Expert Says Mexico Does Not Have Procedures In Place For Responsible Offshore Drilling

Lourdes Melgar, a visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center and energy consultant, says Mexico currently does not have safe procedures in place for responsible offshore drilling. (0:44)

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Iran Far From Building Bomb, Says Expert

During a July 19 conference at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Wilson Center scholar, Michael Adler, said that, even if Iran kicks out international inspectors AND goes “full bore” with its nuclear program, it would take up to two years for Iran to develop a single atomic bomb.

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Staff Monday, July 19, 2010 at 2:51PM

Political Agreement More Likely Than Military Action Against Iran

During a July 19 conference at the Woodrow Wilson Center on negotiations with Iran, Michael Adler, a Wilson Center scholar, said that military action against Iran is not imminent.

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Creation Of NGOs In Dubai Can Help Trafficked Workers, Says Expert

Woodrow Wilson Fellow Scholar Pardis Mahdavi recalls her experience with an organization in Dubai that was created to help trafficked women workers, but was actually re-trafficking them. Mahdavi believes the creation of civil society organizations, or NGOs, will prevent this from happening in the future. (0:40)


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U.S. Govt Report Damaged Trafficking Efforts In Dubai

Woodrow Wilson Fellow Scholar Pardis Mahdavi explains how the Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) damaged the civil society organizations that had been dealing with the trafficking of migrant workers in Duabi since the year 2000. (0:38)
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Non-Profit Chair Says China Must Be A Leader Of Sustainability

Peggy Liu, Chairperson of non-profit group the Joint U.S.-China Cooperation on Clean Energy, says Friday in a discussion at the Woodrow WIlson Center that because of China's large population, it must a sustainability leader in the world. (0:20)
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Industry Expert Says China Will Set Curve on Climate Change

Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Duke Energy David Mohler says Friday in a discussion at the Woodrow WIlson Center that China is developing so rapidly that it will be the trail blazer in technologies that deal with climate change. (0:17)
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Scholar Calls For Obama To Send Al Gore To North Korea

Selig Harrison, Senior Scholar with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy, says President Barack Obama is not taking the necessary steps to appease the North Korean crisis. Harrison explains that not sending Al Gore to North Korea is a mistake because the former Vice President could try to negotiate the liberation of the two Current TV journalists currently detained in North Korea. Al Gore could also reduce the tensions between the North Korea and the international community. (0:28)
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