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In Memory of . . .Mary Louise SmithU.S. Institute of PeaceBoard Member (1990-97)
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| "Mary Louise Smith was a person of national distinction," notes board chairman Chester A. Crocker. "She was a civic activist, political party leader, elected politician, and champion of freedom and decency--as well as a caring and humble person who touched all who knew her." | |
Pamela Aall, deputy director of the Education and Training Program, presented a paper on "NGOs and Their Institutional Capacity for Conflict Management" at the 17th World Congress of the International Political Science Association in Seoul, Korea, August 17-21. The panel was chaired by former senior fellow Fen Hampson, who gave a paper on "Assessing Institutional Performance: Regional Organizations and Conflict Management."
Harriet Hentges, executive vice president, published an op-ed, "Look Below Top Leadership to Find Hope in Bosnia," based on the Institute-sponsored roundtable on justice and reconciliation held in Strasbourg, in the Christian Science Monitor on August 19.
Steve Riskin, program officer in the Grant Program, was interviewed recently about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and the recent bombing in Jerusalem by NBC, Fox Cable News, and the Voice of America.
Top Asia Policy Job Goes to Roth
Stanley O. Roth, former director of the U.S. Institute of Peace's Research and Studies Program, was sworn in as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs in August. He replaces Winston Lord, who resigned in January. Before coming to the Institute in January 1996, Roth had served as special assistant to President Clinton and senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council.
Timothy Sisk, program officer in the Grant Program, discussed "Democratization in the Democratic Republic of Congo" on September 10 at a U.S. Department of State experts meeting. He also presented two papers at this year's American Political Science Association annual meeting: "Conflict Management in Civil Wars" and "Beyond UN Peacekeeping: Changing International Responses to Intrastate Conflict," the latter with former senior fellow Donald Rothchild of the University of California at Davis.
Smock Joins Africa Expert Group
David Smock, director of the Grant Program and coordinator of Africa activities at the Institute, was invited to serve as a member of the Expert Group for the National Summit on Africa, established in 1996 by the Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation. The summit is developing an "Agenda for Action" to guide U.S. relations with the countries of Africa in the 21st century.
The experts will prepare papers addressing five major issues: economic development, trade and investment, and job creation; democracy and human rights; sustainable development, quality of life, and the environment; peace and security; and education and culture. The summit will conduct a nationwide public education and policy development process to create the agenda for a national summit on Africa, to be held in Washington, D.C., in 1999.
Scott Snyder, program officer in the Research and Studies Program, discussed applications of preventive diplomacy to the South China Sea and Cambodia at a conference sponsored by the Committee on Security and Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific, held in Singapore in September. His essay "Korean Reunification: New Approaches and Roles for External States" will appear in a special issue of the newsletter of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. Snyder was interviewed about recent developments in U.S. policy toward Korea by ABC News, CNN, National Public Radio, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News, USA Today, Knight-Ridder, Reuters, and Agence France-Press. The Christian Science Monitor published his op-ed on North Korea's food crisis on July 22.
Lauren Van Metre, program officer in the Research and Studies Program, was recently interviewed about Albanian parliamentary elections by CNN International and Austrian national radio. She also gave a background interview on NATO enlargement to David Bloom, NBC's White House correspondent, and participated in a debate on this issue on Pacifica Radio.
The Institute welcomed Toshiya Hoshino as a guest scholar for five weeks beginning in August. A senior research fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs in Tokyo, Hoshino examined how to sustain peace in the Asia-Pacific region through multilateral institution building while maintaining a close U.S.-Japan security relationship as the foundation for peaceful regional cooperation. Toshiya was previously in Washington as special assistant to the political minister at the Embassy of Japan.
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