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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. It is also a highly recognized [[think tank]], and was ranked among the top ten in the world in 2013.<ref name="gotothinktank">{{Cite web |url=http://gotothinktank.com/dev1/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/GoToReport2013.pdf |title=  2013 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report|last=McGann |first=James |publisher=Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania |date=January 22, 2014 |access-date=2014-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307230016/http://gotothinktank.com/dev1/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/GoToReport2013.pdf |archive-date=2014-03-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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]] to hold a [[PhD]],<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/wilson_woodrow.html|title=A Princeton Companion|chapter=Wilson, Woodrow|last=Link|first=Arthur|publisher=Princeton University|year=1978}}</ref> it is also a [[think tank]], and was ranked among the top ten in the world in 2013.<ref name="gotothinktank">{{Cite web |url=http://gotothinktank.com/dev1/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/GoToReport2013.pdf |title=  2013 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report|last=McGann |first=James |publisher=Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania |date=January 22, 2014 |access-date=2014-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307230016/http://gotothinktank.com/dev1/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/GoToReport2013.pdf |archive-date=2014-03-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Named in honor of President [[Woodrow Wilson]], the only [[president of the United States]] to hold a [[PhD]],<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/wilson_woodrow.html|title=A Princeton Companion|chapter=Wilson, Woodrow|last=Link|first=Arthur|publisher=Princeton University|year=1978}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/about-us |title=About Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars |publisher=Wilsoncenter.org |access-date=2014-02-01}}</ref>


In 2020, the Wilson Center was ranked by the [[University of Pennsylvania]]'s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program as the tenth best think tank in the world, the number eight think tank in the U.S., the world's number three think tank for institutional collaboration, and fourth in international development, and as a Center of Excellence for regional studies.<ref name="upenn">{{Cite journal|last=McGann|first=James|date=2021-01-28|title=2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report|url=https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1019&context=think_tanks|journal=TTCSP Global Go to Think Tank Index Reports|volume=|pages=|via=}}</ref>
In 2020, the Wilson Center was ranked by the [[University of Pennsylvania]]'s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program as the tenth best think tank in the world, the number eight think tank in the U.S., the world's number three think tank for institutional collaboration, and fourth in international development, and as a Center of Excellence for regional studies.<ref name="upenn">{{Cite journal|last=McGann|first=James|date=2021-01-28|title=2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report|url=https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1019&context=think_tanks|journal=TTCSP Global Go to Think Tank Index Reports|volume=|pages=|via=}}</ref>
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==Organization==
==Organization==
[[File:Ronald Reagan Building - Washington, DC.jpg|thumbnail|The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, where the Wilson Center is located.]]
[[File:Ronald Reagan Building - Washington, DC.jpg|thumbnail|The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, where the Wilson Center is located.]]
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.
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 also publishes a digital magazine, the ''[[Wilson Quarterly]]''.

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 digital magazine, the ''[[Wilson Quarterly]]''.


==Funding==
==Funding==
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==Administration==
==Administration==
[[File:WoodrowWilsonCenterMemorialHallwayInscription.jpg|thumb|right|upright|250px|Relief and inscription in the Memorial Hallway of the Woodrow Wilson Center]]
[[File:WoodrowWilsonCenterMemorialHallwayInscription.jpg|thumb|right|upright|250px|Relief and inscription in the Memorial Hallway of the Woodrow Wilson Center]]
The board of trustees, currently led by [[Bill Haslam]], 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wilsoncenter.org/leadership|title=Leadership|date=7 June 2011}}</ref>
The board of trustees, currently led by [[Bill Haslam]], are appointed to six-year terms by the president of the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wilsoncenter.org/leadership|title=Leadership|date=7 June 2011}}</ref>

*Director, President, and CEO of the Wilson Center: [[Mark Andrew Green]]
*Director, President, and CEO of the Wilson Center: [[Mark Andrew Green]]


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** [[Antony Blinken]], Secretary, U.S. Department of State
** [[Antony Blinken]], Secretary, U.S. Department of State
** [[Lonnie Bunch]], Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
** [[Lonnie Bunch]], Secretary, Smithsonian Institution

==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. Awardees are selected by the Board, and distributed at dinners benefitting the Center in different locations each year.


==Programs==
==Programs==
Most of the Center's staff form specialized programs and projects covering broad areas of study.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.welcome |title=Programs @ The Woodrow Wilson Center |publisher=Wilsoncenter.org |access-date=2014-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629070020/https://wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.welcome |archive-date=2011-06-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> There are approximately 14 programs, some of which are described below.
Most of the Center's staff form specialized programs and projects covering broad areas of study.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.welcome |title=Programs @ The Woodrow Wilson Center |publisher=Wilsoncenter.org |access-date=2014-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629070020/https://wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.welcome |archive-date=2011-06-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Key programs include: the [[Cold War International History Project]], [[Environmental Change and Security Program]], [[History and Public Policy Program]], [[Kennan Institute]], the [[Kissinger Institute on China and the United States|Kissinger Institute]], the [[Environmental Change and Security Program]], the [[North Korea International Documentation Project]],

===Africa Program===
Established in 1999, the Wilson Center's Africa Program focuses on international affairs issues as affect Africa, conducts programmatic work to train and mentor rising leaders in [[Burundi]] and the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], and facilitates meetings between the policymaking communities of Washington, D.C., and Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wilsoncenter.org/the-burundi-leadership-training-program |title=The Burundi Leadership Training Program |publisher=Wilson Center |date=2008-01-25 |access-date=2017-11-12}}</ref> Its current director is Monde Muyangawa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wilsoncenter.org/staff/monde-muyangwa |title=Monde Muyangwa |publisher=Wilson Center |date= 2014-03-19|access-date=2017-11-12}}</ref>

===Asia Program===
The Wilson Center's Asia Program analyzes the politics, policy, culture, and issues of the broader [[Asia-Pacific]] region, encompassing a region stretching from Afghanistan to Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/about-asia-program |title=About |publisher=Wilson Center |date= 2011-07-11|access-date=2017-11-12}}</ref>

===Brazil Institute===
Since its founding in 2006, the Brazil Institute has focused on analyzing and convening panels to discuss [[Politics of Brazil|Brazilian politics]], [[Economy of Brazil|economics]], and the country's global profile.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/about-0 |title=About |publisher=Wilson Center |date= 2012-01-18|access-date=2017-11-12}}</ref>

===Canada Institute===
Founded in 2001, the Canada Institute analyzes [[Canada–United States relations|Canada-U.S. relations]], trade, and Canada's international role as polar ice melts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/about-canada-institute |title=About |publisher=Wilson Center |date= 2011-07-12|access-date=2017-11-12}}</ref>

===Cold War International History Project===
{{Main|Cold War International History Project}}
The [[Cold War International History Project]] (CWIHP) supports the full and prompt release of historical materials by governments on all sides of the [[Cold War]], seeking to integrate new sources, materials and perspectives from the former [[Eastern Bloc]] with the [[historiography of the Cold War]]. In particular, it disseminates new information and perspectives from previously inaccessible sources from the former Communist world on the history of the Cold War.

In 2011, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars partnered with [[East China Normal University]] (ECNU), [[Shanghai]], to launch the ECNU-Wilson Center Cold War Studies Initiative, it is supported by the Wilson Center's flagship Cold War International History Project (CWIHP) and ECNU's Cold War International Studies Center, the first Cold War Studies center in China.

===Environmental Change and Security Program===
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{{main|Environmental Change and Security Program}}

The [[Environmental Change and Security Program]] (ECSP) was founded in 1994 to explore the connections among environmental, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy.

===Global Europe Program===
The Global Europe Program addresses vital issues affecting the European continent, U.S.-European relations, and Europe’s ties with the rest of the world. [[Catherine Ashton]] serves as the Global Europe Bank of America Chair and Daniel S. Hamilton serves as the director of the program.

===History and Public Policy Program===
{{Main|History and Public Policy Program}}
The [[History and Public Policy Program]] (HAPP) at the Woodrow Wilson Center focuses on the relationship between history and policy-making and seeks to foster open, informed and non-partisan dialogue on historically relevant issues.

===Kennan Institute===
{{Main|Kennan Institute}}
The [[Kennan Institute]] (KI), 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.

===Kissinger Institute on China and the United States===
The [[Kissinger Institute on China and the United States|Kissinger Institute]] analyzes the political, economic, historical, and cultural relationships between the United States and China. Named after [[Henry A. Kissinger]], who as secretary of state was instrumental in [[Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China|opening diplomatic relations between the U.S. and China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/about-kissinger-institute |title=About |publisher=Wilson Center |date= 2011-07-11|access-date=2017-11-12}}</ref> Its current director is Robert Daly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/staff/robert-daly|title=Robert Daly|date=22 July 2011}}</ref>

===Latin American Program===
{{main|Environmental Change and Security Program}}

The Latin American Program bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action in Latin America. It fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Its current director is Cynthia Arnson.

===Mexico Institute===
The Wilson Center's Mexico Institute conducts original research and analysis on [[Economy of Mexico|Mexico's economy]], convenes meetings, and proposes public policies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/about-21|title=About|date=11 July 2011}}</ref> The institute focuses on five key areas: Mexico's security and rule of law, economic competitiveness (both of Mexico and the transnational economies along the border), migration, the [[Mexico–United States border|U.S.-Mexico border]], and energy issues.

===Middle East Program===
The Middle East Program, launched in 1998, analyzes geopolitical, cultural, and social trends in the [[Middle East]] and [[North Africa]] region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/about-3|title=About|date=11 July 2011}}</ref> From May 8 until August 21, 2007, Dr. [[Haleh Esfandiari]], then-director of the Middle East Program, was imprisoned in Tehran, Iran, in the [[Evin Prison]].<ref>{{Cite news | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/08/AR2007050801276.html?nav=hcmodule | title=Tehran Jails Iranian American Scholar After Long House Arrest | date=May 8, 2007 | first=Robin | last=Wright}}</ref> She was released on bail and had her passport returned to her on September 2, 2007. Esfandiari was then permitted to leave Iran.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Freed Scholar Leaves Iran to Meet Family |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 3, 2007 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iran-American-Detained.html?ex=1346472000&en=9d7c81ac763d9e33&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The former director of the Middle East Program is Dr. Henri Barkey.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/henri-j-barkey |title=Bio: Henri J. Barkey|publisher=Wilsoncenter.org |date=2014-01-28 |access-date=2018-10-10}}</ref>

[[File:WoodrowWilsonCenterMemorialHallwayExhibit.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The History and Public Policy Program (HAPP) sponsored this 2009–2010 exhibit in the Memorial Hallway, ''Polish People's Republic—So Far Away and So Close By'', which depicted key events in Polish history from 1944 to 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.item&news_id=565109 |title=Photo Exhibition: Polish People's Republic—So Far Away and So Close By |publisher=Wilsoncenter.org |date=2014-01-28 |access-date=2014-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605062359/http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.item&news_id=565109 |archive-date=2011-06-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>]]

===North Korea International Documentation Project===
{{main|North Korea International Documentation Project}}

The North Korea International Documentation Project translates and disseminates newly declassified documents about North Korea, largely drawing from its former communist allies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/about-nkidp |title=About |publisher=Wilson Center |date= 2011-07-11|access-date=2017-11-12}}</ref> The documents are then distributed on the Wilson Center's Digital Archive site<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/search-results/1/%7B%22coverage%22:%2282%22%7D|title=Wilson Center Digital Archive|website=digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org}}</ref> and curated in the project's dossier series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication-series/nkidp-e-dossier-series|title=NKIDP e-Dossier Series|date=7 July 2011}}</ref>

=== Polar Institute ===
Since its inception in 2017, the Polar Institute has become a premier forum for discussion and policy analysis of Arctic and Antarctic issues, and is known in Washington, DC and elsewhere as the Arctic Public Square. The Institute holistically studies the central policy issues facing these regions—with an emphasis on Arctic governance, climate change, economic development, scientific research, security, and Indigenous communities—and communicates trusted analysis to policymakers and other stakeholders.

=== Science and Technology Innovation Program ===
The Science and Technology Innovation Program (STIP) focuses on understanding bottom-up, public innovation; top-down, policy innovation; and, on supporting responsible and equitable practices at the point where new technology and existing political, social, and cultural processes converge. Many projects focus on the international nature of science and technology, such as the Global Mosquito Alert Consortium<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/global-mosquito-alert|title=Global Mosquito Alert|date=2015-09-19|work=Wilson Center|access-date=2018-10-22|language=en}}</ref> and upcoming Earth Challenge 2020<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://earthday.org/earth-challenge-2020-a-citizen-science-initiative/|title=Press Release: Earth Challenge 2020 A Citizen Science Initiative {{!}} Earth Day Network|work=Earth Day Network|access-date=2018-10-22|language=en-US}}</ref> project. Key themes in STIP's work include citizen science; cyber security, through the Digital Futures Project;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/program/digital-futures-project|title=Digital Futures Project|date=2015-08-27|work=Wilson Center|access-date=2018-10-22|language=en}}</ref> and serious games, through the Serious Games Initiative.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/program/serious-games-initiative|title=Serious Games Initiative|date=2017-08-15|work=Wilson Center|access-date=2018-10-22|language=en}}</ref> &nbsp;&nbsp;


==See also==
==See also==
* The ''[[Wilson Quarterly]]'', the center's journal
* [[Murray Feshbach]]
* [[Murray Feshbach]]
* [[A National Strategic Narrative]]
* [[A National Strategic Narrative]]

Revision as of 02:00, 7 October 2021

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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Established1968; 56 years ago (1968)
TypeGovernment organization Think tank
Legal statusUnited States Presidential Memorial
HeadquartersRonald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
Location
  • Washington, D.C. 20007
President Emerita & Distinguished Fellow
Jane Harman
Key people
Mark Andrew Green (Director), Bill Haslam (Chairman)
AffiliationsSmithsonian Institution
WebsiteWilsonCenter.org
This article is part of
a series about
Woodrow Wilson
28th President of the United States
First term
Second term

Woodrow Wilson's signature

Seal of the President of the United States

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 to hold a PhD,[1] it is also a think tank, and was ranked among the top ten in the world in 2013.[2]

In 2020, the Wilson Center was ranked by the University of Pennsylvania's Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program as the tenth best think tank in the world, the number eight think tank in the U.S., the world's number three think tank for institutional collaboration, and fourth in international development, and as a Center of Excellence for regional studies.[3]

On January 28, 2021, Mark Andrew Green was announced as the Wilson Center's next president, director and CEO. He began his term on March 15, 2021.[4]

Organization

The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, where the Wilson Center is located.

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 also publishes a digital 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 itself is housed in a wing of the Ronald Reagan Building, a federal office building where the Center enjoys a 30-year rent-free lease. The remainder of the Center's funding comes from foundations, grants and contracts, corporations, individuals, endowment income, and subscriptions.[citation needed] Because of its historic reliance on congressional appropriations, the Center posts on its website a Plan for Federal Funding Hiatus.[5]

Administration

Relief and inscription in the Memorial Hallway of the Woodrow Wilson Center

The board of trustees, currently led by Bill Haslam, are appointed to six-year terms by the president of the United States.[6]

Board of Directors

Programs

Most of the Center's staff form specialized programs and projects covering broad areas of study.[7] Key programs include: the Cold War International History Project, Environmental Change and Security Program, History and Public Policy Program, Kennan Institute, the Kissinger Institute, the Environmental Change and Security Program, the North Korea International Documentation Project,

See also

References

  1. ^ Link, Arthur (1978). "Wilson, Woodrow". A Princeton Companion. Princeton University.
  2. ^ McGann, James (January 22, 2014). "2013 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report" (PDF). Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  3. ^ McGann, James (2021-01-28). "2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report". TTCSP Global Go to Think Tank Index Reports.
  4. ^ "Wilson Center Names Ambassador Mark Green as Next President, Director and CEO | Wilson Center". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  5. ^ "Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Plan for Federal Funding Hiatus" (PDF). Woodrow Wilson Center. August 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Leadership". 7 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Programs @ The Woodrow Wilson Center". Wilsoncenter.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2014-02-01.

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