Tuesday Travelog,
May 3, 2005

5:30 at the Gold Town Nickelodeon

Rory Darling: New Zealand By Bicycle

My wife and I cycled major portions of both islands for 5 months (October - March 2002).

The talk will provide a geographic overview of the country and describe it from a cyclist perspective. It will summarize the primary busines and social attitudes that we encountered. It will discuss the amenities and challenges that New Zealand presents to the truly independent traveller. There are many photos that capture the landscape, towns, and "life on the road".

Tuesday Travelog,
April 5

5:30 at the Gold Town Nickelodeon

Rorie Watt: The new Scottish Parliament Building at Holyrood.

The search for a site for the new Parliament building commenced following the Referendum in September 1997 in which the people of Scotland voted for the creation of the first Scottish Parliament in almost 300 years, also giving it the right to vary the rate of income tax. The Secretary of State committed the Parliament to meeting in Edinburgh , Scotland 's capital city. Site preparation began in 1999 and was recently completed.

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/images/latest/

Rorie will be showing his own photographs of the setting of the parliament building in Edinburgh , as well as of the interior and exterior of the building--photographs captured through the eyes of an engineer.

Tuesday
April 12, 2005
Dimond Court Building
5:30 Reception,
6:00 Talk

Mary Beth West: Directions in International Oceans Policy.

Ms. West is currently the State Department Chair and Professor of Political Science at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University . From 1996 to 2003, she was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs of the Department of State. In October 1998, she received Senate confirmation for the Rank of Ambassador during her tenure as Deputy Assistant Secretary.

In 1978, Ms. West joined the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), where she served as an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel, Special Assistant to the Administrator, Acting Deputy General Counsel and Acting General Counsel. At NOAA, Ms. West was involved in the negotiation of international fisheries, fisheries trade, and scientific cooperation agreements, and also handled other oceans-related issues.

Ms. West has published and lectured in the areas of oceans law, alternative dispute resolution, Indian law and international law.

Tuesday, April 19
Dimond Court Building
5:30 Reception,
6:00 Talk

No Host Dinner
to Follow

Bernd Westphal, German Consul General San Francisco:
The Transatlantic Alliance : A German perspective

Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in San Francisco (consular district: Northern California, Oregon , Washington , Idaho , Montana , Wyoming , Hawaii and Alaska ).

Born 6 October 1944 at Diez/Germany, married, two children

Wednesday
March 30, 2005
Dimond Court Building
5:00 Reception,
5:30 Talk

Alaska's Senator Lisa Murkowski will speak to the Juneau World Affairs Council on Wednesday, March 30

Sen. Murkowski, who is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will address a range of issues related to world affairs.

The Pacific Rim Forum

Sponsored by the Juneau World Affairs Council in Collaboration with the University of Alaska Southeast's Humanities Conference

Pacific Rim Forum Web site

At the University of Alaska Southeast

Wednesday
March 16, 2005
Dimond Court Building
5:30 Reception,
6:00 Talk

No Host Dinner
to Follow

Dahr Jamail: An Unembedded Reporter's View of the Current Situation in Iraq six months later.

Mr. Jamail has written as a freelance journalist for 4.5 years including 2 years for The Anchorage Press, and is recently returned from Iraq .

Recently he served as the Iraq correspondent for The NewStandard, a new progressive hard news site based in Syracuse , NY . He has written articles for The Nation, Inter Press Service, and IslamOnline, and radio reports for BBC, numerous smaller community stations, Radio Hong Kong, CBC television, and was the special correspondent for Pacifica Flashpoints radio.

He has completed an in depth investigative reports for Public Citizen concerning Bechtel's failure to uphold their contract of rebuilding Iraq 's water infrastructure, and is currently working on a similar report concerning the hospitals in Iraq for Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Web Links:
Dahr Jamail: http://dahrjamailiraq.com
NewStandard:
http://newstandardnews.net/promo2/?action=show_about
Islam on Line: http://www.islamonline.net/english/index.shtml
Flashpoints: http://www.flashpoints.net/
Inter Press Service: http://www.ipsnews.net/

Tuesday
March 8, 2005

Dimond Court Building

5:30 Reception,
6:00 Talk

Kristen Bomengen: Witness to the Orange Revolution;
Observing the 2004 Ukraine Presidential Elections

Kristen Bomengen is a Juneau resident who first became involved with international elections as an OSCE elections supervisor in Bosnia in 1997.

Since then, she has been to Eastern Europe half a dozen times to observe elections in the region.

In December, she served as an international observer in Ukraine for the final round of the 2004 Presidential elections. She was assigned to observe at the central counting facility in the Ivano-Frankivsk region in the western part of the country. Kristen will talk about the main political divisions that contributed to the Orange Revolution and the role that the OSCE/ODIHR international observer mission played in supporting a free and transparent election process in Ukraine .

Friday
January 28, 2005
Juneau Yacht Club
7:30

Kim Nesselquist: Norway 's Approach to World Peace.

Kim will be the speaker at the 70th anniversary celebration of the Sons of Norway Juneau Lodge, Svalbard Lodge # 33, and the 100th anniversary of the independence of Norway from Sweden .

He will speak and lead an open forum on the topic " Norway 's approach to World Peace.

Kim was born and grew up in Norway , was involved in Norwegian politics, and is currently Executive Director and CEO of the Norwegian American Foundation based in Seattle , Washington . The Norwegian American Foundation is coordinating all of the events nationwide for Norway 's 100th anniversary of their dissolution with Sweden in 1905, when they gained their independence, without going to war.

The Juneau World Affairs Council is happy to cosponsor this event.

Tuesday Night Travelogue Series #3: Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Elizabeth Medgysi on India , Nepal and Tibet

5:30 at the Gold Town Nickelodeon

Tuesday
January 18, 2005
Dimond Court Building
5:30 Reception,
6:00 Talk

No Host Dinner
to Follow

Rich McClear: I called for help and 100,000 people came:
The use of Media in Democratic Development in the Balkans.

McClear currently serves as Senior Media Advisor to the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) where he designs and implements regional media development programs for cross border initiatives in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. In the past decade, Rich has worked out of Albania and Serbia and has done field work in Bosnia, Kosovo, Croatia, Montenegro, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Georgia .

Thursday
January 13, 2005
Dimond Court Building
5:30 Reception,
6:00 Talk

No Host Dinner
to Follow

Jim Ayers, Director of Oceana, North Pacific Office
Based in: Juneau , Alaska

What’s all this talk about our Oceans in Peril?

Recently two blue ribbon panels—the Pew Oceans Commission and the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy—produced reports which document that our oceans are in serious trouble and we must immediately change the way we manage them. There are two major threats to our oceans—pollution and destructive fishing practices.

Simply put, sustainable existence relies on what we put in the ocean and what we take out of it. We have used our ingenuity to be more efficient in both production and harvest and are now reaping the results with drastic declines of fish, marine mammals, seabirds, and habitat; and drastic increases in pollutants and toxins in our marine ecosystems. It is time to use our ingenuity to solve the problem.

Oceana campaigns to protect and restore the world’s oceans. Our teams of marine scientists, economists, lawyers and advocates win specific and concrete policy changes to reduce pollution and to prevent the irreversible collapse of fish populations, marine mammals and other sea life.

Saturday
January 15, 2005
A JWAC fundraiser
at Centennial Hall
6:00 to 10:00 pm

Business or semi-formal attire

Juneau World Affairs Council
WorldQuest Fundraising Event

WorldQuest is a game testing contestant’s knowledge of world affairs, geography, history, culture, flags, sports, world leaders, economics, international organizations, countries, and more.

It will be an exciting night, with teams formed from the community competing against each other.

Exotic foods from around the world will be featured, along with a no-host bar. In addition, we will hold a silent auction.

Tickets will be available in December for $60 each or packets of five for $250 from Hearthside Books and The Observatory bookstore, or from JWAC Board members.

Tuesday
January 11, 2005
Dimond Court Building
5:30 Reception,
6:00 Talk

No Host Dinner
to Follow

Victoria Samson: Moving Towards Weapons in Space?.

Victoria writes a bi-monthly email news update on space security matters, looking at the latest events in military and civilian space sectors. She co-authored, "Space-based interceptors: Still not a good idea," which was published in the Summer/Fall 2004 issue of the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. She also wrote, "Lift the veil on space weaponization," an op-ed which ran in the April 12, 2004, edition of Space News.

Victoria Samson joined the Center for Defense Information in November 2001. Her areas of interest include missile defense, space security, nuclear reductions, and emerging weapons technologies. She also serves as a liaison between the Washington and LA CDI offices. Prior to coming to CDI, Ms. Samson was the Senior Policy Associate at the Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers, a consortium of arms control groups in the Washington , DC , area.

She previously worked as a subcontractor on war-gaming scenarios for the Missile Defense Agency's Directorate of Intelligence. Ms. Samson has an MA in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. She also holds a BA in Political Science with a specialization in International Relations from UCLA.

Tuesday,
December 21
Dimond Court Building
5:30 Reception,
6:00 Talk

No Host Dinner
to Follow

Charles Wohlforth: The Whale and the Supercomputer

I write about Alaska , where I have lived all my life. My books include travel guides and narrative nonfiction. My Web site includes some of my work, travel advice to Alaska and the national parks, and discussion boards for reader comments and questions.

The Whale and the Supercomputer, just out from Farrar, Straus & Giroux, is an adventure story about climate change. Eskimos in Alaska 's Arctic cope with a changing world. Scientists struggle to understand the changes. A great challenge to mankind has arrived: this is the story of the first people attempting to meet it.

More about:
The Whale and the Supercomputer

Wednesday,
December 15
Dimond Court Building
5:30 Reception,
6:00 Talk

No Host Dinner
to Follow

Dr. Mike Dunning, UAS ( Ketchikan ): Parking Lots in Paradise: The Changing Nature of Cruise Ship Tourism in Alaska and Beyond

Dr. Mike Dunning came to the University of Alaska Southeast – Ketchikan Campus in 1997 and has been teaching the History of Alaska ever since. He was voted Faculty of the Year on the Ketchikan Campus for the Academic year 2003-2004. He is currently on the Alaska Historical Society Board of Directors and the Editorial Advisory Board for Alaska History. In Ketchikan he helped revive the Tongass Historical Society and served as its president for a number of years.

His research and publications focus on Southeast Alaska in the 20th Century. He has presented papers on the region locally, nationally and internationally. He will be presenting papers on “British Columbia’s Role in the Alaska Inside Passage Tourist Industry” at the BC Studies Conference at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George in April 2005, and on “Alaskan Independence and the Global Tourist Industry” at the Western History Association Conference in Phoenix in October 2005.

Saturday
December 4
12:00 noon
to 2:00 pm

Juneau World Affairs Annual Membership Meeting.

Turkey enters the EU; Speaker: Dr. Jerry W. Leach
President of the World Affairs Councils of America.

Dr. Leach is a former US diplomat who served as Director of International Economic Affairs at the National Security Council and as Regional Director of the Peace Corps. He started the new Peace Corps programs in the former Communist world. He has published a book on a famous trading system and produced an award-winning documentary film. He holds a Ph.D. from Cambridge University and lives in Reston , VA with his wife, Marianne.

Help us celebrate, learn, and elect officers.

Friday,
October 8
Dimond Court Building
5:30 Reception,
6:00 Talk

No Host Dinner
to Follow

Thomas Goltz : Turkey and Caucasus Region of former USSR

For more than a decade, Thomas Goltz has made his living as a writer and videographer who specializes in the Caucasus area of the former Soviet Union ( Azerbaijan , Armenia , Georgia and Chechnya ).

Employers have included the Washington Post and the New York Times, US News and World Report, Forbes Electronic Mailbox, Businessweek, and The Nation. Other credits include the LA Times, National Geographic News Service, Pacific News Service, and the London Sunday Times.

He has also produced and filmed several documentary pieces for BBC TV (on Chechnya and Abkhazia) and acted as a consultant or cameraman for other television stations, such as ABC Nightline and CBS 60 Minutes, appearing on the latter’s program on Caspian Oil in 1999.

A forth-coming documentary concerns an intellectual adventure down the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, that snakes from the Caspian to the eastern Mediterranean .

He speaks Arabic, Turkish, German, Russian, and Azerbaijani.

Tuesday,
September 21
Dimond Court Building
5:30 Reception,
6:00 Talk

No Host Dinner
to Follow

Nancy Barros: The Third Geneva Convention: Who is Protected by International Humanitarian Law?

A discussion about the rights provided under IHL and the role the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plays in ensuring that even the powerless in time of war have rights. In light of current events, the presentation will focus on the 3rd Geneva Convention, which states the rights of prisoners of war and detainees.

In an imperfect world, International Humanitarian Law (IHL) serves as the internationally agreed upon standard of humane treatment and response to non-combatants and combatants alike during armed conflict. Its principal legal documents are the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and two sets of additional protocols that further expand these rights. These documents establish protections for wounded and sick combatants on land or sea, prisoners of war, and civilians.

Web links:
International Red Cross: http://www.icrc.org
American Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org

Thursday,
May 20
5:30 pm. reception
6:00 pm. talk
Dimond Courthouse

Current International Broadcast Bureau Initiatives Worldwide

Seth Cropsey, Director, International Broadcast Bureau

Seth Cropsey was sworn in as Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) on December 9, 2002, following his appointment by President Bush and confirmation by the Senate in November 2002.

Mr. Cropsey was Director of Policy at the Voice of America (VOA) from 1982 to 1984, and his appointment as IBB Director marks his return to U.S. government international broadcasting.

"No mission of our government," said Cropsey, "is more important today than communicating clearly, forcefully, and effectively America's hope that those beyond our borders will enjoy the blessings of prosperity, peace, and liberty that we and our democratic friends around the world enjoy. I am honored and delighted to return to this vital mission."

• Project for the New American Century: Signatory
• American Enterprise Institute: Former fellow
• Former deputy undersecretary of the navy (1984-90)

Monday,
May 10, 2004
5:30 pm. reception
6:00 pm. talk
Dimond Courthouse

US Relations with the European Union

Dr. Simon Serfaty is the director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington , DC , and senior professor of U.S. foreign policy with the Graduate Programs in International Studies (GPIS) at Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk , Virginia .

In May 2001, Old Dominion University designated Dr. Serfaty as Eminent Scholar of the university. In September 2003, he was named the first holder of the Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy at CSIS.

From 1972 to 1993, he was a Research Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC, serving as director of the Johns Hopkins Center of European Studies in Bologna, Italy (1972-1976), director of the Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research 91978-1980), and as executive director of the Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute (1984-1991).

Dr. Serfaty is the author of a large number of books. Most recent among them are La tentation impériale (2004), Memories of Europe’s Future: Farewell to Yesteryear (1999), Stay the Course (1997), and Taking Europe Seriously (1992). Power and Order: The Imperial Temptation and its European Dimension (2004) is soon to be released.

Friday,
May 14
5:30 pm. reception
6:00 pm. talk
Dimond Courthouse

Reflecting on the 150th Anniversary of US Japan Relations, and the Japan-Alaska partnership.

Akihiro Aoki, Consulate-General of Japan

Tuesday, May 4
Talks at noon and
7:00 pm.

Medea Benjamin

Founding Director of Global Exchange
Co-founder of Code Pink: Women for Peace **
Leading activist in the peace
and social & economic justice movement

TUESDAY, MAY 4TH

8:00 -10:00 am Juneau Douglas High School social studies/government classes.

“Code Pink: How Women are Waging Peace”
12:00- 1:00 Lunch Talk
At Northern Light United Church Fellowship Hall

3:30 pm Interview on KTOO Juneau Afternoon with Susan Fitzgerald.

“Building a Movement Against Empire: From the WTO to the Occupation of Iraq ”
7:00 – 8:30pm
At the UAS Egan Library Auditorium

Author of "Bridging the Global Gap, The Peace Corps and More,"
and the award-winning book "Don't Be Afraid, Gringo: A Honduran
Woman Speaks from the Heart."

Events Sponsored by:
Juneau People for Peace& Justice
Juneau World Affairs Council
UAS/Global Connections
KTOO By the People

Do you know what happened in the world today?

Juneau in the World
an interactive evening of live performance and lively conversation about how you and your neighbors view global events

www.by-the-people.org

Monday, April 26th - Tuesday, April 27th - Wednesday, April 28th

7:00 pm
KTOO-TV Studio, 360 Egan Drive
FREE, limited seating

Patricia Hull, 364-2421 ext 21
patricia@perseverancetheatre.org
http://perseverancetheatre.org/

Jim Mahan, 586-1670
jim@ktoo.org
http://www.ktoo.org

Wednesday,
April 28
Reception 5:30 pm.
Program 6:00 to 8:00
Dimond Courthouse

Israel 's Security Barrier: A Response to Terrorism or an Obstacle to Peace?

In a departure from our regular format we will have two speakers. Bob Horenstein, Community Relations Director, Jewish Federation of Portland, will present a Jewish perspective on the issue. The other Amin Odeh of Voices of Palestine in Seattle , will present a Palestinian perspective.

The event is not intended to be a debate, but an opportunity to present two differing perspectives on a controversial and topical issue for public education purposes. Consistent with our usual format each speaker will give a presentation; after the presentations there will be an audience question and answer period followed by closing statements. Finally, as is JWAC's tradition, members of the audience are welcomed to join the speakers for dinner at the Fiddlehead.

Bob Horenstein
Community Relations Director, Jewish Federation of Portland, Aug. 1994 - present
Op-ed columnist, Portland Jewish Review, Aug. 1994 - present
Instructor, teaching course on the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Portland Community College and Clark Community College (Vancouver, Washington), 2002 - present
MS in Political Science, specializing in Arab-Israeli politics and international security policy, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon

http://www.jewishportland.org/

Amin Odeh/Voices of Palestine
A refugee from Aida camp near Bethlehem in the Occupied West Bank of Palestine . Lived with his family at that camp since they lost their homes in 1947 to Israeli settlers. After completing high school he went to a technical college in Jerusalem . He graduated with a diploma in Electronics in 1987. In the first three years of the Palestinian uprising between 1987-1993 he was arrested several times by the Israeli Army for resisting Occupation.

He moved to the United States in 1990. He continued his education here and has been working in the Information Technology Business for the past ten years. Amin has two kids, an eleven year old boy and a nine year old girl.

After the second Intifada (uprising) started in Palestine, he and other local Palestinians helped start a group called Voices of Palestine (www.voicesofpalestine.org).? The main focus of this group is to educate the public about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.
After the tragedy 9/11 Voices of Palestine worked with other groups here to start the Arab American Community Coalition. The main goal of the coalition is to help the Arab/Muslim community in dealing with the new situation that was created after the tragedy. Also to educate the general public about the Arab/Muslim people here and abroad. www.voicesofpalestine.org

Tuesday,
April 6
5:30 pm. reception
6:00 pm. talk

Gaining People, Losing Ground
Werner Fornos

Werner Fornos, winner of the 2003 United Nations Population Award, has been president of the Population Institute since 1982. He has been in the forefront of the struggle to balance the world’s population with the world’s resources for more than 20 years.

Mr. Fornos joined The Population Institute in 1978 and became its president in 1982. Prior to his affiliation with the Institute, Mr. Fornos was an assistant professor at George Washington University in Washington , D.C. , where he headed the university’s global Population Information Program.

Wednesday,
March 31
Noon

Traditional Korean Music and Song

Dr. Park E Chan will give a short performance on the 8th Floor of the State Office Building

Thursday,
April 1
7:00 pm.
Northern Light United Church

Tickets $15.

An Evening of Traditional Korean Music and Song to open the Pacific Rim Forum!

Dr. Park will sing "p'ansori" and drum to accompany herself on the "puk" drum while Jocelyn Clark will play kayagum sanjo accompanied by Dr. park on the drum.

Dr. Chan E. Park received her PhD from University of Hawaii , and is currently associate professor of Korean language, literature, and performance studies at The Ohio State University. Her specialization is research and performance of p'ansori, Korean story-singing, its performance in transnational context in particular, related oral narrative/lyrical/dramatic traditions, and their places in the shaping of modern Korean drama.

Dr. Park has published a recent monograph, Voices from the Straw Mat: Toward an Ethnography of Korean Story Singing ( University of Hawaii Press , 2003).

Jocelyn Clark grew up in Juneau , Alaska playing the piano and the clarinet and oboe with the Juneau Symphony. After a year in Japan , she started studying the koto at age 18 with the Sawai Koto Academy under Yagi Michiyo, and later Maruta Miki at Wesleyan University . In 1990-1 she studied zheng at the Nanjing Academy of Arts in China , and then in New York with master Wang Changyuan. From 1992 to 1994 she received a scholarship to study traditional Korean music majoring in kayagûm performance at the National Classical Music Institute in Seoul , Korea . She returned in 1995 to study kayagûm with a grant from the Harvard Korea Institute.

In 1999-2000, she received a Fulbright Fellowship to study Korean traditional music in Seoul with Ji Aeri and "National Intangible Human Cultural Asset" Kang Jeongsuk. Jocelyn won the KBS Korean Folk Arts contest for foreigners in 1994 and 1999, and the HBS contest in 1995. Jocelyn is currently finishing her Ph.D. at Harvard University with a grant from the Korea Institute.

The Pacific Rim Forum

Sponsored by the Juneau World Affairs Council in Collaboration with the University of Alaska Southeast's Humanities Conference

At the University of Alaska Southeast
UAS Egan library Lecture Hall, Room 112

Friday,
April 2

Morning Program, 9:00 am to Noon, UAS Egan Library Lecture Hall:

• Victor D. Kohn, President, Capital International, Inc. will provide an economic overview of East Asia .
• Ray McGovern, Former CIA Analyst, will talk about security in Asia .

Afternoon Program 1:00-4:00, UAS Egan Library Lecture Hall
Topic: Indigenous Peoples’ Issues in North America

• Judge Barry Stuart, Whitehorse
• Rosita Worl, Sealaska Heritage Institute
• Lee Maracle, Canadian Author, Member of the Sto:loh Nation

Saturday,
April 3

9:00 am to 12:30: UAS 2004 Humanities Conference Program.

12:30-1:30 Informal Light lunch in Mourant Café with JWAC speakers and conference participants. Buy your own lunch.

Afternoon Program 1:30-4:30, UAS Egan Library Lecture Hall:
Topic: East Asia and The Korean Peninsula .

• James Lister, Vice-President, Korean Economic Institute: The Security and Economic Implications of the North Korean Nuclear Issue
• Dr. Barak Kushner, Davidson College : Comic Books and Competitive Nationalism in East Asia .
• Chan E Park, Professor Korean Language and Literature, University of Ohio .

8:00 pm to 11:00 pm:

Annual Juneau World Affairs Council Ball

With the ThunderMountain Big Band

Semi-formal (business attire). $25; at the UAS Egan library

Wednesday,
March 31

5:30 pm. reception
6:00 pm. talk

An Inside Look at Intelligence and theIraqWar

Ray McGovern, Former CIA Analyst

Raymond L. McGovern's first career, as a CIA analyst, spanned 27 years from John F. Kennedy to George H. W. Bush. Ray is now co-director of theServant Leadership School, which trains and supports people who wish to be in relationship with those made poor. The School is one of a dozen Jubilee Ministries, which were inspired by the ecumenical Church of the Savior and took root in inner-city Washington, DC.

In early 2003, when the integrity of that search for truth seemed in serious jeopardy, a handful of intelligence community alumni/ae, including Ray, created Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. VIPS now includes over 30 former professionals from CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Army Intelligence, the FBI, and the National Security Agency. VIPS' first paper was a same-day critique of Secretary of State Colin Powell's address to the UN on February 5. Eleven such papers have been published to date.

Tuesday,
March 30, 2004

5:30 pm. reception
6:00 pm. talk

West Bank and Gaza Experiences

Wednesday,
March 17

5:30 pm. reception
6:00 pm. talk

Human Rights

Peter Mulrean is Deputy Director of the Office for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy in the Department of State. He is responsible for policy direction and assistance programming in support of human rights and democracy in the Middle East, Europe and Eurasia .

Mr. Mulrean joined the Foreign Service in 1988. He spent much of the first part of his career dealing with the Balkans, including serving at the American Consultate General in Zagreb ; coordinating U.S. humanitarian assistance to Bosnia during the war; and observing the first national elections in Bosnia .

After a tour of duty at the American Embassy in The Hague during the Dutch EU Presidency, Mr. Mulrean became the State Department’s first exchange diplomat to the European Commission in Brussels . He then served as Deputy Political Counselor at the U.S. Mission to the European Union, where he coordinated the US-EU cooperative relationship, and took the lead on European Security and Defense Policy issues.

Tuesday,
March 9, 2004

5:30 pm. reception
6:00 pm. talk

US Canadian Issues

Marvin S. Wodinsky
Current Position: Acting Consul General

Manager of the Consulate General’s Political, Economic Relations and Public Affairs Program.

Foreign Assignments:

Program Manager, Canadian Embassy, Kiev

Cooperation Program Manager, Canadian Embassy, Moscow

Counsellor - Political, Economic, Public Affairs and Development Assistance Program Manager, Canadian High Commissions in New Zealand, Fiji, Western Samoa, Tonga and Cook Islands

First Secretary and Consul - Economic Affairs, Canadian Embassy, Seoul

Friday,
February 6, 2004

Reception at 5:30 pm.
Talk at 6:00

Philip Coyle: Military Transformation and the War on Terrorism

Philip Coyle will address the lessons learned from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan , what worked, what didn't, and why, the contradictions facing Military Transformation, the practical things we need to emphasize for Homeland Security, and the challenge to make all of that fit in State and Federal budgets that are stretched to the limit.

Philip E. Coyle is a senior adviser at the Center for Defense Information. He is a recognized expert on U.S. and worldwide military research, development and testing, on operational military matters, and on national security policy and defense spending. He was director of testing and evaluation at the Pentagon from 1994 to 2001. He has more than 40 years experience in testing related areas.

Monday,
January 26, 2004

Reception at 5:30 pm.
Talk at 6:00

Nathaniel York, Executive Director of Solace, International

The Afghanistan Girls School Project - Lifting the Veil on Education http://www.afghanistanproject.org/

Nathaniel York founded the Afghanistan Girls’ School Project in the Fall of 2002 after he returned from Uzbekistan and Afghanistan where he worked with two large international non-governmental organizations to distribute school supplies and rebuild schools in the Northern Afghanistan province of Jawzjan . He is now the Executive Director of Solace International, Inc., the nonprofit international aid and development organization that is administering the Afghanistan Girls School Project.

The Afghanistan Girls’ School Project is dedicated to providing the physical structures and educational materials necessary to allow Afghan girls and women to receive the education they crave.

The People Speak:
Juneau Debates America’s Role in the World

The Juneau World Affairs Council will host a 2 session debate on American foreign policy featuring Donald Hellmann, Director of the Institute for International Policy and Professor of International Studies at The Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, and Ron Wixman, professor of Geography at the University of Oregon.  Tom Stewart will moderate the debate.

Thursday December 18, reception at 5:30 pm., talk at 6:00 pm.

Friday December 19 session will be at Juneau Douglas High School at 9:56 - 10:46 AM, repeated 10:54 – 11:44 AM

Topic: US Commitment to International Law and Institutions

Monday,
November 17, 2003
Reception 5:30 pm
Talk at 6:00 pm

Dimond Courthouse

Tibetan monk Palden Gyatso

Palden Gyatso, a former Amnesty International Prisoner of
Conscience will describe his years in prison and exhibit torture instruments which he smuggled out of Tibet .

PALDEN GYATSO was born in 1931 and became a monk at 10 years old. In 1959 when the Chinese military invasion of Tibet climaxed, he was arrested and imprisoned for 7 years. In 1962 he managed to escape but was caught and had his term raised to 15 years.

In 1975 he was released but not allowed to return home, instead being sent to a labor camp, where he escaped in 1979.He then put up posters calling for Tibetan independence for which he was rearrested in 1983 and taken to Old Sangyip prison in Lhasa . He was sentenced to 9 years imprisonment in 1984 without any legal representation or opportunity for defense.

In 1990 he was transferred to Drapchi prison from where he was released on 25 August 1992. He escaped to India 13 days later smuggling with him implements of his torture. He now works at
the reception center for new arrivals in the Tibetan Community at
Dharamsala. He has traveled widely in Europe and the USA and in 1995 he gave evidence at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva .

 
An Affair to Remember!

Dine and dance at the Twisted Fish.

A gala JWAC fund raising event!

Saturday
September 27, 2003
6:30-Midnight at the Twisted Fish

The "Affair" will be semi-formal, with international costume encouraged.

The evening will begin with a No Host Bar, followed by an international hors d'oeuvre buffet prepared by "the Fish."

Andy Kline and Sharon Gaiptman will be MCs and the Robert Cohen trio will perform.

The buffet will be followed by the "Great Affairs Contest," a contest of international affairs and geography. The winner will receive two tickets from Alaska Airlines. There will also be door prizes and a silent auction for fabulous items.

Wednesday,
September 24, 2003
Reception 5:30 pm
Talk at 6:00 pm

Gerald J. Stratton, Lieutenant Colonel , U.S. Army (Retired)

Saudi Arabia in Transition, the Middle East in Turmoil

Jerry Stratton joined the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era and served three tours of duty in the Republic of Vietnam as a Green Beret in the special operations arena, earning numerous awards for service and valor.

While assigned in Saudi Arabia between 1982-1984, he designed, trained and fielded the equivalent of the US Secret Service for Crown Prince Abdullah of the Saudi royal family.

He subsequently served as Chief of Plans and Operations, Headquarters Command, Allied Land Forces Southeast in Izmir , Turkey . During the 1991 Gulf War, he mobilized and deployed all west coast units. He also served as the Garrison Commander of the Presidio of Monterey.

Monday,
May 12, 2003
Reception 5:30 pm
Talk at 6:00 pm

Dimond Courthouse

Thomas J. Bollyky
Attny at Debevoise & Plimton, International Arbitration Group

HIV/AIDS in South Africa

Thomas J. Bollyky is an attorney at Debevoise & Plimpton, in its international arbitration group. He received a B.A in biology and history from Columbia University , where he was an EESTI Fellow and a Glendon Award winner. After stints at the White House and the Inspector General’s Office for the Department of Health and Human Services, Bollyky received his law degree from Stanford in 2000. He was the President of the Stanford Law & Policy Review.

In 2001-02, he received a Fulbright Scholarship to work as a staff attorney at the AIDS Law Project and with the Treatment Action Campaign in South Africa . He now sits on the Committee on African Affairs for the New York City Bar.

Monday,
April 21, 2003
Reception 5:30 pm
Talk at 6:00 pm

Dimond Courthouse

Michaela Moya Wright
European Union Fellow in Residence for 2002-2003
Jackson School of International Studies
University of Wahshington.

European Integration

Michaela-Moya Wright is an official in the Research for Development program of the European Commission. She has been working on a funding program for scientific research partnerships between European and developing coutnry partners, complementing the EU's economic cooperation and development aid programs. The majority of her time has been spent specifically managing EU scientific cooperation with the Asian developing countries, and more recently she took over responsibility for scientific cooperation with Latin America . She will spend part of her time at the UW researching the relationship between major foundations and research and policy setting.

Wednesday,
April 23, 2003
Reception 5:30 pm
Talk at 6:00 pm

Dimond Courthouse

Dr. James A. R. Nafziger
Thomas B. Stoel Professor of Law
Director of International Programs
Willamette University College of Law

At Willamette he teaches and writes extensively in the fields of international law and dispute resolution, international business transactions, immigration and refugee law, comparative law and conflict of laws. Professor Nafziger is the author of three books, over 80 articles and 50 other published writings. He also served as associate dean from 1985-86.

He is currently a consultant to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration. The Burlington Northern Foundation presented him with its Faculty Achievement Award for excellence in teaching and scholarly activity.

Thursday,
April 24, 2003
Reception 5:30 pm
Talk at 6:00 pm

Dimond Courthouse

Robin Bronen
Immigration Lawyer
Catholic Social Services of Anchorage

The Impact of 9/11 on Foreign Nationals

Robin Bronen is the Director of Immigration & Refugee Services for Catholic Social Services. With a staff of six, Immigration and Refugee Services served about 6,200 people last year.

Bronen’s energies are divided among three goals: to help low-income immigrants, to assist in refugee resettlement and to manage a new pro bono program that pairs Anchorage attorneys with immigrants. Bronen organized the pro bono program last year to help Kodiak immigrants under a 1997 law that would give them legal status.

Monday,
April 14, 2003
Reception 5:30 pm
Talk at 6:00 pm

Dimond Courthouse

Dr. William M. Tsutsui, Associate Professor of History and Acting Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Kansas

Sunrise , Sunset: The Uncertain Future of the Japanese Economy

A specialist in Japanese business and economic history, Dr. Tsutsui is the author of Banking Policy in Japan (1988) and Manufacturing Ideology: Scientific Management in Twentieth-Century Japan (1998), which was awarded the John Whitney Hall Prize of the Association for Asian Studies. Dr. Tsutsui is the recipient of Marshall , Fulbright , Japan Foundation and ACLS fellowships, and currently serves on the boards of directors of Kansas State Historical Society and the Kansas Humanities Council.

Friday,
March 14
9:00-11:30
1:00-4:30

Saturday
March 15
9:00-11:30
1:00-4:30

At the University of Alaska Southeast

The Juneau World Affairs Forum

Sponsored by the Juneau World Affairs Council and
the University of Alaska Southeast

Speakers included:

·  Consul General Jocelyn Batoon-Garcia from the Philippine Embassy in Washington , DC

·  Lt. General Thomas Case (Ret.)

·  Indonesian Consul General Susanto Prio Utomo

·  Taipei Economic Affairs Director Paul Chang

·  President, East-West Center , Charles E. Morrison

·  Professor, International Studies and Political Science, Donald C. Hellmann

World Affairs Forum Speakers' Schedule

Tuesday,
March 11, 2003
Reception 5:30 pm
Talk at 6:00 pm

Dimond Courthouse

APLIS Ice Camp Spring 2003

Captain Tom A. Hawkins, USN
Director, Arctic Submarine Laboratory

Captain Hawkins will address the Arctic Submarine Laboratory expected ops for this spring, and the navy commitment to the Alaskan theater. He will also include some information regarding the ice pack and ice pack research in this area.

Captain Hawkins was born August 22, 1955 in Middletown , New York . He entered the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) in July 1973, graduated with distinction, and was accepted by ADM Rickover into the Navy's Nuclear Power Program.

After command, Captain Hawkins assumed duties as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Command, Control, Computers, Communications, and Intelligence (C4I/N6/C2WC) for Commander Cruiser Destroyer Group FIVE (CCDG-5). Captain Hawkins completed his assignment to TACTRAGRUPAC as Executive Officer and assumed duties as Director Arctic Submarine Laboratory on 28 June 2002.

Sunday,
March 2, 2003
7:30 p.m.

Northern Light
Church

The Juneau World Affairs Council and Women for Women International Presents:

An Evening of Chamber Music for the Women of Afghanistan

Mary Watson
Sally Schlichting
Julia Bastuscheck

All funds raised from this effort go to the women of Afghanistan . For more information about Women for Women International and how you can help, contact: www.womenforwomen.org

Wednesday,
February 26, 2003
5:30 p.m.

Dimond Courthouse

Missile Defense in Alaska and the Arms Race into Space.

Stacey Fritz, coordinator of No Nukes North

Stacey Fritz is the coordinator of No Nukes North (http