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Crisis or Stability in the Balkans

Date: Friday, April 23, 1999 / Time: 5:00am - 7:00am 

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I. Welcome
  • Richard Solomon
    President, U.S. Institute of Peace
  • Morton Abramowitz, Conference Chair
    Council on Foreign Relations
  • Petar Stoyanov, Honorary Conference Chair
    President, Bulgaria
II. Keynote Address
President Petar Stoyanov of Bulgaria delivers the keynote address.
President Petar Stoyanov of Bulgaria delivers the keynote address.
  • Read the remarks of Petar Stoyanov, Honorary Conference Chair and President, Bulgaria
III. Crisis or Stability in the Balkans: Regional Perspectives

Panel I: The Spreading Crisis: Balkan Leaders Speak

  • Amb. Bryan Hopkinson, Moderator
    International Crisis Group
  • Albania: President Rexhep Meidani
  • Romania: Andrei Plesu, Foreign Minister
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: Jadranko Prlic, Foreign Minister
  • Croatia: Mate Granic, Foreign Minister
  • Slovenia: Boris Frlec, Foreign Minister
President Rexhep Meidani of Albania addresses the conference.
President Rexhep Meidani of Albania addresses the conference.

Panel II: The Future of Serbia: Regional Configurations

  • Daniel Serwer, Moderator
  • Bosnia: Zlatko Lagumdzija, President, Social Democratic Party of Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • Montenegro: Zorica Maric, Trade Mission of Montenegro
    (transcript Read Remarks)
  • Serbia: Sonja Biserko, Helsinki Committee, Stockholm, Sweden
    (transcript Read Remarks)
  • USA: Richard Perle, American Enterprise Institute

Panel III: Building the Foundation for Stability

  • Lauren Van Metre, Moderator
    U.S. Institute of Peace

    • Civil-Military Institutions

  • Poland: Andrezsj Karkoszka, former Deputy Minister of Defense

    • Social and Political Movements

  • Albania: Genc Ruli, Institute for Contemporary Studies
  • Bulgaria: Ivan Krastev, President, Center for Liberal Studies

    • Religious Organizations

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: Jakob Finci, President, Jewish Community of BiH/President, Soros Foundation in Sarajevo
  • Eastern Europe: Adrian Hastings, Professor, University of Leeds
IV. Wrap-Up
  • Harriet Hentges, Moderator
    U.S. Institute of Peace
  • John Menzies, U.S. Institute of Peace
  • Morton Abramowitz, Council on Foreign Relations
  • Bryan Hopkinson, International Crisis Group

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