Hindsight Up Front: Afghanistan | Ambassador Mark Green in Conversation with H.R. McMaster

Thursday, Aug. 12 // 10–10:45am (ET)

This event, part of Hindsight Up Front, the Wilson Center’s new Afghanistan initiative, features a discussion with H.R. McMaster, a national security adviser in the Trump administration and currently the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.

The conversation—moderated by Wilson Center President, Director, and CEO Mark Green—will assess nearly 20 years of U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, focus on the U.S. withdrawal and its implications, and consider options for future U.S. policy. The discussion will also explore immediate policy recommendations for the Biden administration, and what can be done to ensure that U.S. interests in Afghanistan continue to be advanced.

Commemorating Wilson in an Age of Racial Reckoning

Monday, Aug. 9 // 1–2:30pm (ET)

"To commemorate" means "to remember together." How should we collectively remember a past that has left so many different legacies for different people? How should we remember a figure like Woodrow Wilson, whose legacy is both internally inconsistent and publicly contested? Can we find a way to explore and discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly in our past when we don't always agree on the meaning of those terms? Must we try? Join representatives from the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Staunton, Virginia, the President Wilson House in Washington, DC, and the Wilson Center—the official presidential memorial to Wilson—as they discuss how their organizations are wrestling with these questions in an age of reckoning.

Update on the Victims of Sinjar: The Need to Locate Thousands of Missing Yezidis

Tuesday, Aug. 10 // 10–11:30am (ET)

In 2014 the Islamic State began its campaign to annihilate Yezidis in Iraq and Syria. The territorial defeat of ISIS did not, however, end the suffering of Yezidis and other victims of Daesh. Until now, there are an estimated 2,868 Yezidis whose whereabouts are still unknown. Many of them were presumed to be dead. However, in July, Yezidi women were discovered in Syria and Iraq who had been missing since 2014—underscoring the need for concerted international search efforts.

Seventh Annual Building a Competitive U.S.- Mexico Border

Tuesday, Aug. 10–Wednesday, Aug. 11 // 3–5pm (ET)

Join the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute and the Border Trade Alliance for our seventh annual high-level "Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border" conference, which will focus on improving border management in order to strengthen the competitiveness of both the United States and Mexico.

#YALI4Ag: Youth Innovating for Resilient Agriculture International Youth Day Event

Thursday, Aug. 12 // 8:30am–12:30pm (ET)

As YALI begins its second decade, #YALI4Ag will serve as a bridge from YALI 10 to YALI 11, demonstrating the United States’ ongoing commitment to African youth, specifically in the domains of climate change, inclusive agriculture, and food systems. This event also aligns with the United Nations’ theme of the 2021 International Youth Day, “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health.”