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UNA/Wake County invites you to its Program Luncheon on March 17th from 12 to 2 pm Speaker:Michael Cotter, retired Foreign Service Officer and former Ambassador to Turkmenistan Topic:"The New Face of Central Asia: Implications for the 21st Century" With the fall of the Soviet Union more than a decade ago, its Central Asian republics, located in a far-off corner of the world and virtually forgotten, unexpectedly became independent. However, they were practically ignored until the infamous "9-11" attacks on the United States sharpened America's interest in them because of their nearness to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. They had suddenly become important players in America's war on terror. Michael Cotter, currently Vice President and Associate Publisher of American Diplomacy Publishers, which operates the online journal American Diplomacy, is a former United States Ambassador to Turkmenistan, one of the Central Asian republics. An expert on that area, who retired to Fearrington Village after a long career in the United States Foreign Service, Ambassador Cotter will describe the new face of Central Asia and discuss the implications for the 21st Century. Time and Place:Wednesday, March 17th from noon to 2:00 p.m. in the Oak Room under the Belk Dining Hall at Meredith College. (Click "2. Belk Dining Hall" on the Campus Map.) Enter Meredith by the Faircloth Road entrance off Wade Avenue, turn right at the stop sign, and follow the road up the hill until there are parking places on both sides of the street -- the dining hall will be on your left. If no parking space is open, back track and go left into the staff parking lot. Price and Reservations:Call or e-mail us as early as possible: Sally Cook (467-3642) or Jim Roush (850-9696 or JLRoush@aol.com).
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