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[Erkanda Bujari]

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Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 13:04:08 -0400
From: Kevin Hallinan <kph2 at columbia.edu>
To: Othereurope <othereurope at columbia.edu>

PREVENTION AND PRACTICE: THE BALKANS FORUM
Organized jointly by the
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs,
Georgetown University's Center for Eurasia, Russia, and East European
Studies,
and
Search for Common Ground
Session 8
Responding to Macedonia:
U.S. Policy in Imminent Conflict
Monday, April 16, from 4 - 6 p.m.
Georgetown University - Old North Building, Room 205
Dr. Mort Halperin, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Greg Schulte, Special Advisor to the President, National Security Council
The latest crisis in the Republic of Macedonia has provoked a measured
response on the part of the U.S. Government. In Washington, commentators,
politicians, and academics have offered multiple-and occasionally
contradictory-explanations for what is perceived by many as U.S. reticence.
To help answer this question, Mort Halperin will address the political
dynamics of U.S. policymaking specific to the challenge of short-term
conflict prevention. His commentary will focus on the structural complexity
of the policymaking process in moments of imminent conflict, such as in the
recent case of Macedonia. Greg Schulte will provide a valuable perspective
on the decision-making process around crisis prevention and the recent
conflagration in Macedonia from the highest levels inside the White House.
Morton Halperin is Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, where
he directs the Democracy project. Dr. Halperin has extensive experience in
foreign policy, defense, and national security affairs, having served in
three U.S. administrations and having held positions in academia and at
various think tanks. Most recently, from 1998 to 2000, Dr. Halperin served
as the director of the Policy Planning Staff at the State Department.
Greg Schulte is the Senior Director for Southeast European Affairs in the
European and Eurasian Affairs Directorate of the National Security Council.
On detail from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, he is responsible for
overseeing U.S. diplomacy and military deployments in Bosnia and Kosovo, as
well as U.S. relations with Albania, Croatia, Macedonia, and Yugoslavia.
The discussion will be held Monday, April 16, from 4 - 6 p.m. at Georgetown
University (Old North Building, Room 205). Subsequent forums will take
place on the third Monday of every month at the same location and time.
This monthly event is providing all actors in the Washington, DC policy
community an opportunity to engage in constructive cross-discipline dialogue
on events and prescribed policy for preventing the spread of conflict in
Southeast Europe.
The Balkans Forum brings together a diverse group of experts-academics,
activists, policy makers, and practitioners-in a sustained dialogue on US
policy in the Balkans. Each monthly session is organized around a brief
presentation from one or two Balkan specialists followed by a roundtable
discussion. We attach a brief description of the event and the sponsoring
organizations for your information.
We hope you will join us for what promises to be a fascinating conversation.
Please contact Charlotte Diez at Search for Common Ground at cdiez at sfcg.org
or call (202) 777-2206 to reserve a space at the Balkans Forum. Do not
hesitate to contact us if we can provide any additional information.
Regards,
Ana Cutter Andrew Loomis
Program Officer Project Manager
Carnegie Program on Conflict Prevention Search for Common Ground in
Macedonia
170 East 64th Street 1601 Connecticut Avenue,
N.W.
New York, NY 10021 Suite 200
Tel. (212) 838-4120, ext. 212 Washington, DC 20009
Tel. (202) 265-4300, ext. 203