The Link Between Culture & Extremism: An Integrated Model to Combating Art Trafficking
Cultural cleansing is described as the deliberate destruction and eradication of any evidence of religious and historical presence of the original population in a war-torn region. Tasoula Hadjitofi argues that recent developments in the Middle East have shown, once again, that cultural cleansing can no longer be a secondary priority in areas of conflict but must be seen as a much more serious crime. Ms. Hadjitofi will draw on European history and examples from around the globe – including Greece, Italy, Guatemala, Mali, Canada, and others – to discuss this phenomenon.
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Former Senior Advisor to the President for Alumni Relations, Woodrow Wilson Center; Former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Global Europe Program
The Global Europe Program is focused on Europe’s capabilities, and how it engages on critical global issues. We investigate European approaches to critical global issues. We examine Europe’s relations with Russia and Eurasia, China and the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Our initiatives include “Ukraine in Europe”—an examination of what it will take to make Ukraine’s European future a reality. But we also examine the role of NATO, the European Union and the OSCE, Europe’s energy security, transatlantic trade disputes, and challenges to democracy. The Global Europe Program’s staff, scholars-in-residence, and Global Fellows participate in seminars, policy study groups, and international conferences to provide analytical recommendations to policy makers and the media. Read more