RCFIA Annual Report 1999-2000

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The Northern New England Research Group (NNERG) is a consortium made up of Geonomics Center for International Studies at Middlebury College, the International Affairs Council of the University of Vermont, and the Atlantic Council of the United States, whose purpose is to encourage the development of a community of scholars on international studies at Middlebury and UVM, and to introduce students interested in international studies at the two campuses to each other. During the 19992000 academic year, the NNERG hosted three public lectures by international specialists, followed by dinner seminars.

Northern New England Research Group

Richard Butler

“NATO After the Kosovo Crisis” by Michael Ruhle, Senior Planning Officer in the Policy Planning and Speechwriting Section of the Political Affairs Division, NATO Headquarters in Brussels - October 12, 1999

“Preventing Deadly Conflicts: U.S. Leadership in a Global Context” by Esther Brimmer, U.S. State Department Policy Planning Staff; former Senior Associate, Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflicts; former Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs - December 3, 1999 “Disarming Iraq: Reflections of a Policy Practitioner” by Ambassador Richard Butler, Visiting Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; former Director, United Nations Special Commission on the Disarmament of Iraq (UNSCOM). Comments by Russell Leng, James Jermain Professor of Political Economy and International Law, Middlebury College, and Richard Wolfson, Professor of Physics, Middlebury College - March 30, 2000

Esther Brimmer

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