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June 2006 Meeting
Topic:A Future Role for the UN in the World A look at how the US' role in the world became so unpopular at home and abroad. An analysis of what sorts of changes might be possible, even within the Bush Administration, to change our role in the world to one that might meet more acceptance. Speaker:Dr. Maurice Alden (Mickey) East Professor Emeritus of International Affairs and Political Science from The George Washington University Background:Dr. East is a native of Trinidad, Colorado and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Colgate University. He received his masters and doctoral degrees from Princeton University. Professor East began his teaching career at the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver. He was a professor at the University of Kentucky in the Department of Political Science and Associate Director of the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce. Twice, Dr. East received Fulbright awards to Norway. He was a Rockefeller Foundation Professor in Uganda. He was a Senior Fellow at the Strategic Concepts Development Center of the U.S. Department of Defense and became a consultant to the U.S. Department of State and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1994-95, Professor East was Visiting Research Scholar at Victoria University in Wellington, where he studied the New Zealand foreign policy-making system. In the summer of 1999, he taught and did research at the National University of Singapore. Publications by Dr. East include: Why Nations Act, The Analysis of International Politics and Diplomacy and Developing Nations. Dr. East is Professor Emeritus of International Affairs and Political Science from The George Washington University and currently living in Chapel Hill, NC. Date and TimeWednesday, June 28th 3:00pm—5:00pm (may end earlier) Place:
Fellowship Hall
Price:No charge Questions?Call Ed Klemmer: 847-7992 or email: erklemmer@earthlink.net
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