The Wilson Quarterly
Spring 2016

Looking Back | Moving Forward

Even as new technologies help people come together to cope with current problems, the lessons of a less-connected past can give us vital perspectives on the challenges that remain with us today.

in this issue:

Souvenirs and Memory: The Meaning of Lost Family Photos

– Rachel Mabe

Slicing out a moment and freezing it — but how many moments can we keep?

Can Europe Innovate a Way Out of Its “Lost Decade”?

– R. Sean Randolph

However you look at it, much of Europe has experienced a lost decade. With austerity, high debts, slow growth, and limited ability to reinvest in a middle class, how can Europe regain its footing?

Pariah: Can Hannah Arendt Help Us Rethink Our Global Refugee Crisis?

– Jeremy Adelman

Camps and pariahs are still with us. They have never been more numerous.

Living on the New Frontier

– Zachary Laub

What happened when the United States hoped to build an urban idyll in Colombia?

Good Fortune and Great Sorrow: The Civil War Generation’s Place in History

– Glenn W. LaFantasie

The generation that lived through the American Civil War faced a changed nation, and used their shared experiences to shape and reflect on the new society they had to build on the ashes of the old one.