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Scott Hibbard, program officer in religion, ethics, and human rights, spoke at a conference on "The Dialogue of Cultures and Civilizations" in London June 14-16. The event--organized by the Al-Mustakillah publishing house of London--brought together academics from western and Islamic countries to exchange opinions and promote dialogue.
Board member Seymour Martin Lipset discussed "The Social Requisites of Democracy" at a meeting of the Tribunal Federal Electoral Presidencia, which is the electoral commission of the Americas, in Mexico City July 3-5. He talked about "American Values in Comparative Perspective" at a June 25-27 meeting in New York organized by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Bertelsmann Stiftung of Gutersloh, Germany. On June 5 he discussed "Canada in the 1990s" at a Canadian Political Science Association meeting. The same day, he received an honorary doctor of letters at the University of Guelph, Canada.
Stanley Roth, director of the Institute's Research and Studies Program, participated in an annual dialogue sponsored by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and the Council on Foreign Relations in Beijing in June.
At an academic conference in Seoul later that month, Roth discussed the economic implications of
possible Korean unification. He also attended a number of meetings with senior South Korean
officials to discuss the implications of the current political and economic situation in North
Korea for U.S. and South Korean policy. U.S. Ambassador James Laney hosted a luncheon in Roth's
honor at his residence, which was attended by senior Korean and U.S. embassy officials.
David Smock, director of the Grant Program, and Eileen Babbitt, director of the Education and Training Program, helped facilitate a discussion among representatives of the various factions in Sudan's civil war at a consultation organized by UNESCO and the United Nations Development Program in The Hague May 19-23. In Washington on June 13, Smock discussed new approaches to conflict management at a meeting of the African Roundtable, a group of nongovernmental organizations whose interests focus on Africa.
Scott Snyder, program officer in Research and Studies, participated in three conferences in Asia in June. He spoke on a panel at the Asia-Pacific Roundtable in Kuala Lumpur, on "Territorial Disputes at Sea: Situation, Possibilities, Prognosis," and a panel at the Korean-American Friendship Society's "First Korea-U.S. Forum" in Seoul, on "Trends in U.S. Korea Relations." Snyder also participated in a conference on "The U.S. Alliance System in Asia and the Changing Environment of the Asia Pacific," sponsored by the Japan Institute of International Affairs and held in Tokyo.
In July, he participated in a two-day meeting of the Council on Foreign Relations Study Group on "South Korean-American Relations" in New York.
Heather Kerr-Stewart (right) education specialist with the Education and Training Program, was selected as one of more than 2,500 persons to carry the Olympic torch cross-country in a relay marathon that culminated in the opening of this year's Olympic Games in Atlanta.