Events 1999

November 17, 1999
Greece, Europe and Turkey
Dora Bakoyianni, member of the Parliament of Greece

November 9, 1999
Benefits from a Small Country Joining the EU: The Case of Greece
George Stathopoulos, international legal consultant

November 8, 1999
Arnold Toynbee, the Koraes Chair and Greek-Turkish Relations, 1919-1942
Dr. Richard Clogg, professor of history, Oxford University
Co-sponsored with the Greek and Southeastern Europe Study Groups, Center for European Studies

November 2, 1999
The Quality of Greek Democracy: Recent Developments
Dr. Nikiforos Diamandouros, professor of political science, University of Athens, and national ombudsman of the Hellenic Republic
Co-sponsored with the Greek and Southeastern Europe Study Groups, Center for European Studies

November 1, 1999
Democracy, Accountability, and the Institution of the Ombudsman: The Greek Experience
Dr. Nikiforos Diamandouros, professor of political science, University of Athens, and national ombudsman of the Hellenic Republic

October 29, 1999
Partnership Between Moldova and the U.S.: Opportunities for Cooperation at the Confluence of the Centuries
H.E. Ceslav Ciobanu, ambassador of Moldova to the U.S.

October 20, 1999
Growing Romania's Economy: Should We Care?
H.E. James C. Rosapepe, ambassador of the U.S. to Romania
Co-sponsored with the Institute of Politics and the Belfer Center for Security and International Affairs

October 15, 1999
Turkey and Europe
Dr. Cengiz Candar, fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Washington D.C.
Co-sponsored with the Greek and Southeastern Europe Study Groups, Center for European Studies

October 8, 1999
Why Bosnia? Why Kosovo? Understanding Ethnic Conflict in Central Europe
Dr. Charles Ingrao, professor of history, Purdue University
Co-sponsored with the Central Europe and Southeastern Europe Study Groups, Center for European Studies

May 20, 1999
The Greek-Turkish Arms Race: Is There a Way Out?
Panayotis J. Tsakonas, fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

May 20, 1999
Reproductive Politics, the State and Social Control in Ceausescu's Romania
Dr. Gail Kligman, department of sociology, UCLA
Co-sponsored with the Southeastern Europe Study Group, Center for European Studies

May 11, 1999
Croatian Foreign Policy and the Kosovo Crisis
H.E. Miomir Zuzul, ambassador of Croatia to the U.S.

April 30, 1999
Recent Developments in Greek Foreign Policy
Theodore Pangalos, member of the Parliament of Greece

April 28, 1999
Romania's Defense Policy, NATO and the Balkans
H.E. Victor Babiuc, minister of defense of Romania

April 26, 1999
Reburying Transylvania's Uniate Bishop: Exhumation, Evangelization, and the Post-Socialist Religious Market
Dr. Katherine Verdery, Eric R. Wolf Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Co-sponsored with the Southeastern Europe Study Group, Center for European Studies

April 23, 1999
Romania's Role in Europe
H.E. Emil Constantinescu, president of the Republic of Romania

April 22, 1999
Central Europe after the Expansion of NATO
H.E. János Martonyi, minister of foreign affairs of Hungary
Co-sponsored with the Belfer Center for Security and International Affairs

April 22, 1999
FORUM: Conflict and International Interests in the Balkans: A Slovenian Perspective
H.E. Dr. Janez Drnovšek, prime minister of the Republic of Slovenia
Co-sponsored with the Woodbridge Society of International Students, Harvard University; the Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, International Affairs PIC and the Institute's Student Advisory Committee

April 21, 1999
The Kurdish Challenge in Turkey: From Ethno-Nationalism to Ethno-Politics
Dr. Gunay Goksu Ozdogan, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Marmara University, Istanbul

April 16, 1999
Urbanism of a City under the Pressure of Economic and Political Changes: A Case Study of Tirana
Dr. Linda Mitrojorgji, Fulbright Scholar in Urban Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne
Co-sponsored with the Southeastern Europe Study Group, Center for European Studies

April 16, 1999
US Foreign Policy, NATO, International Law and the War in Yugoslavia: A Forum
Dr. Hurst Hannum, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
Dr. Stephen Burg, Brandeis University
Zeljan Schuster, University of New Haven

March 19, 1999
Recent Developments in the Politics of FYROM
Dr. Steven Burg, political science department, Brandeis University
Co-sponsored with the Southeastern Europe Study Group, Center for European Studies

March 19, 1999
Roundtable on Cyprus: Recent Developments
H.E. Thomas Miller, U.S. ambassador to Greece
Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou, Princeton University
Dr. Tozun Bahceli, King's College, Ontario
Dr. Dan Lindley, MIT
Dr. Robert Rotberg, Harvard University
Dr. Diana Chigas, Conflict Management Group, Cambridge
Dr. Kalypso Nicolaidis, Harvard University
Co-sponsored with the Harvard Hellenic Society

March 19, 1999
The NATO Summit: Adapting the Alliance to the 21st Century
Philip Gordon, director, NATO Summit Office, National Security Council

March 5, 1999
Greece in the 1990s
Dr. George Prevelakis, University of Sorbonne, Paris
Co-sponsored with the Greek and Southeastern Europe Study Groups, Center for European Studies

March 4, 1999
The Balkans Since 1989
Dr. George Prevelakis, University of Sorbonne, Paris

February 25, 1999
Trust, Confidence, and Civil Society in Post-War Bosnia
Dr. Thomas Cushman, Sociology Department, Wellesley College
Co-sponsored with the Southeastern Europe Study Group, Center for European Studies

February 18, 1999
Barbarians at the Gate: Covering Immigration in the Balkans
Dimitri Mitropoulos, political correspondent, To Vima (Athens) and Nieman Fellow 1998-1999, Harvard University

February 11, 1999
Dealing with the Past: The Greek Junta's Precedent
Dr. Nikos Alivizatos, Faculty of Law, University of Athens
Co-sponsored with the Greek Study Group, Center for European Studies

February 10, 1999
Decision-Making and Constitutional Choices: A Farewell to Majoritarian Parliamentarism?
Dr. Nikos Alivizatos, Faculty of Law, University of Athens