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April 2003
Vol. IX, No. 3
Institute People
Judy Barsalou, director of the Grant Program, published an article—"The Long Road to Palestinian Reform"—in the Spring 2003 issue of Middle East Policy.
In February, fellows program officer Virginia Bouvier traveled to Colombia as part of a delegation organized by the Washington Office on Latin America. The purpose of the trip was to evaluate the effects of the internal armed conflict on Colombian civil society and the consolidation of democratic institutions, to examine civil society initiatives that could contribute to the resolution of the conflict, and to explore ways that the international community can be supportive of peace efforts.
At the Casa de la Cultura in Morroa, Colombia, Institute program officer Virginia Bouvier (left) talks with Mayor Adalgiza Lopez Salcedo, the only one of eight mayors in the department of Sucre who, in the wake of guerrilla threats against public officials, continues to live in her district. |
Research and Studies program officer Tim Docking served as an international election observer in Nigeria with the International Republican Institute April 14–22.
Bill Drennan, Research and Studies deputy director, organized an off-the-record discussion on the state of U.S.–South Korea relations at the Institute on February 3 featuring president-elect Roh Moo-hyun's special envoy, Chyung Dai-Chul. Drennan traveled to South Korea in March, meeting with the foreign minister, the deputy national security advisers for foreign and defense policy, and several members of the National Assembly, as well as academics, policy analysts, and journalists.
Research and Studies program officer Mike Dziedzic lectured on the rule of law and on sustainable peace in the Balkans at the Inter-American Defense College, Army War College, and National War College in February and March.
Training program officers Ted Feifer, Ray Caldwell, and Greg Noone conducted negotiations and diplomatic skills workshops for 54 national and international OSCE staff in Pristina, Kosovo during the last two weeks of March. They also visited the Kosovo Police Service School at Vushtrri and met with its director to discuss possible cooperation.
Michael Hartmann, senior fellow, lectured at the University of Baltimore Law School on March 11 on "War Crimes Prosecution in Domestic Courts after Conflicts and Options for Iraq." On March 25 he lectured on "War Crime Prosecution in Kosovo and Options for Iraq" at American University's Washington School of Law. Finally, March 31–April 3 found Hartmann on panels at a Brandeis University symposium on "Domestic vs. International Courts for Prosecuting War Crimes."
Jeff Helsing, Education program officer, conducted two educational programs in February, first a faculty development workshop on "Conflict and Peacemaking in Africa in the 21st Century" at Northeastern University in Boston, and second a student-faculty symposium on "The Middle East at the Crossroads: Peacemaking or Peace Breaking?" at Queens College in New York City. Helsing also co-chaired a panel at the International Studies Association annual meeting in Portland in February on human rights and conflict management and was a panel discussant on mediation.
Training program officer Anne Henderson presented a program on negotiation at the Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution in February as part of a course for practitioners in humanitarian relief and conflict resolution.
Harriet Hentges, executive vice president, gave the keynote address at the inauguration of John Menzies as the Graceland University president in February. Menzies is a former senior fellow at the Institute. Hentges also gave a lecture at Graceland titled "War and Peace, Not What They Used to Be."
Senior fellow Roy Gutman has given many BBC World Service interviews, and numerous other radio interviews, and made appearances on CNN International and CNBC. Gutman participated as a board member in the founding of the International (Journalists) Safety Institute in Brussels on February 24. On March 28, he moderated a panel on the laws of war at the National Press Club, coinciding with publication of the Arabic edition of a book he edited, Crimes of War. The Spring 2003 Nieman Reports magazine includes Gutman's article "Consequences Occur When Reporters Testify."
Senior fellow Ray Jennings spoke about post-conflict reconstruction in Iraq in various appearances on CNN International, CNN Financial, Voice of America, and Wisconsin Public Radio. He was also interviewed for various publications including the Financial Times, The Nation, National Journal, Atlanta Constitution-Journal, and Neikkei news-papers (Japan).
Daniel Serwer, director of the Balkans Initiative, spoke at a conference organized by the European Union Institute for Security Studies on "The Transition from a Reduced U.S. Commitment" in March. In February, he was a guest of Belgrade's Institute for International Politics and Economics, where he gave his assessment of reforms in Serbia and the Balkans.
Grants program officer Taylor Seybolt appeared on Voice of America (VOA) TV's March 6 Africa Journal to discuss peacekeeping in Africa. He also appeared on VOA TV March 29 in a live broadcast to the Middle East, discussing humanitarian assistance to Iraq.
Marie Smyth, senior fellow, gave a lecture, "Segregation and Militarized Youth in Divided Cities," at the University of Illinois at Chicago's Great Cities Institute on March 4–5.
Lt. Col. Garland Williams, senior fellow, was promoted to full colonel on March 28 at the Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters. His article "Closing the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Gap" will appear in the Army War College's Parameters. Williams gave radio interviews concerning post-conflict Iraq to the Canadian Broadcasting Company's The Current and As It Happens, BBC's Today program, and National Public Radio's The World.
Research and Studies program officer Tamara Wittes traveled to Iran in March for the 13th International Conference on the Persian Gulf, where she gave a talk entitled "The Confrontation with Iraq and America's Future in the Middle East." Upon her return, she authored an article for the Weekly Standard analyzing Iran's official views of the Iraq war. Wittes has also given numerous media interviews on the Iraq crisis.
