Saturday, November 25, 2017

Lecture by Ambassador Anthony C. E. Quainton

This event may be of interest to our members:
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THE MILITARIZATION AND MARGINALIZATION OF DIPLOMACY

Upcoming lecture at UNC by Ambassador Anthony C. E. Quainton, former US Ambassador to the Central African Republic, Nicaragua, Kuwait, and Peru; former Director General of the Foreign Service.



Photos from the CFFS Luncheon on November 7, 2017


Below are a few photos of members of the Carolina Friends of the Foreign Service (CFFS) and their guests attending a talk by Professor Klaus Larres presented at the University Club in Durham, N.C., Tuesday, November 7, 2017.  The topic of Dr. Larres's talk was “The Dawning of a New Global Order?  Germany and China in the Age of Donald Trump." 
(Photos Courtesy of H.R. & Betsy Malpass)
Dr. Larres Presents PowerPoint slide show along with his lecture about
the new global order.
 









Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Transnational Terrorism Today

This event may be of interest to our members
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The Richard M Krasno Distinguished Professorship at UNC Chapel Hill
Prof. Klaus W Larres

in cooperation with
Prof. Tobias Hof
(DAAD Visiting Professor at UNC-CH)


would like to invite you to an international conference this Thursday and Friday coming - November 9 and 10, 2017

TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM TODAY:              
HOW DO THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIES DEAL WITH TERRORISM?

Keynote address by Prof. Bruce Hoffman of Georgetown University on November 9, 5.30pm (preceded by an opening reception at 4.30pm - all welcome)


"The Transatlantic Alliance and Terrorism"

(Location: Pleasants Family room, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill)  

Panel discussions on November 10, 2017 with distinguished international speakers:

9.30am - 11.30am:  The Global Terrorist Threat
1.00pm -  3.00pm:   Foreign Policy, Military Operations and Anti-Terrorism
3.30pm -  5.30pm:   Domestic Reactions to Terrorism - Differences, Similarities & Cooperation
6.00pm - 7.30pm:  Final Roundtable - "How can we deal with the Terrorist Threat?"

(Location: FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003; UNC-Chapel Hill)

Please see the flyer at this link: http://jmce.unc.edu/ttt2017

ALL WELCOME - students, faculty, administrators, and certainly also members of the general public.

For those of you who are too far away or unable to attend, we will videotape all the talks and discussions for our YouTube channel. Please subscribe to our channel for free: www.youtube.com/KrasnoUNC

With our best wishes, 
Klaus Larres & Tobias Hof