What Better Looks Like: Breaking the Critical Minerals Resource Curse

Tuesday, Oct. 4 // 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (ET)

The global thirst for hydrocarbons has left pollution, corruption, and war in its wake for more than a half century. Today, a new class of critical minerals are fast displacing petroleum as the powerhouse of the global economy—is this just another resource curse, or is there a better way?

Join the Wilson Center and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for an expert discussion on what better looks like when it comes to mining, processing, recycling, and consuming critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, niobium, and titanium.

Ukrainian Attitudes of War and Peace: Complex Dilemmas of Wartime

Monday, Oct. 3 // 10–11:00 a.m. (ET)

A recent survey of 1,800 Ukrainians examined the ways in which wartime experiences shape ordinary Ukrainians’ perceptions and attitudes toward war and peace. Professors Karina Korostelina and Gerard Toal will explain their quantitative analysis of survey data from a sample of Ukrainians that includes locals and internally displaced people across three towns close to the regions where active fighting is taking place.

Last Call At the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took on a World at War

Monday, Oct. 3 // 4–5:30 p.m. (ET)

At the heart of Deborah Cohen’s new book, Last Call at the Hotel Imperial, is a group of American reporters—John Gunther, H.R. Knickerbocker, Vincent Sheean and Dorothy Thompson—who in the 1920s and 1930s achieved world-wide renown. In this session, Cohen will map out the shared terrain between international history and the history of private life, discussing the ways in which a potent combination of Freudianism, fascism, and imperialism made the relationship between the individual and the collective an exigent mid-twentieth-century question.

Forty Years of Antarctic Marine Conservation: Policy Approaches in the Antarctic Treaty System

Tuesday, Oct. 4 // 9–10:00 a.m. (ET)

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), the treaty organization charged with advancing marine conservation in the vast Southern Ocean, celebrates its fortieth anniversary this year. CCAMLR is a key part of the Antarctic Treaty System, and its membership includes the United States and other major countries active in Antarctic governance. Join the Wilson Center for a discussion of CCAMLR's achievements and its path forward, ahead of October's annual Commission meeting.

Traitor, Survivor, Icon: La Malinche – Expressions of Gender-Based Violence from Mexico’s Inception

Tuesday, Oct. 4 // 3–4:30 p.m. (ET)

The Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, in collaboration with the Denver Art Museum, will host a virtual exhibit and panel discussion on Traitor, Survivor, Icon: The Legacy of La Malinche, which explores the role of La Malinche from a feminist perspective, challenging the traditional view of this historical icon as a traitor. The event, which is part of the Mexico Institute's "Engendering Safety: Addressing Femicide in Mexico" initiative, will begin with a presentation of the exhibit followed by a panel discussion on its implications and significance in the modern context of rising femicide rates in Mexico.

The Geopolitical Importance of Southeast Asia and the Pacific

Friday, Oct. 7 // 9–10:00 a.m. (ET)

Even as the Russian invasion of Ukraine remains ongoing, the United States continues to expand its focus on Southeast Asia and the Pacific to address the rise of China. Join the Wilson Center for a special pre-recorded conversation featuring Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), moderated by former Congressman and Wilson Center Public Policy Fellow Mark Kennedy and the Wilson Center’s Director for Geoeconomics Shihoko Goto.