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Welcome to the
Albuquerque International Association
and
Center for International Studies
To Come in Fall 2010:
August 19 (Thu), 11:30 AM– 1:15 PM - Drug Wars on the New Mexico Border - For Whom the Bell Tolls? by John Wheeler, Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
August 26 (Thu), 7 PM – Book Club Discussion: Ray Takeyh, Guardians of the Revolution: Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs, 2009. Moderated by Emile Nakhleh.
August 29 (Sun), 3 PM,– IRAN: Understanding Ahmadinejad and His Politics by Dr. Bahman Baktiari, Director, the Middle East Center, University of Utah. This is the opening lecture in the International lecture Series: Challenging Countries, Difficult Leaders. It will be followed immediately by the Fall Season opening reception “Middle Eastern Mezze”.
September 9 (Thu), 7 PM – Book Club Discussion: Brian Nelson. The Silence and the Scorpion: The Coup against Chávez and the Making of Modern Venezuela, 2009.
September 17 (Fri), 3 PM – VENEZUELA. Hugo Chávez: the Cold War’s Revolutionary Son by Brian Nelson, John Hopkins University.
October 5 (Tue), 7 PM – Book Club: Bruce Cumings. North Korea: Another Country. 2004.
October 8 (Fri), 3 PM - The U.S. and NORTH KOREA: Dealing With Irrationality by Dr. Bruce Cumings, University of Chicago, Chair, Department of History.
November 11 (Thu) or November 7th (Sun), 7 PM – Book Club - Julia Sweig Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Oxford University Press, 2009. Moderated by Nelson Valdes or Marina Oborotova.
November 14 (Sun), 3 PM – US-CUBA Relations: The Long View by Dr. Nelson Valdes, Professor Emeritus, UNM.
December 3 (Fri), 6 PM – MUSIC, FOOD & WINE AROUND THE WORLD
For Locations and Details See Calendar of Events
Upcoming Events
August 19th - LUNCHEON
Drug Wars on the New Mexico Border -
For Whom the Bell Tolls?
11:30 am – 1:15 pm
Hilton Albuquerque
August 26th- BOOK CLUB
Guardians of the Revolution: Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs by Ray Takeyh.