Institute board vice chairman Max M. Kampelman discussed negotiation, globalization, and conflict resolution for the next century at the National Strategy Forum in Chicago on October 29 and the 25th anniversary conference of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution in Orlando on September 25.

David Little, senior scholar in religion, ethics, and human rights, addressed problems of compliance with international standards of religious freedom and equality in countries belonging to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe at a meeting in Warsaw November 11-14. Little attended the biannual human rights review of the OSCE's Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights as a member of the State Department's delegation.

In November, Little discussed religion, ethics, and human rights at the Asian Studies Program, Pennsylvania State University, Indiana, Pa.; the Brookings Institution; and a conference on Sri Lanka held at Harvard University.

Guest scholar C. Kenneth Quinones, a Korea expert at the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, will work on a book about recent changes in North Korea while at the Institute November 1997-August 1998. At the State Department, Quinones was actively involved in issues relating to U.S. relations with North Korea. He has spent more time in North Korea than any other government official, handling liaison work for congressional visits, nuclear-related issues, and prisoner of war/missing in action joint recovery operations. He also has spent significant time in Seoul and as consul general in Pusan. Quinones received his doctorate in history and East Asian languages from Harvard University and his bachelor's and master's degrees in Oriental studies and political science, respectively, from the University of Arizona.

Information systems manager Bob Schmitt discussed the Institute's Virtual Diplomacy initiative with disaster response professionals at the U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance on October 20. The next day, he briefed the U.S. Marine Corps Office of Strategic Initiatives and several Toffler Associates on the same topic.

Tim Sisk, program officer in the Grant Program, discussed "Conflict Management in Civil Wars: The Challenge of the Post-Cold War Era" at the Seventh Annual Westheimer Peace Symposium, Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio, on October 29. Other speakers included George McGovern, Father Elias Chakur, and Le Ly Hyslip.

David Smock, director of the Grant Program, chaired a panel discussion on reconstruction and reconciliation in Bosnia at a conference on October 30 organized by the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Institute president Richard H. Solomon moderated a panel discussion of the current state of U.S.-China relations at the University of Georgia in Athens November 3. The event, sponsored by the Richard B. Russell Symposium and broadcast over the Georgia Public Television Network, featured presentations by former Georgia senator Sam Nunn, former secretary of defense William Perry, Senator Dianne Feinstein, and Brent Scowcroft, former assistant for national security affairs to presidents Gerald Ford and George Bush. (See Solomon's comments on the Clinton-Jiang summit.)