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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001
From: "JOSEPH DRESEN" <DRESENJO@WWIC.SI.EDU>
Subject: Kennan Institute December events

The Kennan Institute is pleased to announce the following public events. Unless otherwise noted, events are held in the 6th foor auditorium of the Woodrow Wilson Center in the Ronald Reagan building. For directions and instructions on accessing the Reagan building, please visit the following web page: http://wwics.si.edu/FORTHCOM/septcal.htm

December 2001

Monday, December 3, 2001/ Noon Discussion (12 to 1 pm)
"Woodrow Wilson's Ambassador to Revolutionary Russia: A New Look at David R. Francis"
Harper Barnes, Cultural Critic, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Copies of Harper Barnes' biography of David R. Francis will be available for sale and autograph at this event.

Friday, December 7, 2001/ Kennan Institute American Alumni Seminar Series (3:30 to 5:30 pm)
"Building Capitalism: The Transformation of the Former Soviet Bloc"
Anders Aslund, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former Research Scholar, Kennan Institute

Monday, December 10, 2001/ Noon Discussion (12 to 1 pm)
"An Anchor in the Mud: Three Recent Russian Novels as a Guide to Practicing Freedom and Constructing a New Self," Leon Aron, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

Tuesday, December 11, 2001/ Seminar (3:30 to 5:30 pm)
"Moldova's Ten Years of Independence: The Puzzle of Transition" Ceslav Ciobanu, Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to the United States;
Rudi Perina, Special Negotiator for Nagorno-Karabakh and Eurasian Conflicts, U.S. Department of State; Vladimir Solonari, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center

Monday, December 17, 2001/ Noon Discussion (12 to 1 pm)
"Competitive Authoritarianism: Ukraine in Comparative Perspective"
Lucan Way, Academy Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Harvard University

Please address any questions to Joseph Dresen at the numbers below.

Joseph Dresen
Program Associate
Kennan Institute
Woodrow Wilson Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004-3027
tel. 202-691-4245
fax. 202-691-4247
dresenjo@wwic.si.edu
www.wilsoncenter.org