On May 18, Hall Gardner was interviewed by Deutsche Welle on the “European Bailout Protection Act” that is currently being introduced in the House of Representatives  by Republicans. On May 19, Gardner spoke on the subject, "Immigration, la guerre contre la drogue et l'escalade de la crise américano-mexicaine" based on Chapter 9 of his book, Averting Global War (New York : Palgrave, 2010) at the Forum du Futur conference, "Les relations entre les Etats-Unis et l'Amérique latine : une nouvelle donne?" held at France-Amériques. His article, "Afghanistan: An Ever Widening War?" was published in Géostrategiques (No. 27, 2ème trimestre, La Géostratégie de l'Afghanistan).  On May 21, Professor Gardner was invited by Mikhail Gorbachev to participate in the first meeting of the New Policy Forum, held in Luxembourg, as a member of the advisory board. The New Policy Forum aims to bring together current political leaders, veterans of international politics, intellectuals and civil society representatives in a common effort to develop new ideas and new policies for the XXI century (see: http://gorbachev.crmm.ru).

[AUP - Posted 17 June 2010]

Oleg Kobtzeff was interviewed on Radio France International about the legacy of the May 1968 movements in France. On May 13 he appeared on France 2 television discussing the geography of the Arctic regions in European Russia and its populations (and will be interviewed on France 2 again on June 6). 

[AUP - Posted 17 June 2010]

Douglas Yates was interviewed on CNBC to discuss Sarkozy's mid-term evaluation (May 3) and the European perspective on the new British Conservative government of Cameron and Clegg (May 13).  He was also interviewed on RFI to discuss the failure of power-sharing talks in Madagascar (May 2).  Professor Yates presented a paper, "Port-Gentil: From Forestry Capital to Oil Capital" at the University of Houston (May 20-22) with support of a grant by the National Science Foundation.

[AUP - Posted 17 June 2010]

On March 22, Steven Ekovich appeared on the popular morning radio show "Les matins de France Culture" to discuss passage of the health care reform bill in the US. On March 23 he appeared on the Moroccan TV station Media 1 Sat to discuss US relations with Israel. On March 27 Ekovich was cited on French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s trip to Washington and New York in an Associated Press story that was published in several hundred US newspapers and news services as well as the international press in English. On March 30 he appeared on France 24 to discuss President Sarkozy’s trip to Washington and New York. On April 10 Professor Ekovich gave a talk at a conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, organized by the European Research Group on the Military and Society (ERGOMAS). On April 15 he was interviewed for a special weekly news report telecast by France 24 on President Obama and the Arab-Israeli conflict. On the same day he was interviewed on President Obama’s nuclear strategy on the Moroccan TV station Media 1 Sat.  On April 17 Ekovich organized and led a conference at AUP on “The Crisis in Afghanistan.”  H also published “La Destruction Atomique d’Hiroshima et de Nagasaki: Incertitudes Historiques et Dilemmes Éthiques” in Géostratégiques (1er Trimestre 2010, No. 26, click here to download).

[AUP - Posted 6 May 2010]

Hall Gardner spoke on "Obama's Foreign Policy: Surmounting Nightmarish Scenarios?" as the first speaker of the Spring 2010 Baden-Württemberg Seminar of the Heidelberg Center for American Studies, in cooperation with the program, "Formations of the Global" at the University of Mannheim, held at the Mannheimer Palace, on April 22. On March 1 he spoke at Kuwait University with the French Ambassador to Kuwait, Mr. Jean-René Gehan, on the subject, “France’s Return to NATO’s Command - With Vital Interests in the Gulf.”  A new edition of his book, Averting Global War: Regional Challenges, Overextension, and Options for American Strategy (New York: Palgrave, 2010) has just been published.

[AUP - Posted 6 May 2010]

Peter Hägel was the moderator of an international conference on "Managing Global Governance," organized by the German Development Institute and InWent, in Bonn (Germany) on April 14.

[AUP - Posted 6 May 2010]

In April, Oleg Kobtzeff was interviewed on Radio Algérie International about international issues; he was asked by Nicolas Miletitch, former Editor in Chief of the AFP news agency, to replace him to present his documentary "L'histoire secrète de l'Archipel du Goulag" and represent him during the debate that followed as part of the series of events celebrating the official Franco-Russian year in France and surrounding the exhibit "L'Archipel des Solovki, Veilleuse du Grand Nord" in Rueil-Malmaison (more than 90 people attending on a weekday).

[AUP - Posted 6 May 2010]