Wilson Center NOW

By: Wilson Center
  • Summary

  • NOW is a series of brief, incisive conversations with our leading experts that make sense of today’s headlines and the forces behind them.
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Episodes
  • Living Interesting Lives: Daily Life Amidst Coup D’etat and Revolution
    Dec 19 2024

    In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Wilson Center Middle East Fellows Marina and David Ottaway. They discuss their new book they co-authored with their sons, “Living Interesting Lives: A Memoir.” The book, “covers over 20 years of the life of a Washington Post foreign correspondent and his family, working and trying to make a home and bring up small children in various hot news spots in Africa and the Middle East while also reflecting on the strange normalcy of daily life in the midst of coups d’etat and revolutions.”

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    28 mins
  • Did the 20th Century Just End? One Historian’s Perspective
    Dec 13 2024

    In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Wilson Center Global Fellow Jason Steinhauer. Jason is a bestselling author, public historian, podcast host, and founder of the History Communication Institute. He discusses his recent article, The End of the 20th Century, in which he argues the ideologies and linear organizing structures of the 20th century have finally given way to a new societal and political order.

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    31 mins
  • Political Turmoil in Pakistan: No End in Sight
    Dec 10 2024

    In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Michael Kugelman, Director of the Wilson Center’s South Asia Institute. He discusses the continued unrest in Pakistan and the deadly clashes in the capital Islamabad between security forces and supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan. Kugelman also highlights recent sectarian violence and increased terrorism from militant groups, the nation’s economic outlook, and what the return of President Trump will mean for US-Pakistan relations.

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    23 mins

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