ANTIC.org-SNN wrote: > > > > http://www.balkanstudies.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56:conference-program-capitol-hill-washington-dc-may-27&catid=36:forthcoming-events&Itemid=37 > > <http://www.balkanstudies.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56:conference-program-capitol-hill-washington-dc-may-27&catid=36:forthcoming-events&Itemid=37> > > > > *The Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies* > > and > > *The American Council for Kosovo* > > > > *invite you to a conference* > > > > *“UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN THE BALKANS”:* > > RHETORIC, STRATEGY, IMPLICATIONS > > * * > > *Wednesday, May 27, 2009, *12 NOON – 5 PM > > *Capitol Hill Club* > 300 First Street SE, Washington D.C. 20003 > > > > * (The Club is directly opposite Capitol South Metro Station)* > > > > 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 (“Dayton II”) 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 experts, several of whom have just come back from Serbia and > the Republika Srpska. > > * * > > */No cost to attendees, lunch provided/*. > > > > *You are also cordially invited to the reception to mark the Conference:* > > *Capitol Hill Club* > > *Tuesday, May 26, 6–8 p.m.* > > */Open Bar/* > > > > For all information please contact Terri Alder (202) 626-6625 > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > *_ > _* > > *“UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN THE BALKANS”* > > CONFERENCE PROGRAM > > Wednesday, May 27, 2009 > > The Eisenhower Room, Capitol Hill Club, Washington D.C. > > * * > > 11:30 Registration > > * * > > 12:00 Welcoming remarks > > *Ambassador James Bissett*, Chairman, The Lord Byron Foundation > > * * > > 12:15 Keynote address: Bosnia, America’s Unlearnt Lesson > > *Doug Bandow* > > > > 12:45 Lunch > > > > 1:30 PANEL I: DEFINING THE PROBLEM, chaired by *James George Jatras* > > > > Imperial Democracy in the Balkans > > *Gregory Davis* > > > > The European Union’s Imperfect Role > > *Ronald Hatchett* > > > > Do We Need “Dayton II”? > > *Steven Meyer* > > > > The Balkans and Global Jihad > > *William Lind* > > > > 3:00 Coffee break > > > > 3:15 PANEL II: PREVENTING ANOTHER DISASTER, chaired by *Ronald > Hatchett* > > > > The Administration’s Balkan Gambit: Dangers, Strengths, Weaknesses > > *James George Jatras* > > > > A Canadian Solution to Bosnia’s Impasse? > *James Bissett* > > > > Republika Srpska: Essential Part of Any Solution > > *Srdja Trifkovic* > > > > The Balkans and the War on Terrorism: Defending the American Interest > > *John Schindler* > > > > 4:30 OPEN FORUM > > > > 5:00 Conference Closing > > > > * > * > > *P A N E L I S T S* > > > > *Ambassador James Bissett* is Chairman of The Lord Byron Foundation, > former head of Canada’s Immigration Service, and former Canadian > Ambassador to Yugoslavia > > * * > > *Dr. Doug Bandow* is world affairs commentator, author (most recently) > of /Foreign Follies: America’s New Global Empire/ and former special > assistant to President Reagan > > > > *Dr. Gregory M. Davis* is the author of /Religion of Peace? /(2006) > and co-director/producer of the documentary /Islam: What the West > Needs to Know/ > > * * > > *Dr. Ronald L. Hatchett*, Col. USAF (Ret.), a senior DoD official > under Reagan, is Director of the Center for Global Studies and > professor of international relations at Schreiner University > > * * > > *James George Jatras* is Director of The American Council for Kosovo > and Deputy Director, American Institute in Ukraine. He is former > Foreign Service officer and former senior analyst with the U.S. Senate > Republican Policy Committee > > * * > > *William S. Lind* is the leading authority on Fourth Generation > Warfare, a prolific author, and Director of the Center for Cultural > Conservatism at the Free Congress Foundation > > * * > > *Dr. Steven Meyer* is Professor of Political Science at the Industrial > College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University > > * * > > *Dr. John Schindler* is Professor of Strategy at the Naval War College > and the author of /Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qaeda and the Rise of > Global Jihad/ > > * * > > *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/ > > * * > > / (NB: The opinions expressed by Professors Meyer and Schindler are > their own, and do not reflect the views of the U.S. government or the > Department of Defense. )/ > > / / > > *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. > > *The American Council for Kosovo* > > is a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting a better > American understanding of the Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija > and of the critical American stake in the province’s future. The > Council’s mission is to make accurate information and analysis about > Kosovo available to officials of the U.S. Government; to think tanks, > media, NGOs, and advocacy organizations; and to the general public. > (The American Council for Kosovo is an activity of Squire Sanders > Public Advocacy, LLC, and Global Strategic Communications Group, which > are registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act as agents for > the Serbian National Council of Kosovo and Metohija. Additional > information with respect to this matter is on file with the Foreign > Agents Registration Unit of the Department of Justice in Washington DC.) > > > > Thank yuo, but NO! J am not in that story. Greetings, "hermes", DRAGANeskovic www.hermes.co.rs
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