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WELCOME PRESIDENT ADAMS |
| xINTRODUCTION GARY BERSCH |
| KEYNOTE ADDRESS GEN. JOHN GALVIN |
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| QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE |
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RUSSELL SYMPOSIUM |
October 1, 2001
The Richard B. Russell Symposium: The United States, NATO, and International Security in the 21st Century
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Annual Russell Symposium focuses on international security
Gen. John R. Galvin, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, will deliver the keynote address at the 2001 Richard B. Russell Symposium. He will be joined by ambassadors to the United States from Spain, Ukraine, Hungary and Estonia and counsellors at the British and Polish embassies in Washington, D.C. The symposium is scheduled for Oct. 3 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education from 9 a.m. until noon.
The group will discuss the critical issues surrounding U.S. national interests, NATO and international security in the 21st century. Stephen M. Walt, professor of international affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, will moderate the discussion. UGA President Michael F. Adams will welcome the program attendees, and John Duffield, Russell Symposium co-chair and associate professor of political science at UGA, will introduce them.
“This year’s symposium is especially timely and important--security concerns are on the minds of all Americans,” says Gary Bertsch, co-chair of the Russell Symposium and director of UGA’s Center for International Trade and Security. “Gen. Galvin is an experienced, respected strategic thinker and military leader. He and our other speakers will have much of importance to share.”
Held biennially, the Russell Symposium is open free to the public. It is jointly sponsored by UGA and the Richard B. Russell Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the memory of Russell, who served Georgia in the U.S. Senate for 38 years.
“This year’s symposium will allow us to probe not only the enduring issues on the European security agenda but also the prospects for transatlantic cooperation in the fight against international terrorism,” says Duffield.
Galvin served as NATO’s top military commander in Europe during the five years that ended the Cold War. More recently, he was temporarily an envoy of the U.S. State Department with the rank of ambassador in assisting with negotiations in Bosnia.
A graduate of West Point, he holds a master’s degree in English from Columbia University and continued his military education at the Army Command and General Staff College and the Army War College. During the Vietnam War, he served two years as a staff officer in plans and operations and as commander of the 1st Battalion, 8th Calvary. He also served 15 years in Europe and 5 years in Latin America. In June 1987, he was appointed Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO), and commander-in-chief of U.S. Army, Naval and Air Forces in Europe.
Ukrainian Ambassador Kostyantyn Gryshchenko has held his position since February 2000. He has been a key member of Ukrainian delegations to the START-1 and ABM treaty negotiations, with prominent roles in discussing issues related to arms control and disarmament. From 1995 to 1998, Gryshchenko was the deputy foreign minister of Ukraine, and his responsibilities at that time included European security, bilateral relations with Asian, Pacific, African and Middle Eastern countries, and negotiating on border delimitations with Russia, Belarus and Moldova.
Géza Jeszenszky has been Hungary’s representative in the United States since 1998. Although banned from higher education in 1959 for his role in the Hungarian revolution of 1956, Jeszenszky eventually studied history, English and library science at Lorand Eötvös University in Budapest, where he received a doctoral degree in 1970. As a scholar and diplomat, he has participated in many international organizations, including the Council on Foreign Relations and the Atlantic Council of the United States. He has also held the offices of minister of foreign affairs and president of the Hungarian Atlantic Council. Sven Jürgenson was appointed Estonia’s ambassador to the United States in January 2000. Prior to that appointment, he served as ambassador to Turkey and to the United Nations. He also held diplomatic posts for Estonia in Helsinki. Jürgenson also worked at the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the director-general of the Political Department and as director of the Division for International Organizations and Security Policy.
Javier Ruperez, the Spanish ambassador to the United States, entered the Spanish Foreign Service in 1965 and later worked as secretary of the Spanish Embassy in the capitals of Ethiopia, Poland and Finland. In 1982, Ruperez became Spain’s first Ambassador to NATO and from 1998 to 2000 he was the president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. He is the co-founder of the journal Cuadernos para el Dialogo, which has been hailed as the political reference of democratic society in Spain since 1963.
Peter Gooderham has been the counsellor (politico-military/Europe) at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., since July 1999. The focus of his career has been defense and security issues. He joined the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1983. From 1985 to 1987, Gooderham served as a member of the U.K. delegation to NATO; he was also deputy head of the Security Policy Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1993 to 1996, overseeing U.K. policy toward NATO and the European Union. He has also worked on issues regarding the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
Michal Wyganowski, after a two-year stint at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accepted the position of political-military counsellor at the Polish Embassy in Washington, D.C, in 2000. Wyganowski joined the Polish government in 1989 as staff assistant to the deputy chairman of the Committee on Trade and Services in the Polish government. In 1990, he became assistant to the director general of the Council of Ministers, and he also joined the Foreign Service as a desk officer for the United States. From 1993 to 1998, Wyganowski served in Washington, D.C., as third, second and first secretary.
Moderator Stephen M. Walt is the Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he also serves as faculty chair of the International Security Program. He is the author of The Origins of Alliances, which received the 1988 Edgar S. Furniss National Security Book Award, and Revolution and War. He is on the editorial boards of Foreign Policy, Security Studies, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and the Journal of Cold War Studies.
From Columns: October 1, 2001
Annual Russell Symposium focuses on international security
Gen. John R. Galvin, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, will deliver the keynote address at the 2001 Richard B. Russell Symposium. He will be joined by ambassadors to the United States from Spain, Ukraine, Hungary and Estonia and counsellors at the British and Polish embassies in Washington, D.C. The symposium is scheduled for Oct. 3 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education from 9 a.m. until noon.
The group will discuss the critical issues surrounding U.S. national interests, NATO and international security in the 21st century. Stephen M. Walt, professor of international affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, will moderate the discussion. UGA President Michael F. Adams will welcome the program attendees, and John Duffield, Russell Symposium co-chair and associate professor of political science at UGA, will introduce them.
“This year’s symposium is especially timely and important--security concerns are on the minds of all Americans,” says Gary Bertsch, co-chair of the Russell Symposium and director of UGA’s Center for International Trade and Security. “Gen. Galvin is an experienced, respected strategic thinker and military leader. He and our other speakers will have much of importance to share.”
Held biennially, the Russell Symposium is open free to the public. It is jointly sponsored by UGA and the Richard B. Russell Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the memory of Russell, who served Georgia in the U.S. Senate for 38 years.
“This year’s symposium will allow us to probe not only the enduring issues on the European security agenda but also the prospects for transatlantic cooperation in the fight against international terrorism,” says Duffield.
Galvin served as NATO’s top military commander in Europe during the five years that ended the Cold War. More recently, he was temporarily an envoy of the U.S. State Department with the rank of ambassador in assisting with negotiations in Bosnia.
A graduate of West Point, he holds a master’s degree in English from Columbia University and continued his military education at the Army Command and General Staff College and the Army War College. During the Vietnam War, he served two years as a staff officer in plans and operations and as commander of the 1st Battalion, 8th Calvary. He also served 15 years in Europe and 5 years in Latin America. In June 1987, he was appointed Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO), and commander-in-chief of U.S. Army, Naval and Air Forces in Europe.
Ukrainian Ambassador Kostyantyn Gryshchenko has held his position since February 2000. He has been a key member of Ukrainian delegations to the START-1 and ABM treaty negotiations, with prominent roles in discussing issues related to arms control and disarmament. From 1995 to 1998, Gryshchenko was the deputy foreign minister of Ukraine, and his responsibilities at that time included European security, bilateral relations with Asian, Pacific, African and Middle Eastern countries, and negotiating on border delimitations with Russia, Belarus and Moldova.
Géza Jeszenszky has been Hungary’s representative in the United States since 1998. Although banned from higher education in 1959 for his role in the Hungarian revolution of 1956, Jeszenszky eventually studied history, English and library science at Lorand Eötvös University in Budapest, where he received a doctoral degree in 1970. As a scholar and diplomat, he has participated in many international organizations, including the Council on Foreign Relations and the Atlantic Council of the United States. He has also held the offices of minister of foreign affairs and president of the Hungarian Atlantic Council. Sven Jürgenson was appointed Estonia’s ambassador to the United States in January 2000. Prior to that appointment, he served as ambassador to Turkey and to the United Nations. He also held diplomatic posts for Estonia in Helsinki. Jürgenson also worked at the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the director-general of the Political Department and as director of the Division for International Organizations and Security Policy.
Javier Ruperez, the Spanish ambassador to the United States, entered the Spanish Foreign Service in 1965 and later worked as secretary of the Spanish Embassy in the capitals of Ethiopia, Poland and Finland. In 1982, Ruperez became Spain’s first Ambassador to NATO and from 1998 to 2000 he was the president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. He is the co-founder of the journal Cuadernos para el Dialogo, which has been hailed as the political reference of democratic society in Spain since 1963.
Peter Gooderham has been the counsellor (politico-military/Europe) at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., since July 1999. The focus of his career has been defense and security issues. He joined the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1983. From 1985 to 1987, Gooderham served as a member of the U.K. delegation to NATO; he was also deputy head of the Security Policy Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1993 to 1996, overseeing U.K. policy toward NATO and the European Union. He has also worked on issues regarding the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
Michal Wyganowski, after a two-year stint at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accepted the position of political-military counsellor at the Polish Embassy in Washington, D.C, in 2000. Wyganowski joined the Polish government in 1989 as staff assistant to the deputy chairman of the Committee on Trade and Services in the Polish government. In 1990, he became assistant to the director general of the Council of Ministers, and he also joined the Foreign Service as a desk officer for the United States. From 1993 to 1998, Wyganowski served in Washington, D.C., as third, second and first secretary.
Moderator Stephen M. Walt is the Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he also serves as faculty chair of the International Security Program. He is the author of The Origins of Alliances, which received the 1988 Edgar S. Furniss National Security Book Award, and Revolution and War. He is on the editorial boards of Foreign Policy, Security Studies, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and the Journal of Cold War Studies.
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