THOMAS AMBROSIO North Dakota State University Department of Criminal Justice & Political Science NDSU Dept. 2315 1616 12th Ave. N. P.O. Box 6050 Fargo, ND 58108-6050 (701) 231-7097 E-Mail: thomas.ambrosio@ndsu.edu Website: http://www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/ambrosio EDUCATION University of Virginia Ph.D. in Foreign Affairs, January 2000. Dissertation: AIrredentism: Ethnic Conflict and International Politics.@ Major Fields: Comparative Politics and International Relations. M.A. in Foreign Affairs, May 1996. Thesis: AThe Federation of Bosnia and Hercegovina.@ The College of New Jersey B.A., Political Science (Public Administration) and Philosophy, May 1993. Magna Cum Laude ACADEMIC POSITIONS North Dakota State University Director, International Studies Major (F 2009-present) Associate Professor with Tenure (F 2006-present) Assistant Professor (F 2000-Sp 2006) Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia) Invited Lecturer (Sm 2010) Western Kentucky University Assistant Professor (F 1999-Sp 2000) University of Virginia Instructor (1997-1998) Ambrosio, curriculum vitae, 2 AWARDS Outstanding Educator, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, NDSU, 2011. (Awarded in recognition for all three areas of the University’s mission: teaching, research, and service.) Outstanding Research Award, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, NDSU, 2007. (Awarded for career research activities.) Blue Key Distinguished Educator Award, 2007. (Student organization award for teaching.) RESEARCH Books Authoritarian Backlash: Russian Resistance to Democratization in the Former Soviet Union (Ashgate, 2009). Challenging America=s Global Preeminence: Russia=s Quest for Multipolarity (Ashgate, 2005). Irredentism: Ethnic Conflict and International Politics (Praeger, 2001). Edited Books Ethnic Identity Groups and U.S. Foreign Policy (Praeger, 2002). Project initiator, sole editor, and contributor (introduction, conclusion, substantive chapter, extensive revisions of Scott/Osman chapter). International Law and the Rise of Nations: The State System and the Challenge of Ethnic Groups (Chatham House, 2001). Project initiator, principal editor, and contributor (two focus essays, conclusion, substantive chapter). Co-edited with Robert J. Beck. Refereed Journal Articles “Mapping the Geopolitics of the Russian Federation after Yeltsin: The Geography of Federal Assembly Addresses Under Putin and Medvedev,” Geopolitics, forthcoming. (With Geoffrey Vandrovec, second author.) “The Rise of the ‘China Model’ and ‘Beijing Consensus’: Evidence of Authoritarian Diffusion?,” Contemporary Politics, forthcoming. AUnfreezing the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict? Evaluating Peacemaking Efforts Under the Obama Administration,@ Ethnopolitcs, vol. 10, no. 1 (March 2011): 93-114. AConstructing a Framework of Authoritarian Diffusion: Concepts, Dynamics, and Future Research,@ International Studies Perspectives, vol. 11, no. 4 (November 2010): 375-392. Ambrosio, curriculum vitae, 3 "The Kurdistan Referendum Movement: Political Opportunity Structures and National Identity," Democratization, vol.15, no.5 (December 2008): 891-908. (With Azad Berweri, first author.) ACatching the >Shanghai Spirit=: How the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Promotes Authoritarian Norms in Central Asia,@ Europe-Asia Studies, vol.60, no.8 (October 2008): 1321-1344. AInsulating Russia from a Colour Revolution: How the Kremlin Resists Regional Democratic Trends,@ Democratization, vol.14, no.2 (April 2007): 232-252. AThe Political Success of Russia-Belarus Relations: Insulating Minsk from a >Color= Revolution@ Demokratizatsiya, vol.14, no.3 (Summer 2006): 407-434. "Major Power Balancing under Conditions of Unipolarity: The Role of Non-Material Values,@ Contemporary Security Policy, vol.27, no.2 (August 2006): 258-281. ATrying Saddam Hussein: Teaching International Law Through an Undergraduate Mock Trial,@ International Studies Perspectives vol.7, no.2 (May 2006): 159-171. AThe Geopolitics of Demographic Decay: HIV/AIDS and Russia's Great Power Status,@ Post-Soviet Affairs, vol.22, no.1 (January 2006): 1-23. AThe Russo-American Dispute over the Invasion of Iraq: International Status and the Role of Positional Goods,@ Europe-Asia Studies, vol.57, no.8 (December 2005): 1189-1210. AThe Third Side? The Multipolar Strategic Triangle and the Sino-Indian Rapprochement,@ Comparative Strategy, vol.24, no.5 (December 2005): 397-414. ABringing Ethnic Conflict into the Classroom: A Student-Centered Simulation of Multiethnic Politics,@ PS: Political Science and Politics, vol.37, no.2 (April 2004): 285-9. AFrom Balancer to Ally? Russo-American Relations in the Wake of September 11th,@ Contemporary Security Policy, vol.24, no.2 (August 2003): 1-28. ACongressional Perceptions of Ethnic Cleansing: Reactions to the Nagorno-Karabagh War and the Influence of Ethnic Interest Groups,@ Review of International Affairs, vol.2, no.1 (Autumn 2002): 24-45. ARussia's Quest for Multipolarity: A Response to U.S. Hegemony,@ European Security, vol.10, no.1 (Spring 2001): 45-67. AThe Geopolitics of Slavic Union: Russia, Belarus, and Multipolarity,@ Geopolitics, vol.4, no.3 (Winter 1999): 73-90. Book Chapters "Russia Reacts to the Color Revolutions: A Multifaceted Approach to Undermining Ambrosio, curriculum vitae, 4 Democratization in the Former Soviet Union," in Donnacha O Beachain and Abel Polese, eds., The Color Revolutions in the Former Soviet Republics (Routledge, 2010). ARussia Against Estonia: Defending the Kremlin through Tu Quoque Rhetoric,@ in Roger Kanet, ed., A Resurgent Russia and Europe (Martinus Nijhoff, 2009). AEast Timor Independence: Changing Foci of International Pressure,@ in Robert Compton, ed., Transforming East Asian Domestic and International Politics: The Impact of Political Economy and Globalization (Ashgate, 2002), pp. 115-137. Papers Published in Conference Proceedings ADomestic Threats from NATO Expansion: Democratic Diffusion and Russia=s Reaction to Alliance Membership for Georgia and Ukraine,@ in Adaptation of NATO: From the North Atlantic Treaty to Security in Pakistan, Natalie Mychajlyszyn, ed. (Centre for Defense and Security Studies, University of Manitoba, 2008), 109-129. AThe Breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Calculus of Consociationalism,@ in John S. Micgel, ed., Perspectives on Political and Economic Transitions after Communism (Institute on East Central Europe, Columbia University, 1997), pp. 249-265. AThe Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Failure of Implementation,@ in John S. Micgel, ed., State and Nation Building in East Central Europe: Contemporary Perspectives (Institute on East Central Europe, Columbia University, 1996), pp. 225-241. Published Book Reviews In National Identities: $ David Campbell, National Deconstruction: Violence, Identity, and Justice in Bosnia; $ Walter C. Clemens, Jr., The Baltic Transformed. In Nationalities Papers: $ Christopher Lord and Olga Strietska-Ilina (eds.), Parallel Cultures. $ Thomas S. Szayna (ed.), Identifying Potential Ethnic Conflict. $ Stephen D. Shenfield, Russian Fascism. In Ethnic Conflict Research Digest: $ Wayne Bert, The Reluctant Superpower: United States=Policy in Bosnia, 1991-95; $ The International Spread of Ethnic Conflict, eds. David A. Lake and Donald Rothchild; $ The Serbs and their Leaders in the Twentieth Century, eds. Peter Radan and Aleksandar Pavkovic; $ Milica Zarkovic Bookman, The Demographic Struggle for Power; $ International Law and Ethnic Conflict, ed. David Wippman; $ David R. Maples, Belarus: A Denationalized Nation. In Contemporary Security Policy: $ Jeffrey W. Legro, Rethinking the World: Great Power Strategies and International Order, Ambrosio, curriculum vitae, 5 In Democratization: $ Dmitri V. Trenin, Getting Russia Right. In Slavonica: $ Robert Brannon, Russian Civil-Military Relations. In Perspectives on Politics: $Markus Kornprobst, Irredentism in European Politics. In International Dialogue: $Edith Clowes, Russia on the Edge: Imagined Geographies and Post-Soviet Identity. Non-Refereed Publications and Miscellaneous Entry on ALobbies, Influence on Foreign Policy,@ Oxford Encyclopedia of Diplomatic and Military History (Oxford University Press, 2012). Entry on AIrredentism,@ International Encyclopedia of Political Science (Sage, 2011). AVanquishing The Ghost of Trianon: Preventing Hungarian Irredentism Through Western Integration,@ Seton Hall Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations vol.3, no.1, Winter/Spring 2002, pp. 38-52. [Reviewed internally by Seton Hall faculty.] AEthnic Conflicts and U.S. National Interests,@ Ethnic Conflict Research Digest vol.4, no.2, September 2001, pp. 7-9. [Review article.] Entries on “Irredentism, Concept of,” “Russian Empire and Nationalism,” “Russian Nationalism,” “Soviet Nationalism,” “Hungarian Nationalism,” “Territorial Imperative,” “Ethnic Cleansing,” Encyclopedia of Nationalism (Academic Press, 2000). Publications Currently Under Review “Authoritarian Belarus between Russia and Europe: Four Scenarios.” Book chapter currently under review with Lynne Reinner. “Beyond the Transition Paradigm: A Research Agenda for Authoritarian Consolidation in the former Soviet Union.” Article currently under review with Post-Soviet Affairs. TEACHING Courses North Dakota State University $ Introduction to Political Science (F 2000, F 2001, F 2002, Sm 2003, F 2003, Sm 2004, F 2004, F2005, F2006, F2007, F2008); Ambrosio, curriculum vitae, 6 $ International Politics (Sp 2001, Sp 2002, Sp 2003, Sp 2004, Sp 2005, Sp 2006, Sp 2007, Sp2008, Sp2009, Sm2009, Sp2010, Sp 2011, Sp 2012); $ Model United Nations (Sp 2001, Sp 2002, Sp 2003); $ International Organizations (Sp 2001, Sp 2002); $ International Law (F 2001, F 2002, F 2003, Sp 2005, Sp 2006, F 2007, F 2009, Sp 2011); $ Special Topics in International Law (Sp 2012). $ Ethnic Conflict (Sp 2001, Sp 2002, Sp 2003, F2004, F2005, F2006, Sp2009); $ Global Policy (F 2000); $ American Power and World Media (team-taught Honor=s Course, Sp 2003); $ Senior Seminar (Sp 2004, Sp 2007, Sp 2008, Sp 2010). $ Introduction to International Studies (F 2010, F 2011). $ Integrative Senior Project Proposal (F 2010, Sp 2011, F 2011, Sp 2012). Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia) $ Russian Politics and Policy (Sm 2010) Western Kentucky University $ International Relations (Sp 2000); $ Introduction to Political Science (F 1999, Sp 2000); $ Politics of Europe (Sp 2000); $ Government and Politics of Russia (F 1999). University of Virginia $ Nationalism and Ethnicity (Sm 1998); $ Ethnic Conflict, Genocide, and International Law (Sp 1998); $ The Politics of the Bosnian Conflict (Sm 1997). FELLOWSHIPS $ Academic Fellows Program, Foundation for the Defense of Democracy. (A ten-day, all-expense-paid, intensive learning experience on counter-terrorism in Israel, including both lectures at Tel Aviv University and field-trips throughout Israel during May-June 2012). $ Developmental Leave, North Dakota State University, 2008 (cancelled due to illness of other faculty member). $ Instructional Development Grant. North Dakota State University, 2006. $ Fellow of the Faculty Institute for Excellence in Learning, North Dakota State University, 2002-3. $ Faculty International Development Grant. North Dakota State University, 2002. $ Summer Research Grant. North Dakota State University, 2001, 2002. $ Full Summer Sabbatical Leave. Western Kentucky University, 2000. $ Albert Gallatin Fellow in International Affairs. University of Virginia, 1998-9. $ DuPont Fellow. University of Virginia, 1995-6, 1996-7, 1997-8. $ Foreign Language and Area Studies Summer Fellow. University of Virginia, Summer 1994, Summer 1996; University of Pittsburgh, Summer 1996. Ambrosio, curriculum vitae, 7 CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES “The Rise of the ‘Beijing Consensus’ and ‘China Model’: Evidence of Authoritarian Diffusion?,” Comparative Interdisciplinary Studies Section (CISS) annual conference, Prague, Czech Republic, June 2012. Panel Discussant, “Global and Regional Perspectives,” Comparative Interdisciplinary Studies Section (CISS) annual conference, Prague , Czech Republic, June 2012. “Authoritarian Consolidation in Russia: The Foundations of Putinism," Weissberg Program in Human Rights Conference on "Russia after the Collapse of Communism: Prospects for Liberalization,” Beloit College, March 2012. AMapping the Geopolitics of the Russian Federation After Yeltsin: The Geography of Federal Assembly Addresses Under Putin and Medvedev,@ CISS/WISC Joint Conference, Porto, Portugal, August 2011. Panel Discussant, APerspectives on the Dilemmas of Peace,@ CISS/WISC Joint Conference, Porto, Portugal, August 2011. ANagorno-Karabakh and American Foreign Policy: Entangled Alliances, Incompatible Interests, and Enduring Conflict,@ conference co-sponsored by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and Uludag University Department of International Relations entitled AReassessing the Security of South Caucasia and Turkish-Azerbaijani-Relations,@ Bursa, Turkey, May 2011. "Unfreezing the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict? Evaluating Peacemaking Efforts Under the Obama Administration," Comparative Interdisciplinary Studies Section (CISS) Annual Conference in Venice, Italy, July 2010. Chair and Discussant, "Russia's Resurgence: Challenges to European Security," Comparative Interdisciplinary Studies Section (CISS) Annual Conference in Venice, Italy, July 2010. AThe Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: A Brief History,@ panel on the 1992 Khojaly Massacre, hosted by the Azerbaijani-American Council, Berkeley, CA, February 2010. "Azerbaijan in the Caspian Geopolitical Context," hosted by the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, invited by the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Canada, November 2009. "Tu Quoque: How the Kremlin Redirects External Criticism Through Rhetorical Attacks," paper delivered at World International Studies Committee 2008 conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia. "Redefining Democracy in Russia: How the Kremlin Uses Wordplay to Counter External Criticism," paper delivered at International Studies Association 2008 annual conference, San Francisco. Ambrosio, curriculum vitae, 8 Panel Discussant, "Geostrategy, Stability and Politics in Central Asia and the Caspian Basin," International Studies Association, 2008 annual conference, San Francisco. ACatching the >Shanghai Spirit=: Resisting Democratization in Central Asia through International Cooperation,@ Comparative Interdisciplinary Studies Section of the International Studies Association, Buçaco, Portugal, June 2007. AReacting to the Color Revolutions: Russia=s Antagonistic Policy toward Ukraine and Georgia,@ International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, February-March 2007. Panel Chair, ANew Issues in the Formation of Civic Societies in the Post-Communist States,@ International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, February-March 2007. Invited Panelist, ACountering NATO Expansion: Three Strategies to Insulate the Kremlin from a Color Revolution,@ NATO=s New Agenda: From Regional to Global Actor, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, January-February 2007. Invited Panelist, AInside the Mind of the Homicide/Suicide Bomber,@ Early Responders Distance Learning Center, St. Joseph=s University, Philadelphia, PA, July 2006. AThe Political Success of Russia-Belarus Relations: Insulating Minsk from a >Color= Revolution,@ International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, March 2006. AThe Political Success of Russia-Belarus Relations: Insulating Minsk from a >Color= Revolution,@ International Studies Association-South, Miami, FL, November 2005. AThe Geopolitics of Demographic Decay: HIV/AIDS and Russia=s Great Power Status,@ International Studies Association, Honolulu, HI, March 2005. AThe Russo-American Dispute Over the Invasion of Iraq: International Status and the Role of Positional Goods,@ International Studies Association, Honolulu, HI, March 2005. AThe Foundation of an Anti-Hegemonic Coalition? The Russo-Chinese Challenge to American Power in the International System,@ Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, January 2003. AThe Foundation of an Anti-Hegemonic Coalition? The Russo-Chinese Challenge to American Power in the International System,@ International Studies Association-West, Las Vegas, NV, October 2003. AThe Bush Doctrine and North Korea,@ North Korea in Crisis: Food Production, Economics, and Security, Center for Agricultural Policy and Trade Studies, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, September 2003. AEthnic Identity Groups and U.S. Foreign Policy,@ presentation at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars long-range study on ADiasporas and Conflict Resolution,@ Washington, D.C., June 2003. Ambrosio, curriculum vitae, 9 AThe Geopolitics of Demographic Decay: HIV/AIDS and Russian National Security,@ Great Plains Political Science Association, Marshall, MN, April 2003. Roundtable Discussion, AForeign Policy After 9/11,@ Great Plains Political Science Association, Marshall, MN, April 2003. AFrom Balancer to Ally(?): Russo-American Relations in the Wake of September 11th,@ International Studies Association-South, Richmond, VA, October 2002. ABroadening the Hegemonic Coalition: Russia and the War Against Terrorism,@ International Studies Association-West, Las Vegas, NV, October 2002. Panel Chair, A(Re)Assessing American Foreign Policy,@ International Studies Association-West, Las Vegas, NV, October 2002. ASimulating Ethnic Conflict: Utilizing an On-Line Approach for an In-Class Exercise,@ Beyond Boundaries: A Conference on Integrating Technology into Teaching & Learning, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, September 2002. AEncounters with the Alien: Teaching Identity Politics through Science Fiction Films and Television,@ Great Plains Political Science Association, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, March 2002. AEntangling Alliances: The Turkish-Israeli Lobbying Partnership and Its Unintended Consequences,@ Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, November 2001. AFlirting with the Hegemon: Russia=s Rejection of the Hegemonic Coalition,@ International Studies Association-South, Winston-Salem, NC, October 2001. Panel Chair, AComparing Group Resistance Movements,@ International Studies Association-South, Winston-Salem, NC, October 2001. ACongressional Perceptions of Ethnic Cleansing: Reactions to the Nagorno-Karabakh War and the Influence of Ethnic Lobbies,@ A Century of Killing: Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the 20th Century, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, October 2000. AAcquiring Friends and Allies in Ethnic Conflicts: The Armenian-American Lobby and U.S. Involvement in the Nagorno-Karabakh War,@ American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 2000. ARussia=s Quest for Multipolarity: A Response to U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era,@ Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 2000. AOttoman 'Hegemonic Control' in the Balkans: An Application of David Laitin's Theory of Ethnic Cleavage Formation to Bosnia-Herzegovina,@ Graduate Student Symposium on Russian and East European Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, April 1997. Ambrosio, curriculum vitae, 10 AThe Breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Calculus of Consociationalism,@ Institute on East Central Europe's Conference on Perspectives on Political and Economic Transitions after Communism, Columbia University, New York, NY, March 1997. ATesting Samuel Huntington's 'Clash of Civilizations' Paradigm: An Examination of Russian Foreign Policy,@ Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference (AAASS Affiliate), Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, March 1996. AThe Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Failure of Implementation,@ Institute on East Central Europe Conference on 'State and Nation Building in East Central Europe, Contemporary Perspectives', Columbia University, New York, NY, March 1996. AAn Inquiry into Samuel Huntington's 'Clash of Civilizations' Paradigm,@ Northeastern Political Science Association annual meeting, Newark, NJ, November 1995. UNIVERSITY SERVICE University System Political Science Academic Discipline Group, North Dakota University System (Member 2009-11; Chair 2011-present). University NDSU Academic Integrity Committee (Member 2011-present). NDSU Global Council Committee (Member 2009-present). Office of International Programs Director Search Committee (Member Fall 2011). Program Review Committee (Alternate, 2003-5; Full Member 2005-6, 2007-9; Chair 2009-11). M.A. Thesis Committee (Member, 4 M.A./M.S. theses outside of department). Ph.D. Dissertation Committee (Member, 1 committee outside of department). Graduate Grade Appeals Committee (Alternate, 2004-5). NDSU University Senate (AHSS Alternate 2002-3; AHSS Representative 2003-2006). Parliamentarian for NDSU University Senate (2001-3). Faculty advisor for NDSU=s Model United Nations Club (2000-present). College AHSS Dean Search Committee Member (2010-2011). Ambrosio, curriculum vitae, 11 AHSS Curriculum Committee (Member 2008-2011) AHSS Policy and Planning Committee (Alternate, 2003-4; Full Member 2006-7). Department Department Policy Manual Committee (Chair, 2011-present) Department PTE Committee (Member 2007-2011; Chair, 2011-present). Department Faculty Search Committee (four searches). Department Head Evaluation Committee (Chair, 2008). Faculty Advisor for Incoming, Prospective, and Transfer Students in Political Science (2004-present). M.A. Thesis Committee (Member, 2 M.A. theses). Faculty Mentor for a visiting scholar from Ukraine under the American Councils for International Education=s Junior Faculty Development Program (2001-2). Departmental representative for summer orientation/advising (2001, 2006). NDSU Political Science Department Webmaster (2000-2003). PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/SERVICE Media Interviews International interviews with media outlets in United Kingdom (BBC Azeri), Kurdistan (Hewler, Kurdish Globe, Gulan, Rudaw Weekly Paper), Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani News Agency, news.az, Regionalplus), Armenia (news.am), Georgia (Georgia Today), and Russia (Gazeta), China (Sanlian Life Weekly). National interviews with Southeast European Times and the Karabakh Foundation’s Azerbaijan Radio Hour. Local interviews with Prairie Public Radio (radio), KFGO (radio), KVLY (television), KDSU-FM (radio), KVRR (television), WDAY (television), Y94 (radio), SU TV News (internet), NDSU >Thunder Radio= (radio), and The Forum (newspaper). Frequent guest on WKYU-FM=s (Western Kentucky Public Radio), Midday Edition, regarding Russian, Balkan, West European, and American political developments (1999-2000). Ambrosio, curriculum vitae, 12 Professional Service Peer reviewer of articles for Asian Perspective, China: An International Journal, Comparative Political Studies, Contemporary Security Policy, Democratization, Demokratizatsiya, Ethnopolitics, Europe-Asia Studies, European Journal of International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, Geopolitics, International Studies Perspectives, International Studies Quarterly, International Interactions, Journal of Global Governance, Journal of Politics, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Nationalities Papers, Politics and Policy, PS: Political Science & Politics, The International Journal, The Journal of Political Science Education. Manuscript reviewer for Westview, Longman, Ashgate, Oxford University Press, Wiley-Backwell, Palgrave-Macmillan, Lynne Reiner. Grant review for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Editorial Board Member, Politics & Policy (2003-2005). Chair of Political and Security Committee at the Arrowhead Model United Nations Conference (April 2002). Miscellaneous Presentations Presentation on AWorld War IV? The Expansion of American Military Activity Following 9/11,@ during a 10-year retrospective on 9-11 event, Moorhead State University, September 2011. Presentation on AHuman Trafficking,@ NDSU Social Justice Series, March 2009. Presentation on Athe Saddam Hussein Trial@ to the Great Western Reserve Club (Fargo civic organization), December 2005. Presentation on AWomen=s Rights in Afghanistan,@for the Women Lawyers' Section of the State Bar Association of North Dakota, April 2002. Presentation on AAfrica Forgotten.@ Presentation on AU.S. Foreign Policy in Africa: the Cold War and After,@ a Tri-College course, March 2002. Participated in "Human Rights in Afghanistan: Relativists vs. Universalists," Human Rights and Democracy Conference, North Dakota State University, April 2002. Participated in a public panel entitled AU.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East Since 1945,@ sponsored by Peace Now NDSU, November 2001.