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Week of April 14-20, 2003
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Apr 15, 2003
Striving for peace after war…As SFU political scientist Lenard Cohen, an experts on zones of crisis, aptly put it: "Dictatorships don’t necessarily end when the statue of a former leader is torn down. There is a very challenging process of political, social and economic reconstruction that is necessary for fundamental transition from dictatorial rule to democracy." Cohen’s comments are in response to the United States’ and Britain’s view that the destruction of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad signaled the downfall of Hussein’s dictatorship and the beginning a new era of democratic rule in Iraq. Cohen can explain how history foreshadows, particularly in Eastern Europe, that Iraq’s yet uncertain road to democracy is likely fraught with dissidence and disruption.
Understanding US presidents…Is US President George W. Bush following some master plan designed to tame dissident countries in his ‘liberation’ of Iraq? Did former US. President Jimmy Carter realize that he left North Korea too much room to move when he helped initiate a framework agreement on nuclear arms control with the Asian country in 1994? SFU political science professor Alex Moens, who calls Bush an innovator in international affairs and Carter an unsuccessful president in the same arena, can shed some light on their presidential psyche. Moens is the author of Foreign Policy Under Carter, a book about Carter’s presidency; he is currently working on a book about Bush’s leadership. Moens will deliver the last lecture in SFU’s annual Nobel Prize Lecture series on Thursday, April 17, 6 p.m., Harbour Centre. The American foreign policy expert will analyse the pitfalls and pluses of Carter’s presidency and what led to him receiving the 2003 Nobel Prize for peace. To reserve a seat, call 604.291.5100.
- Lenard Cohen, 604.291.4518: lenard_cohen@sfu.ca
Understanding US presidents…Is US President George W. Bush following some master plan designed to tame dissident countries in his ‘liberation’ of Iraq? Did former US. President Jimmy Carter realize that he left North Korea too much room to move when he helped initiate a framework agreement on nuclear arms control with the Asian country in 1994? SFU political science professor Alex Moens, who calls Bush an innovator in international affairs and Carter an unsuccessful president in the same arena, can shed some light on their presidential psyche. Moens is the author of Foreign Policy Under Carter, a book about Carter’s presidency; he is currently working on a book about Bush’s leadership. Moens will deliver the last lecture in SFU’s annual Nobel Prize Lecture series on Thursday, April 17, 6 p.m., Harbour Centre. The American foreign policy expert will analyse the pitfalls and pluses of Carter’s presidency and what led to him receiving the 2003 Nobel Prize for peace. To reserve a seat, call 604.291.5100.
- Alexander Moens, 604.291.4361; moens@sfu.ca