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focus on Islam and on women. These are all exciring addi- 

 tions ro rhe work of rhe center. 



The Congress Project, the sixth initiative, seeks to bring to- 

 gether current and former members of Congress and staff, 

 congressional scholars, representatives of the media, and the 

 general public ro examine aspects of the policy process on 

 Capitol Hill. The project director, a 28-year House staff vet- 

 eran, developed the model for the project as a public policy 

 scholar with a series of programs in 1998 on "The Information 

 Age Congress and the Policy Process." The project's 1999— 

 2000 series will look at "Congress and the Purse Strings." 



Dialogue, the Wilson Center's award-winning weekly radio 

 program, has continued its long-running role as a forum for 

 showcasing the work that goes on at the center. It is pro- 



duced in association with Smithsonian Productions and 

 broadcast nationwide by the Armed Forces Radio Network. 

 This summer, the program's host, George Liston Seay, 

 marked a milestone in recording his 500th interview for the 

 show. And the popular Wilson Quarterly remains one of the 

 most widely circulated scholarly journals of its kind, with an 

 annual readership of more than 60,000 subscribers. 



While new initiatives were added this year, existing pro- 

 grams and projects continued to provide for open, fair, and 

 nonpartisan study and dialogue. Center activities included 

 serious discussion from the Balkans, Kosovo, Iran, and envi- 

 ronmental policy to updates on critical nonproliferation 

 concerns and reviews of developments in China, Japan, 

 Russia, Europe, Brazil, and Mexico. 



