# Spring 2017, Volume 31 Number 2 ## expand\_more ![Spring 2017 cover image](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wcfia/files/cpspring2017_highres_page_01_small.jpg?itok=SgXFiowK) The spring 2017 issue of *Centerpiece* highlights the Center's recent activities, including updates on [student programs](/publications/centerpiece/spring2017/prog_student "Student Programs") and the [Canada Program](/publications/centerpiece/spring2017/prog_canada "Canada Program"). In the [Message from the Director](/publications/centerpiece/spring2017/director "Message from the Director"), Michèle Lamont outlines the busy year after starting to implement external review recommendations—including a new Weatherhead Scholars Program and new research clusters, among other updates. For our first feature, we provide the transcript from the December 2016 Manshel Lecture by Robert O. Keohane titled "[International Institutions In an Era of Populism, Nationalism, and Diffusion of Power](/lectureships/manshel/2016/transcript "Transcript: The Warren and Anita Manshel Lecture in American Foreign Policy by Robert O. Keohane")." The second feature, “[In Conversation with Herbert C. Kelman](/publications/centerpiece/spring2017/feature_kelman "In Conversation with Herbert C. Kelman"),” is based on an interview with Faculty Associate Emeritus Herbert C. Kelman, whose decades-long presence at the Center has focused on the influence of problem-solving workshops in conflict resolution. And finally, we remember the recent passing of one of the four WCFIA co-founders with [In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling, 1921–2016](/in-memoriam/schelling "In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling, 1921–2016"). **Download:** [Spring 2017, Volume 31 Number 2](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/wcfia/files/cpspring2017_lowres.pdf "Centerpiece Spring 2017, Volume 31 Number 2") \[ PDF: 876 KB \] ### [Message from the Director](/publications/centerpiece/spring2017/director "Message from the Director") *by Michèle Lamont* I am wrapping up my second year as director of the Weatherhead Center, which has been an intense period: this fall was consumed by the external review, and this spring by the implementation of many recommendations from the review committee. The staff and I look forward to a more leisurely pace next year. I particularly relish future opportunities to discuss research with colleagues when the Center’s infrastructural reform is behind us... ### [In Conversation with Herbert C. Kelman](/publications/centerpiece/spring2017/feature_kelman "In Conversation with Herbert C. Kelman") *by Michelle Nicholasen* Although we now think of it as a failed effort, the 1993 Oslo Accord forever changed the nature of the Middle East conflict. It marked the first time Israelis and Palestinians recognized each other’s national identity and legitimacy; it created the Palestinian National Authority and the promise of a two-state solution... ### ["International Institutions In an Era of Populism, Nationalism, and Diffusion of Power"](/lectureships/manshel/2016/transcript "Transcript: The Warren and Anita Manshel Lecture in American Foreign Policy by Robert O. Keohane") *The Warren and Anita Manshel Lecture in American Foreign Policy delivered by Robert O. Keohane* It is an honor to give this Manshel Lecture this evening in honor of Joseph S. Nye, whom I have known for almost half a century. I will begin with a few remarks about Joe, before focusing on my major theme: whether, in light of the populist turn in American politics, the “American Century” that he has both explained and celebrated, will continue... ### At the Center - [Of Note](/publications/centerpiece/spring2017/of_note "Of Note") - [New Books](/publications/centerpiece/spring2017/newbooks "New Books") - [New Faculty Associates](/publications/centerpiece/spring2017/new_faculty "New Faculty Associates") - [Student Programs](/publications/centerpiece/spring2017/prog_student "Student Programs") - [Canada Program](/publications/centerpiece/spring2017/prog_canada "Canada Program") - [In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling, 1921–2016](/in-memoriam/schelling "In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling, 1921–2016") - [Photo Gallery | Spring 2017 Events](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/wcfia/files/cpspring2017_lowres.pdf "Centerpiece Spring 2017, Volume 31 Number 2") --- Attachments- [ picture\_as\_pdf Centerpiece Spring 2017, Volume 31 Number 2 ](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/wcfia/files/cpspring2017_lowres.pdf) --- See also:- [ Centerpiece ](/content-types/centerpiece) - [ Centerpiece: Spring 2017 ](/newsletter-issues/centerpiece-spring-2017)