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Thursday, December 9, 1999 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Discussion: The Year/Century in review
Villa International, Library 2nd Floor 1749 Clifton Road

Thursday, December 2, 1999 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Discussion: Review of 1999 Great Decisions Updates and discussion of the National Opinion Ballot Results from the Foreign Policy Association
Villa International, Library 2nd Floor 1749 Clifton Road

Thursday, November 18, 1999 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Lecture: Vietnam in the Postwar Era by Julius E Coles, Director Andrew Young Center for International Affairs, Morehouse College, past director of Howard University's Ralph J Bunche International Affairs Center, former Senior Official US Agency for International Development (served in 6 countries including VietNam). He just returned from VietNam on a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship study tour. Lecture sponsored by GCIV.
Lecture Hall North Atlanta High School, 2875 Northside Drive (North of West Wesley Drive)

Wednesday, November 10, 1999 8:00 pm
Forum: China-Taiwan Relations with Dr. Robert Pastor, Political Science Professor and Emory, Dr Yawei Liu, Assoc Director of the Carter Center's China Village Elections Project, Dr Vincent Wei-chang Wang, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Richmond, and Dr Kellee Tsai, Assistant Political Science Professor at Emory:. Sponsored by Emory University and The Information Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Atlanta 
205 White Hall, Emory University Atlanta For information contact Johnney Hwang 404-522-0481

Thursday, November 4, 1999 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Conversations at the Carter Center: The Globalization of Education Discussion with Q & A. Speakers include Dr William Chase, President of Emory, Dr Marion Creekmore, VProvost, Emory Office of International Affairs, Cynthia Hooks, director of educational programs at the Carter Center, Michael Bindell, Carter Center Intern and Stephanie Shemin, Carter Center Intern.
Carter Center

Tuesday, November 2, 1999 7:00 pm
Forum: Debt Crisis in the Third World presented by the Southern Africa Peace Education Program with Derreck Kayongo, Director, American Friends Service Committee with Guest, Ms. Ana Lucia from the Latin American Staff at AFS 
American Friends Service Committee Office 92 Piedmont Avenue (across from Citizens Trust Bank)

Thursday, October 28, 1999 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Discussion with guest: The Theory of a Just War, Dr. Nick Fotion, a philosophy professor at Emory
Villa International, Library

Thursday, October 21, 1999 7:15 - 7:45 - 9:00 pm
Lecture: Peace Process in the Middle East by John Kelly former US Ambassador to Lebanon and to Finland
Oglethorpe University, Lupton Hall Auditorium

Thursday,  October 7, 1999 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Discussion: Revisiting Russia in preparation for meeting with Russian Visitors
Library, 2nd Floor, Villa International

Thursday,  October 14, 1999 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Meeting/Discussion: Russian small business leaders from Kursk.
Douglasville Arts & Recreation Center.

Thursday, September 30, 1999 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Discussion: Latin American Issues
Villa International, 2nd  Floor Conference Room

Thursday, September 23, 1999 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Lecture: Active Engagement: The Strategy of the US Military Forces in Europe, by  Lt. Gen.  David Benton III, recently retired Chief of Staff, US European Command in Germany, with oversight of forces in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Africa. Hosted by the Georgia Council for International Visitors 
American InterContinental University, Tower Place, 3330 Peachtree Rd, 2nd Floor Auditorium, Atlanta

Wednesday, September 22, 1999 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
First Annual Conference on Africa sponsored by Southern Center for International Studies
Atlanta Hilton & Towers, Downtown Atlanta

Thursday, September 16, 1999 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Discussion: Recent Developments in West Africa
Villa International, 2nd  Floor Conference Room

Tuesday, September 14, 1999 7:00 - 8:30 pm
A Conversation with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter: Town Meeting  
Carter Presidential Center, One Copenhill Atlanta

Thursday, September 9, 1999 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Discussion:  Indonesia & The results of the Elections in East Timor
Villa International, 2nd  Floor Conference Room

Tuesday, September 7, 1999,  6:30 pm
Lecture and Dinner: Adopt A Minefield - Turn Fields of Fear into Fields of Hope, by the UN Association, Andrew Young, Honorary Chairman, Guest Speaker, Ambassador Donald Steinberg, US Special Representative for Global Humanitarian Demining. |
First Presbyterian Church, 1318 Peachtree Road

Wednesday, September 8, 1999,  7:00 pm
Slide Show and Discussion: Afghanistan: Women, Education and Life Today, Dr Annette Itiiq from Toronto
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, 1911 Cliff Valley Way

Thursday, August 26, 1999 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Discussion:  Russia: A New Cabinet and battles in the South
Villa International, 2nd  Floor Conference Room

Thursday, September 2, 1999 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Discussion:  Should We Develop Anti-Missile Defenses?
Villa International, 2nd  Floor Conference Room

Thursday, September 2, 1999 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Conference: East Africa 2000, Hosted by H.E. Samson Kipkoech Chemai, Ambassador from Kenya to the US, H.E. Mustafa Salim Nyang'anyi, Ambassador from Tanzania to the US, and H.E. Edith Sempala, Ambassador from Uganda to the US
Carter Presidential Center, One Copenhill Atlanta

Thursday, August 19, 1999, 7:30 -9:00 pm
Discussion: International Peacekeeping and the Role of the UN
Villa International Library (2nd Floor), 1749 Clifton Road

Thursday, August 12, 1999, 7:30 -9:00 pm
Discussion: Iran: Protests for Democracy?
Villa International Library (2nd Floor), 1749 Clifton Road

Wednesday, August 11, 1999,  5:00 – 6:30 pm
Briefing: India and the United States: Two Democracies Estranged Forever? Speaker Mr M. D. Nalapat, Contributing editor of the Times Of India
Southern Center for International Studies, 320 West Paces Ferry Road

Thursday, August 5, 1999 7:30  – 9:00 9:00 pm
Discussion: China and Taiwan (links for background reading)
Villa International Library (2nd Floor), 1749 Clifton Road

Thursday, July 29,1 999, 7:30 -9:00 pm
Discussion:  The Koreas
Villa International, 1^st Floor Conference Room

Thursday, July 22,1 999, 7:30 -9:00 pm
Discussion: Peace in Ireland
Villa International, 1^st Floor Conference Room

Thursday, July 15, 1999,  7:30 -9:00 pm
Discussion: Turkey
Villa International, 1^st Floor Conference Room

Thursday, July 8, 1999, 7:30 – 9 :00 pm
Talk and slide show: The Impact of Sanctions against Iraq on Education by Ilise Cohen, American Friends Service Committee
Villa International, 1st Floor Conference Room

Thursday, July 1, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Discussion: African Hot Spots
Villa International, 1st Floor Conference Room

Thursday, June 24, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Discussion: Kosovo Updates
Villa International, Library 2nd floor

Thursday, June 17, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Discussion: Indonesia: the New Elections
Villa International, Library 2nd floor

Thursday, June 10, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Discussion: India and Pakistan: Ongoing Kashmir Dispute
Villa International, Library, 2nd Floor

Tuesday, June 8, 1999, 12:00 – 2:00 pm
Lecture: The Crisis in Kosovo: American, European Union and Russian Perspectives, Speakers: Mr Dimitri Simes, President, the Nixon Center to present Russia’s Perspective, Lt. General David Benton III (retired) to present The Stakes for the US Military sponsored by the EU Center of the University System of Georgia
Wardlaw Center 177 North Avenue, Georgia Tech Campus,

Thursday, June 3, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Discussion: Russia: Peace Treaty in Kosovo? Stability at Home?
Villa International, 1st Floor Conference Room

Thursday, May 13, 1999, 7:30 pm
GCIV Lecture: The Future of American Foreign Policy, Dr Daniel Papp, Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Studies, Georgia Institute for Technology
American Continental University, Peachtree Road, Buckhead

Tuesday, May 11, 1999, 7:00 pm
Lecture & Slide Presentation: Beyond War & Famine A chronicle of the People of West and Central Africa by Robert Grossman, presented by The Southern Center for International Studies in cooperation with Atlanta International Museum of Art and Design, Atlanta Association of Black Journalists, School of International Affairs & Development, Clark-Atlanta University Andrew Young School of International Affairs, Morehouse College, International Affairs Center, Spelman College, National Black MBA Association, Atlanta Chapter, Supported by Delta Airlines, Jacobus Boers & Vincent Farley

Tuesday, April 27, 1999, 8:00 pm
Lecture: Challenges and Opportunities in Israel’s Relations with Africa, by Dr. Akanmu Adebayo
Burruss Building Room 151, Kennesaw State University

Thursday, April 22, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Discussion: China - Recent Developments and Zhu Rongji’s visit
Villa International Library (2nd floor), 1749 Clifton Road

Thursday, April 15, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Discussion: Nigeria After Elections
Villa International Library (2nd Floor), 1749 Clifton Road

Tuesday, April 13, 1999, 8:00 pm
Lecture: Israel’s Quest for Normalization: External and Internal Forces, by Dr. Kenneth Stein
Burruss Building Room 151, Kennesaw State University

Sunday, April 11, 1999, 2:00 pm
Picnic: 3 Visitors from Hungary, bring a dish to share and your drink, family and friends
W.D.Thompson Park

Thursday, Thursday, April 8, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Discussion: Kosovo
Villa International Library (2nd floor), 1749 Clifton Road

Tuesday, April 6, 1999, 8:00 pm
Lecture: Negotiating Water; Israel and the Palestinians, by Dr Nurudeen Akinyemi
Burruss Building Room 151, Kennesaw State University

Thursday, March 25, 1999, 4:00 pm
Lecture: The United States-Africa Partnership: One Year After The President’s Visit by Dr. Susan E. Rice Assistant Secretary Of State For African Affairs
Morehouse College’s Andrew Young Center for International Affairs, African-American Hall Of Fame Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel

Thursday, April 1, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Great Decisions: Latin America: A Broad Overview
Bishop Hall, Room 311, Emory University

Thursday, March 25, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Great Decisions: After NATO Expansion What?
Bishop Hall, Room 311, Emory University

Tuesday, March 25, 1999, 8:00 pm
Lecture: The US- Israel Relationship and Peace Process
Science Building Room 109, Kennesaw State University,

Thursday, March 18, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Great Decisions: Japan: the Shadow of the Miracle
Bishop Hall, Room 311, Emory University

Tuesday, March 16, 1999, 8:00 pm
Lecture: The Creation of Israel: Revisionists Speak, Dr. Fouad Moughrabi
Burruss Building Room 151, Kennesaw State University

Thursday, March 11, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Great Decisions: Central Asia Pressure Cooker?
Bishop Hall, Room 311, Emory University

Thursday, March 4, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Great Decisions: Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction
Bishop Hall, Room 311, Emory University

Tuesday, March 2, 1999, 8:00 pm
Lecture with slides: Israel a Cornucopia of Cultures, Rev. Nelson Price
Burruss Building Room 151, Kennesaw State University

Thursday, February 25, 1999, 7:30– 9:00 pm
Great Decisions: The UN: What role does it have in future US Policy?
Bishop Hall, Room 311, Emory University

Thursday, February 18, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Great Decisions: The International Finance System: How is it Working?
Bishop Hall, Room 311, Emory University

Tuesday, February 16, 1999, 8:00 pm
Lecture: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Recovery of Ancient Israel, Dr Carol Newsome
Burruss Building Room 151, Kennesaw State University

Thursday, February 11 , 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Great Decisions: Foreign Policy in the Information Age
Bishop Hall, Room 311, Emory University

Tuesday, February 9, 1999, 8:00 pm
Lecture: The Christian Community in Palestine/Israel, Rev Fahed Abu Akel
Burruss Building Room 151, Kennesaw State University,

Thursday, February 4, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
The Emory Great Decisions Program begins. We will introduce ourselves, discuss the material in the introduction of the study guide.
Bishop Hall, Room 311, Emory University

Thursday, January 28, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Lecture: The Use and Abuse of Media Power, Carl Bernstein, Washington Post reporter
Kennesaw State, Stillwell Theatre

Thursday, January 28, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Carter Center Lecture: Crusaders for Peace: The Role of NGO’s in the World Community
Carter Center

Tuesday, January 26, 1999, 8:00 pm
Lecture: Palestinian Arab Society, Dr Kenneth Stein
Burruss Building Room 151, Kennesaw State University

Thursday, January 21, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Great Decisions Kickoff Lecture: Politics of Globalization - The Long Shadow of Asia’s Financial Crisis by Dr Ralph Buultjens,
American Inter-Continental University, 3330 Peachtree Road.

Tuesday, January 19, 1999, 8:00 pm
Lecture: Origins of Modern Zionism, Rabbi Andrew Fogel
Burruss Building Room 151, Kennesaw State University

Thursday, January 14, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm.
Discussion: Current Events in Review
Villa International Library (2nd Floor) 1749 Clifton Road

Thursday, January 7, 1999, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Organizational Meeting: planning for 1999 topics, Discussion: Recent events - Iraq etc.
Villa International Library (2nd Floor), 1749 Clifton Road

Thursday, December 10, 1998, 7:30 – 9:00 pm,
Discussion: Update and Consensus on the 1998 Great Decision Topics: Special Interests and Foreign Policy, China-US Relations, Human Rights, Cuba-US Choices, Africa - A Role for the US?, Development financing, Turkey-troubled Ally and Religion and Conflict,
Villa International Clifton Road

Thursday December 10, 1998, Time: 7:30 – 8:45 am
Lecture and Continental Breakfast: The Role of Brazil in Global Business: Promise & Pitfalls, featuring Jeffrey Rosensweig of Emory University
World Trade Center Atlanta, Suite 100 Lower Lobby SunTrust Plaza, 303 Peachtree Street

Thursday, December 3, 1998, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Discussion: Review of latest current events: Iraq, Clinton Visit to Asia
Villa International Library (2nd Floor), 1749 Clifton Road

Monday, November 30, 1998, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Reception for International Visitors: 8 Library Officials from Catalonia, Spain & 9 NGO representatives from Latin America, presented by GCIV
American Intercontinental University, 3330 Peachtree Rd. Parking at Tower Place

Thursday, November 19, 1998, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Discussion: Brazil with Mr. Enoch Nascimento, Vice Consul of Brazil to Atlanta
Villa International Library (2nd floor), 1749 Clifton Road

Wednesday, November 18, 1998, 11:30 am
Luncheon followed by talk and questions: Canada Relationship: Bilateral, Hemispheric and Global by Gordon D Griffin, US Ambassador to Canada presented by GCIV
US World Trade Center, One Peachtre Center, 303 Peachtree Street

Monday, November 9, 1998, 7:00 pm
Symposium: South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Conversations with Nobel Laureates Desmond Tutu and Wole Soyinka,
Woodruff PE Center, Emory University

Friday, November 6, 1998, 10:00am – 12:15 pm,
Twelth Annual Conference with the Secretaries of Defense, moderated by Hodding Carter, sponsored by Southern Center for International Studies and Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Robert Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Drive NW (GaTech

Thursday, October 29, 1998, 6:30 pm
Lecture: Antipersonal Landmines: Obstacles To Ending The Global Ordeal, Bob MacPherson, Emergency Management Group CARE, Joyce Myers Brown, former missionary to Angola, Tesfai Tseggai, Native Eritrea
Oglethorpe University, Student Center Talmadge Room (Emerson Hall)

Thursday, October 29, 1998, 7:30 pm
Discussion: The Mideast Peace Deal, Guest: Mary Zumot, an Atlanta resident from Jordan who has been invited to participate in several National symposiums dealing with Peace in the Middle East
Villa International Library (2nd floor)

Thursday, October 22, 1998, 7:00 pm,
Lecture with reception to follow, International Criminal Court, by Bruce Maloy of Atlanta Law Firm Maloy & Jenkins
John Marshall Law School, student Lounge, 1422 West Peachtree

Thursday, October 22, 1998, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Discussion: Continued fighting in Kosovo, Middle East Peace, Pinochet’s arrest
Villa International Library (2nd Floor), 1749 Clifton Road

Thursday, October 15, 1998, 7:00 pm
Panel Discussion, The State Of Human Rights Today
Georgia State University, Urban Life Building Auditorium

Thursday, October 8, 1998, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Discussion presented by Carter Center and Asia Society followed by a reception, South Asia’s Development Experience, presenters Ashok Row Kavi, India, Abdul Hai Khan, Bangladesh, Noor-un-Nisa Ghanghro, Pakistan, Vinya Ariyaratne, Sri Lanka
Cox Hall, Emory University

Wednesday, October 7, 1998, 6:30pm
Lecture with reception to follow: The Truth About The United Nations Organization, Speaker: Honorable Kensaku Hogen, UN Undersecretary , Secretary General for Communications and Public Information
Kennesaw State University, Burruss Building

Thursday, October 1, 1998, 7:30 pm,
Discussion: Germany - New Elections, Guest: Ulrich Schmidt, deputy consul of the Federal Republic of Germany to Atlanta,
Villa International Library(2nd) Floor, 1749 Clifton Road

Monday, September 28, 1998, 6:00 pm
Talk: Iraq and Sanctions by Nader Uthman, co-sponsored by the Dept of Middle Eastern Studies and the Arab Cultural Association,
White Hall 206, Emory University

Thursday, September 24, 1998, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Discussion: Russia - the Economic Situation,
Villa International Library (2nd Floor) 1749 Clifton Road

Thursday, September 24, 1998, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Conversation at the Carter Center: Town Meeting with Jimmy and Rosalynn,
Carter Center, One Copenhill, 453 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta 30307

Tuesday, September 22, 1998, 7:00 pm
AFS Middle East and Southern Africa Peace Education Program: from Kabul to Khartoum, Justice, Rule of Law and US Foreign Policy, Dr. Abdullahi An-Na’im, Sudan profesor, Emory Law School and Dr. Mohammad Fetrat, Afghan physician discused the peoples, histories and effects of recent bombings and air strikes in Afghanistan and Sudan
Emory Law School Room 1E ground floor , Clifton and N Decatur Rds.

Thursday, September 17, 1998, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
GCIV Lecture: Current Developments in the EU, Wouter Wilton, Minister Counsellor and Director of Press and Public Affairs, European Commission,
American InterContinental University, 3330 Peachtree Road, 2nd floor

Thursday, September 10, 1998, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Discussion: International Criminal Court,
Villa International Library (2nd Floor), 1749 Clifton Road

Thursday, September 3, 1998, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Discussion: Puerto Rico, the next State?,
Villa International Library (2nd Floor), 1749 Clifton Road

Thursday, August 27, 1998, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Discussion: Terrorism on the Internet and in locations around the World,
Villa International Library (2nd Floor), 1749 Clifton Road

Thursday, August 20, 1998, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Discussion: The International Monetary Fund,
Villa International Library (2nd Floor), 1749 Clifton Road

Thursday, August 13, 1998, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Discussion: World Political Structures with Ms Dijana Vukomanovic, Researcher for Center of Political Studies and Public Opinion, Yugoslavia, Mr. Paul Simon Tembo, Deputy National Secretary, Ruling Movement for Multi-party Democracy, Zambia, The Honorable Eduard Hans Klein, Member National Assembly, Bulgaria, and Mr. Emmanuel Akuamoah Boateng, Senior Editor Ghana Broadcasting Company, Ghana,
Villa International Library (2nd Floor), 1749 Clifton Road

Thursday, August 6, 1998, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Discussion: Nigeria, New elections?,
Villa International Library (2nd Floor), 1749 Clifton Road