*The Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies*
invites you to a forum
*“UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN THE BALKANS”:*
*RHETORIC, STRATEGY, IMPLICATIONS*
*Saturday, June 6, 2009, 11 am to 3 pm*
Seaborg Room, The Faculty Club, University of California at Berkeley
A major security issue facing Europe is the stated intention of the
Obama Administration to play a more active role in the former
Yugoslavia. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is committed to wrapping
up what she calls “the unfinished business in the Balkans.” Almost daily
calls are coming from various think-tanks and Congressional committees
in Washington for /de facto/ liquidation of the Republika Srpska and for
an even greater pressure on Serbia to recognize Kosovo’s unilateral
declaration of independence. To discuss the motives, implications,
likely course, and possible results of such U.S. policy, we have
assembled a panel of foreign policy and regional experts.
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*This event is dedicated to the memory of Raymond K. Kent (1929-2008)*
*Professor Emeritus of History at University of California at Berkeley.*
*PROGRAM*
11:00 AM Registration, followed by Welcoming and Introductory Remarks
(*Jasmina Vujic*)
11:30 AM – 01:00 PM *PANEL I: PREVENTING ANOTHER DISASTER*
*Dr. Ronald Hatchett:* Time to Leave the Balkans Well Alone
*Dr. Vojin Joksimovich:* The Balkans, the War on Terrorism, and the
American Interest
*Dr. Srdja Trifkovic:* Washington’s New Balkan Gambit: Dangers,
Strengths, Weaknesses
01:00 PM – 01:30 PM Lunch (provided)
01:30 PM – 03:00 PM *PANEL II: WARS AND AFTERMATH*
*Prof. George Vid Tomasevich:* The Unresolved Problem of
Kosovo
*Prof. Jasmina Vujic:* Environmental Consequences of
NATO bombing of Serbia, 1999-2009
*Dr. Jasenka Rakas: *A Tribute to Prof. Raymond K. Kent
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*Dr. Ronald Lester Hatchett*, Col. USAF (Ret.), is a founding member of
The Lord Byron Foundation. He was a senior Pentagon official and arms
negotiator in Vienna under President Reagan. He is Director of the
Center for Global Studies and professor of international relations at
Schreiner University, Kerrville, TX
*Dr. Srdja Trifkovic* is Executive Director of The Lord Byron
Foundation, the author (most recently) of /Defeating Jihad/, and former
foreign-affairs editor of Chronicles.
*Dr. Vojin Joksimovich, *an expert in nuclear safety and regulations,*
*is the author of several books, including /The Revenge of the Prophet:
How Clinton and His Predecessors Empowered Radical Islam./
*Prof. George Vid Tomasevich*, whose academic career spans over 40
years, is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Buffalo State University
College. His latest book /The Millenniad – Humanity’s Road to Maturity/
was published in 2006.
*Dr. Jasenka Rakas* is Deputy Director of UC Berkeley NEXTOR
and founding chair of the Advanced Aviation Educational Program, Airport
Design Studio and the National Airspace System Infrastructure Management
conference.
*Prof. Jasmina Vujic* is currently the Chair of Nuclear Engineering
Department at University of California at Berkeley, and Co-Director of
the Berkeley Nuclear Research Center.
*The Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies* was founded by the late
Sir Alfred Sherman in 1994 as a non-partisan research institute devoted
to studying the Balkan Peninsula in all its aspects. The Foundation’s
research, publications and conferences are designed to correct the
current trend of public commentary which tends not to understand events
but to construct a propagandistic version of Balkan rivalries. The work
of the Foundation is based on the acceptance that the cause of peace,
stability and tolerance in a troubled region can never be advanced by
misrepresentation and by mendacity that characterizes current U.S.
policy in the region.
*For more information contact: **[email protected]*
<mailto:[email protected]>*, *510-710-7008
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