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Professional presentations and conferences

• May 15, Made a presentation in Kiev on 鈥淎merican Views of European Integration: An Overview鈥� for the Institute of Global Transformations, held at the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine (Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Attending was the diplomatic corps stationed in Kiev as well as Ukrainian diplomats and researchers.
• June 28 鈥� 30 Participated in a conference (鈥淎ddressing a Changing World!鈥�) in Baku, Azerbaijan organized by CransMontana Forum under the high patronage of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
• July 11: Gave a presentation on 鈥淭he Role of the Military in the Tunisian Revolution鈥� at a conference under the auspices of the International Sociological Association (Research Committee on Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution). The presentation was part of a panel entitled 鈥淔ragile and Conflict-affected Countries: New Approaches in Countering Vicious Cycles of Conflict.鈥� Held in Maribor, Slovenia.
• September 12 gave a talk on 鈥淣ational Politics, Economic Policy and Successful Entrepreneurship鈥� at a conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The conference was under the high patronage of the President of Uzbekistan.
• September 27 鈥� 29 Participated in a conference in Zaghouan, Tunisia, on 鈥淟e co没迟 du non-Magreb.鈥� Gave a paper on the United States and the Grand Maghreb (published in the Proceedings).听
• October 22 participated in a closed conference on Mali and the Sahel organized by the French Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Embassy in Paris. In attendance were U.S., French and African ambassadors and diplomats from the region as well as African defense attach茅s and U.S. generals from Africa Command in Stuttgart.
• November 30 presented a paper on the role of the military in the Tunisian revolution at a conference in Copenhagen. A conference on 鈥淭he Development of the State: Civil-Military Institutions鈥� hosted by the Centre for Military Studies and the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen.
• February 12-16 participated in the Forum de Bamako on 鈥淐risis of the State, Conflicts and National Reconciliation.鈥� The only American invited to participate. Other participants included the current Malian Prime Minister, previous prime ministers and foreign ministers, as well as those from other ministries, and ministers from neighboring countries. Local elected officials were also there, for example the deputy mayors of Timbuktu, Gao and Bourem. Also present were high-ranking military officers, political party leaders, current and former diplomats (including the French and American ambassadors), as well as leaders of civil society. The first two days of the forum were dedicated to the role of women, attended mostly by Malian women, but also by their West African colleagues in government and civil society positions of leadership. Anthropologists and researchers in political and social sciences were also invited.
• April 5-7 made a presentation 鈥淭he Role of the Media in the Tunisian Revolution鈥� at a conference on 鈥淟iberty and Human Rights鈥� at Cairo University
• April 12 Presented my work on the Role of the Military in the Tunisian Revolution at a conference in Tunis on 鈥淟a transition d茅mocratique au Maghreb: 脡tat et perspectives鈥澛� Collected additional research on the topic.

Public presentations and lectures

• August 28 鈥� September 1 鈥� Gave a series of lectures in Niamey, Niger on the U.S. presidential election. Met with political party leaders and civil society leaders in order to compare and contrast Nigerien elections with American elections. Appeared on Nigerien radio and television. Met with university colleagues, researchers and students.
• September 2 鈥� 6 Gave a series of lectures in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on the U.S. presidential election. Met with political party leaders and civil society leaders in order to compare and contrast Burkinab茅 elections with American elections. Met with diplomats. Appeared on radio and television. Met with university colleagues, researchers and students.
• September 20 gave a videoconference from the U.S. Embassy in Paris on the U.S. elections with journalists, students, political leaders, civil society leaders in Bamako, Mali.
• October 4 gave a talk to the Rotary Club of Fontainebleau on the U.S. elections.