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The Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies and The American Council for Kosovo invite you to a conference “UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN THE BALKANS”: RHETORIC, STRATEGY, IMPLICATIONS Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 12 NOON – 5 PM Capitol Hill Club 300 First Street SE, Washington D.C. 20003 (The Club is directly opposite Capitol South Metro Station) A major security issue facing Europe is the stated intention of the Obama Administration to play a more active role in the former Yugoslavia. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is committed to wrapping up what she calls “the unfinished business in the Balkans.” Almost daily calls are coming from various think-tanks and Congressional committees in Washington for de facto liquidation of the Republika Srpska (“Dayton II”) and for an even greater pressure on Serbia to recognize Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence. To discuss the motives, implications, likely course, and possible results of such U.S. policy, we have assembled a panel of foreign policy experts, several of whom have just come back from Serbia and the Republika Srpska. No cost to attendees, lunch provided. You are also cordially invited to the reception to mark the Conference: Capitol Hill Club Tuesday, May 26, 6–8 p.m. Open Bar For all information please contact Terri Alder (202) 626-6625 [email protected] “UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN THE BALKANS” CONFERENCE PROGRAM Wednesday, May 27, 2009 The Eisenhower Room, Capitol Hill Club, Washington D.C. 11:30 Registration 12:00 Welcoming remarks Ambassador James Bissett, Chairman, The Lord Byron Foundation 12:15 Keynote address: Bosnia, America’s Unlearnt Lesson Doug Bandow 12:45 Lunch 1:30 PANEL I: DEFINING THE PROBLEM, chaired by James George Jatras Imperial Democracy in the Balkans Gregory Davis The European Union’s Imperfect Role Ronald Hatchett Do We Need “Dayton II”? Steven Meyer The Balkans and Global Jihad William Lind 3:00 Coffee break 3:15 PANEL II: PREVENTING ANOTHER DISASTER, chaired by Ronald Hatchett The Administration’s Balkan Gambit: Dangers, Strengths, Weaknesses James George Jatras A Canadian Solution to Bosnia’s Impasse? James Bissett Republika Srpska: Essential Part of Any Solution Srdja Trifkovic The Balkans and the War on Terrorism: Defending the American Interest John Schindler 4:30 OPEN FORUM 5:00 Conference Closing P A N E L I S T S Ambassador James Bissett is Chairman of The Lord Byron Foundation, former head of Canada’s Immigration Service, and former Canadian Ambassador to Yugoslavia Dr. Doug Bandow is world affairs commentator, author (most recently) of Foreign Follies: America’s New Global Empire and former special assistant to President Reagan Dr. Gregory M. Davis is the author of Religion of Peace? (2006) and co-director/producer of the documentary Islam: What the West Needs to Know Dr. Ronald L. Hatchett, Col. USAF (Ret.), a senior DoD official under Reagan, is Director of the Center for Global Studies and professor of international relations at Schreiner University James George Jatras is Director of The American Council for Kosovo and Deputy Director, American Institute in Ukraine. He is former Foreign Service officer and former senior analyst with the U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee William S. Lind is the leading authority on Fourth Generation Warfare, a prolific author, and Director of the Center for Cultural Conservatism at the Free Congress Foundation Dr. Steven Meyer is Professor of Political Science at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University Dr. John Schindler is Professor of Strategy at the Naval War College and the author of Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qaeda and the Rise of Global Jihad Dr. Srdja Trifkovic is Executive Director of The Lord Byron Foundation, the author (most recently) of Defeating Jihad, and former foreign-affairs editor of Chronicles (NB: The opinions expressed by Professors Meyer and Schindler are their own, and do not reflect the views of the U.S. government or the Department of Defense. ) The Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies was founded by the late Sir Alfred Sherman in 1994 as a non-partisan research institute devoted to studying the Balkan Peninsula in all its aspects. The Foundation’s research, publications and conferences are designed to correct the current trend of public commentary which tends not to understand events but to construct a propagandistic version of Balkan rivalries. The work of the Foundation is based on the acceptance that the cause of peace, stability and tolerance in a troubled region can never be advanced by misrepresentation and by mendacity that characterizes current U.S. policy in the region. The American Council for Kosovo is a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting a better American understanding of the Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija and of the critical American stake in the province’s future. The Council’s mission is to make accurate information and analysis about Kosovo available to officials of the U.S. Government; to think tanks, media, NGOs, and advocacy organizations; and to the general public. (The American Council for Kosovo is an activity of Squire Sanders Public Advocacy, LLC, and Global Strategic Communications Group, which are registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act as agents for the Serbian National Council of Kosovo and Metohija. Additional information with respect to this matter is on file with the Foreign Agents Registration Unit of the Department of Justice in Washington DC.)
