[ALBSA-Info] COnference at Columbia University - US military presence Balkans

[Agron Alibali]

Monday, February 26 The East Central European Center, 
The Harriman Institute, The U.S. Army War College, and
The Institute of War and 
Peace Studies Conference The Future of the U.S.
Presence 
in the Balkans 9:00am-5:00pm  15th Floor IAB 9:00-9:15
 Welcome and opening comments
General Robert Ivany, U.S. Army War College
John S. Micgiel, Columbia University  
Richard K. Betts, Columbia University 9:15-10:45  U.S.
Objectives in the Balkans
General Keith W. Dayton, U.S. Army
Steven Burg, Brandeis University 
Steven Meyer, National Defense University10:45-11:00 
Break 11:00-12:30  Local Factors
Julie Mostov, Drexel University
Gale Stokes, Rice University
Susan Woodward, City Univ. of New York 12:30-2:00 
Luncheon 2:00-5:00  External Factors
Gordon N. Bardos, Columbia University
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
Sophia Clement, French Defense Ministry
R. Craig Nation, U.S. Army War College 5:00-6:00 
Reception For more information, Columbia affiliates
should call 854-4616

Send submissions by Tuesday 2 pm to: 
tws at columbia.eduVisit us at: http://sipa.columbia.edu/
THIS WEEK A T S I P ATuesday, February 27The East
Central European Center, 
The Harriman Institute, The U.S. Army War College, and
The Institute of War and 
Peace Studies Conference The Future of the U.S.
Presence 
in the Balkans 9:00am-5:00pm  15th Floor IAB 9:00-9:10
 Welcome
John S. Micgiel, Columbia University
Richard K. Betts, Columbia University 9:10-10:15
Balkan Neighbors and Issues of Balkan Security
Stephano Bianchini, University of Bologna
Valerii Ratchev, G.S. Rakovski, Defense College, Sofia
10:15-10:30 Break10:30-12:30 Measures of Success or
Failures
Richard  K. Betts, Columbia University
Janusz Bugajski, Center for Strategic and
International Studies
James Gow, Kings College, London
Greg Kaufmann, U.S. Army 12:30-2:00 Luncheon 2:00-3:15
Recommendations for U.S. Strategy
Stephen Blank, U.S. Army War College
Daniel Nelson, George C. Marshall Center 3:15-3:50
Open Discussion  3:50-4:00 Closing Comments 
John S. Micgiel, Columbia University
Richard K. Betts, Columbia University For more
information, Columbia affiliates should call 854-4616

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