guests are Sarah Barnes, Project Director for the Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative, and Samantha Karlin, Founder and CEO of Empower Global, a gender consulting firm that works with organizations to help them better recruit, retain, and advance women. Karlin discusses more about her organization, a…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Robert Daly, Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, and Joseph Dresen, Senior Program Associate with the Kennan Institute. They discuss the increasingly close economic and military ties between China and Russia and how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has further strain…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Robert Litwak, Senior Vice President and Director of International Security Studies at the Wilson Center. He discusses Russia’s decision to suspend participation in the New START Treaty, its last nuclear arms treaty with the United States. He also discusses increased nuclear sabre rattling by R…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Sharon Burke, Global Fellow with the Environmental Change and Security Program and Founder and President of Ecospherics. Also joining us is Claire Doyle, Program Assistant for the Environmental Change and Security Program. They discuss ECSP’s new policy brief, U.S. Governance on Critical Minera…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Rebecca Pincus, director of the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute. Also joining us is Mathieu Boulegue, a research fellow at the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, and Michael B. Petersen, director of the Russia Maritime Studies Institute and an associate professor at the U.S. Naval W…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we highlight the Winter 2023 edition of the Wilson Quarterly, “Strategic Competition: Strengthening America’s Advantage in a Competitive World,” with the help of editor Stephanie Bowen. Also joining us is contributor Daniel Covarrubias, director of the Texas Center for Economic and Enterprise Development at the…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Melvyn P. Leffler, Professor Emeritus of American History at The University of Virginia and Co-Chair of the History and Public Policy Program’s Advisory Board. He highlights his new book, Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq. Leffler “vividly portrays the emotions…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Lauren Herzer Risi, Program Director of the Environmental Change and Security Program and Peter Schwartzstein, a Wilson Center Global Fellow and environmental journalist who reports on water, food security, and the conflict-climate nexus around the world. They highlight three newly released rep…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Jon Hilsenrath, Senior Writer for The Wall Street Journal and a former Wilson Center Public Policy Fellow. Jon is also the author of the new book, “Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval.” The book is “an engrossing and deeply human chronicle of the past fifty years…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we discuss the new book, “Mapping Global Justice: Perspectives, Cases and Practice,” with authors Arnaud Kurze, Wilson Global Fellow, and Christopher Lamont, Assistant Dean, Tokyo International University. Also joining us for the discussion are Franz Baumann, Former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nat…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we highlight the Fall 2022 edition of the Wilson Quarterly, “As Strong as Our Weakest Link,” with the help of editor Stephanie Bowen. Also joining us is journalist and contributor Alden Wicker, who discusses her article, “Could the Uyghur Human Rights Crisis Finally Force Fashion to Reveal Its Supply Chain?” Th…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Benjamin Gedan, Acting Director of the Wilson Center's Latin American Program and the Director of its Argentina Project. He discusses current U.S. policy approaches to Latin America and what shifts have occurred under the Biden administration. Gedan also highlights how global competition with C…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Federico Borsari, Leonardo Fellow with the Transatlantic Defense and Security Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) and a NATO 2030 Global Fellow. He discusses the success of the right-wing coalition in Italy’s 2022 general election, setting the stage for the most conservati…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Bruce Jentleson, the William Preston Few Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science, Duke University. He discusses his new book, Sanctions: What Everyone Needs to Know, a “concise, authoritative overview of a little-understood yet extremely important phenomenon …

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we meet the new director of Wilson Center’s Polar Institute Rebecca Pincus. She discusses the increasing interest in both the Arctic and Antarctic regions and provides insight into how climate change is rapidly changing environmental, political, and economic factors at the poles for nations and individuals.…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Ruth Greenspan Bell, Public Policy Fellow with the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program. She highlights her latest article, Wealth and the Climate Dilemma, which focuses on the crossroads that developing nations face when confronting increased development of fossil fuels an…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we discuss the latest on the Russian invasion of Ukraine with William Pomeranz, the Director of the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute, and Robin Quinville, Director of the Global Europe Program. They provide insight on the state of Russia’s economy, unity among western powers facing energy supply threats, and wh…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding scholars Florence Odiwuor and Hyginus Banko Okibe. They discuss their projects focused on food security in Africa entitled, “Food Security Systems as Drivers for Sustainable Peacebuilding in Africa: The Case of Kenya,” and “Herder-Farmer Conflicts and F…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we discuss India and Pakistan marking 75 years since independence. Joining us are Akbar Ahmed and Nirupama Rao, both Wilson Center global fellows and former senior diplomats with a keen understanding of the India-Pakistan relationship and its complexities. They examine how the traumatic and tragic events of par…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we explore the Summer 2022 edition of the Wilson Quarterly, Ripples of War, with editor Stephanie Bowen. Also joining us is documentary photographer and journalist Wil Sands. He discusses his article, Weapons of a Hybrid War, a photographic essay on Europe's disparate approach to families fleeing crisis.…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Robin Quinville, Director of the Wilson Center’s Global Europe Program. We discuss the latest challenges in Europe including the resignation of Boris Johnson, political trends on the continent, NATO expansion, Ukraine, as well as how Europe continues to deal with the COVID pandemic.…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we speak with Duncan Wood, Vice President for Strategy & New Initiatives and Senior Advisor to the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute. He discusses the Wilson Center’s continued focus on the critical importance of global and national supply chains, how current shortages and inflation are affecting government and …

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Benjamin Gedan, acting director of the Wilson Center's Latin American Program and the director of its Argentina Project. He recaps the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles and highlights what progress has been made on economic recovery, climate change, health, and migration issues among …

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Venezuelan political leader, pro-democracy activist and Sakharov prize laureate Leopoldo López. He discusses his project at the Wilson Center, “Facing the Rise of Authoritarianism,” which examines the growth of autocratic regimes throughout the world. He also highlights how his own time as a po…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we discuss the latest issue of the Wilson Quarterly entitled, Reconcilable Differences: Portraits of Challenging U.S. Partnerships with its editor Stephanie Bowen. Contributor and director of the Kissinger Institute Robert Daly also highlights his article, U.S.-China Engagement: Regrettable or Inevitable?…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Bradley Jardine, Global Fellow with the Wilson Center’s Kissinger Institute. He discusses his latest book, Great Wall of Steel: China’s Global Campaign to Suppress the Uyghurs, which highlights the dramatic increase in China's strategic targeting of the Uyghur Muslim population since 1997 and h…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding (SVNP) scholars Yared Debebe Yetena, Sandra Tumwesigye , and Awet Halefom Kahsay. They highlight their research while in residence at the Wilson Center and discuss how collaboration with colleagues at the Center and in Washington D.C. has supported thei…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Laura Elena Carrillo Cubillas, Executive Director, of the Mexican Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AMEXCID). She discusses the organization’s role in providing development aid in the region, partnerships with USAID and similar global agencies, and AMEXCID initiatives that bo…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Michael Kugelman, Deputy Director of the Asia Program and Senior Associate for South Asia at the Wilson Center. He discusses Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s removal after a no-confidence vote and what to expect from the Shehbaz Sharif administration. Kugelman also discusses U.S.-India rela…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by James Hollifield, Global Fellow with the Global Risk and Resilience Program. Jim is a Professor of Political Science, the Arnold Chair in International Political Economy, and Director of the Tower Center at Southern Methodist University. He discusses the refugee crisis stemming from the Russian…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Distinguished Fellow Bruce Jentleson and Public Policy Fellow Meg Lundsager. They discuss the rapid implementation of sanctions by the U.S. and Europe on Russia after its attack on Ukraine. What are the short term and long-term implications for Vladimir Putin, Russia’s oligarchs, and average Ru…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Wilson Quarterly editor Stephanie Bowen and contributor and journalist Melody Schreiber. We discuss the Winter 2022 edition of the Quarterly titled “The New North,” which focuses on Arctic issues. Melody also highlights her article, “Setting Our Sights by the Northern Lights: Struggles and Solu…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, Latin American Fellow Niambi Carter discusses where American society stands in dealing with its long struggles with racial inclusion and equality. Also joining us is Karen Dale, Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer for AmeriHealth Caritas. She provides an update on her company’s efforts to establish an…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Steven Philip Kramer and William Drozdiak, Global Fellows with the Wilson Center's Global Europe Program. They discuss the upcoming presidential election in France, the collapse of traditional French political parties, and what Macron’s agenda for a second term could encompass if reelected.…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Andrey Shlyakhter, Former Title VIII Research Scholar, and Dina Abramowicz Emerging Scholar Fellow in Eastern European Jewish Studies at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. He discusses his Wilson Center project, “Smuggling Across the Soviet Borders: Contraband Trades, Soviet Solutions, and the…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Jason Steinhauer, Global Fellow, and Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the History Communication Institute. He discusses his new book "History, Disrupted: How Social Media and the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past." The book examines how an internet that privileges signals of attention …

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Jonathan Brunstedt, former Title VIII Research Scholar with the Kennan Institute and Assistant Professor of History at Texas A&M University. He discusses his Wilson Center project, “Entangled Defeats: The Soviet-Afghan War and the Shadow of Vietnam." Jonathan also highlights his most recent boo…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Middle East Fellow David Ottaway. He discusses his latest book, “Mohammed bin Salman: The Icarus of Saudi Arabia?,” which examines if MBS is a social reformer determined to bring his country into the twenty-first century or a brutal dictator in the making?…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Sue Mi Terry, Director of the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy. She discusses the increasing global appeal and reach of South Korean pop culture including music, film, gaming, and sports. Terry describes how this soft power is increasingly seen by the S…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, our guests are Anders Beal, Andrea Capurro, and Maximiliano Bello. Anders describes a new project from the Latin American Program, Latin America’s Environmental Policies in Global Perspective. Andrea and Max discuss their contributions to the project, focusing on ocean health issues. The project is co-sponsored…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Michael Sfraga, Founding Director of the Polar Institute and Director of the Global Risk and Resilience Program. President Biden also recently appointed Dr. Sfraga as Chairman of the United States Arctic Research Commission. We discuss why the Arctic increasingly plays a larger role in geopolit…

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by environmental journalist and author Sharon Guynup. Guynup is also a Global Fellow with the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program and the Global Risk and Resilience Program. She discusses the future of global pandemics and the increased threat from zoonotic diseases to human …

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Hallam Ferguson, Public Policy Fellow with the Middle East Program and former Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID. He discusses the latest on Afghan refugees and the continued plight of those trying to flee Afghanistan under the Taliban. We also highlight his recent Wilson Quarterly ar…