[Discussion] Armenia/the South Caucasus and Foreign Policy Challenges

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CONF.- Armenia, South Caucasus & Foreign Policy, Univ. of Michigan, Oct. 
2004

Armenia/the South Caucasus and Foreign Policy Challenges

A Forthcoming International Conference at the University of Michigan

The Armenian Studies Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, will
hold an international conference on the theme Armenia/the South Caucasus 
and
Foreign Policy Challenges. The conference will be held at the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, on October 21-23, 2004.

This unique gathering will bring together over thirty scholars, past and
present government officials and conflict negotiators from over ten
countries, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Russia, Iran,
Europe, Canada, and the US to discuss the foreign policy problems and
prospects of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia as well as the conflict
resolution processes in the region, with special emphasis on Nagorno 
Karabakh.

The conference is being organized by Prof. Gerard Libaridian (Department of
History) under the auspices of the Armenian Studies Program at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with the support of the Center for 
Middle
Eastern and North African Studies, and is being cosponsored by the
Department of History, the Department of Near Eastern Studies, and 
others at
the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

The conference will be open to the general public. Details will be 
announced
later and can be accessed on the website of the Armenian Studies Program,
www.umich.edu/~iinet/asp/.  Inquiries can be made by writing to
armenianstudies@umich.edu or by calling 734-764-0350.