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On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of NATO’s founding, Kent State University’s Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Union Studies will be hosting a conference on April 30 and May 1 to examine the current and future challenges confronting the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Organized in 1949 as a response to the threats emanating from the Soviet Union during the early Cold War, NATO succeeded in its mission without being involved in a direct military confrontation with the Warsaw Pact. The Cold War ended, and NATO has had to alter its priorities and missions in ways that no one could have anticipated in 1990. A distinguished group of scholars will be presenting papers focusing on the altered security environment of the 21st century. Speakers will cover NATO’s strategic doctrine and operations in and outside Europe (e.g., Afghanistan), its global regions of concern (e.g., Russia, Mediterranean, Black Sea, Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean), and its institutional interactions (United Nations, European Union, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe). Conference sessions for “NATO after Sixty Years” will be held 1:30-6:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, in Room 306 of the Kent Student Center, and 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Friday, May 1, in the Governance Chambers of the Kent Student Center. The conference, which has received support from NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division, is open to the public and free of charge.► Conference Program Of Recent Interest: EU Enlargement and New Security Challenges In The Eastern Mediterranean ► Contents Limiting Institutions: The Challenge of Eurasian Security Governance ► Contents Turkey, The EU and the US: High Stakes, Uncertain Prospects was held on May 13 - 14, 2005 at Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus. The symposium was organized by the Research and Development Center – Intercollege and the Lemnitzer Center. ► Symposium Program NATO and the Warsaw Pact: Intra-Bloc Conflicts was held on April 23 - 24, 2004 at Kent State University. The conference was jointly sponsored by the Lemnitzer Center and the Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Conference keynote speakers were Lawrence Kaplan, and Vojtech Mastny. Jamie Shea, NATO's Deputy Assistant Secretary General for External Relations, addressed attendees on NATO Today. The principal conference organizer was the Lemnitzer Center Director, S. Victor Papacosma. ► Conference Program |
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LAWRENCE KAPLAN Georgetown University and Kent State University |
VOJTECH MASTNY Parallel History Project and National Security Archive |
S. VICTOR PAPACOSMA Director, Lemnitzer Center |
JAMIE P. SHEA Deputy Assistant Secretary General, NATO |
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Photo by Richard Sweet, Record-Courier |
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Kent State University's Lyman L. Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Union Studies devotes its activities to the expansion and dissemination of scholarly knowledge about NATO, the European Union, and related European American issues. The Center also provides academic advising for the North Atlantic Security Studies minor/certificate program, support for a course on NATO and coordinates participation by Kent State University students in the National Model NATO Conference. More recently, the Center has become an Associate of the Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact (PHP). The Center was originally established in 1979 to provide an institutional setting for the academic examination of the historical, political, economic, and military experiences of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. In April 1982 the Center was formally named after a distinguished participant in the affairs of the Atlantic Alliance, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, 1963-69. A decision was made in 1991 to expand the mission of the Center to include an emphasis on the European Community. Among its activities, the Center sponsors public lectures and conferences that are open to the University community and the general public. Scholarly meetings sponsored or cosponsored by the Lemnitzer Center have resulted in fifteen books. The Lemnitzer Center also launched an occasional papers series in 1992 and a conference papers series in 1999. The Center has research associates from Kent and other universities who participate regularly in its scholarly activities and contribute to its publications. Additionally, the Center maintains a corresponding associates category that includes scholars from U.S. and European universities who participate less frequently in its functions. Within the University the Center encourages and oversees the introduction of related undergraduate and graduate courses to supplement already established offerings. It is the academic home for and provides advising to the minor/certificate in North Atlantic Security Studies. This is a twenty-four hour interdisciplinary minor with courses in economics, geography, history and political science. The Center also houses a small library of specialized holdings on NATO and the European Union. The director of the Lemnitzer Center is S. Victor Papacosma, professor of history. Lawrence S. Kaplan, director emeritus, maintains an active involvement in the center's activities, as does Mark R. Rubin, director emeritus of Kent State University's Center for International and Comparative Programs. For further information about the Center, please contact us. Thank you. |
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Professor S. Victor Papacosma, Director Lyman L. Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Union Studies 128 Bowman Hall, P.O. Box 5190, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242 Telephone: 330/672-0910 Fax: 330/672-4057 Email: <spapacos@kent.edu> |
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