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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. 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 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 Trifkovicis 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 Rakasis 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 Vujicis 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 Studieswas 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], 510-710-7008 __________________________________________________________________ Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
