January 29, 2007 NATO TODAY An OPST Discussion with Lieutenant L. Price, Lieutenant Commander Tania L. Price, Royal Navy NATO Briefing Team Officer

This presentation by Lieutenant Commander Tania Price, Royal Navy, will focus on NATO’s evolving role.  Our speaker will discuss NATO’s roots and its evolution since the demise of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact.  A variety of current themes and issues will be addressed, including NATO strategy for managing peace and dealing with crises, the introduction of the NATO Response Force, and current NATO operations in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Darfur, and the Mediterranean.  Lt Cdr Price will also address the costs and benefits of NATO enlargement, and the challenges it faces.

January 26, 2007 The November Elections, The New Congress, and Iraq: A Panel Discussion

Did the November 2006 midterm elections represent a political realignment? What are the consequences of a return to a divided government in Washington? Is the United States changing course in Iraq? Should it? How might the 2008 presidential elections shape up?

Join us for a broad-ranging incisive discussion of these and other questions about the implications of the November 2006 elections, the shift in control of Congress, and the debate on the way in Iraq.

31 October 2006 The Politics of Making Peace: A Practitioner's Account

This event, a collaborative effort with International Studies Institute and Peace Studies, features a lecture by Charles Snyder, Former Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and U.S. Negotiator for Darfur Agreement.

Over the past three decades Charles Snyder has labored both in front of the cameras and behind the scenes to find solutions to seemingly intractable conflicts.  He has served as a U.S. military attaché, the CIA National Intelligence Officer for Africa and, more recently, as the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.  He brings to his topic his unique experiences with the Executive Branch of the US Government, Congress, the UN and an array of African and European leaders.  Mr. Snyder played a pivotal role in the international campaign that brought peace to southern Sudan and he played an equally important role in efforts to end the conflict in Darfur.  Drawing on a wealth of personal experiences, he will provide an insider's view of what really happens in a peace process.

October 17, 2006 "U.S. Diplomacy for a Crowded Planet"

Brady Kiesling, former U.S. Diplomat and author of Diplomacy Lessons ( 2006) presents "U.S. Diplomacy for a Crowded Planet" Co-sponsored with International Studies Institute and Political Science Department.

September 29, 2006 "The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program and
The Future of the U. S. Nuclear Weapons Complex"

This event, a collaborative effort with Women in International Security (WIIS) and Sandia National Laboratories, will provide the opportunity for a distinguished group of speakers to assess DOE's Reliable Replacement Warhead Program.

September 18, 2006 "Game Theory, Bargaining, and War"

Prof. Christopher Butler from the Department of Political Science at UNM gave the joint Consortium-Office for Policy, Security, and Technology (OPST) seminar Monday. Prof. Butler's major research interest is in international relations. He studies in particular questions regarding conflicts, war initiations and terminations, bargaining and wars.

September 11, 2005 "September 11: Five Years Later"

Dr. Emile A. Nakhleh retired from the Central Intelligence Agency on June 30, 2006 after fifteen years of service.  He was a Senior Intelligence Service Officer and Director of the Political Islam Strategic Analysis Program in the Directorate of Intelligence at the CIA.  Before that he was Chief of the Regional Analysis Unit in the Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Analysis where he also served as Senior Analyst and Scholar in Residence since September 1993.  Dr. Nakhleh was a founding member of the Senior Analytic Service and chaired the first SAS Council. He was awarded several senior intelligence commendation medals, including the Intelligence Commendation Medal (1997), the William Langer Award (2004), the Director’s Medal (2004), and the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal (2006).  His research has focused on political Islam in the Middle East and the rest of the Muslim world as well as on political and educational reform, regime stability, and governance in the greater Middle East.  Dr. Nakhleh holds a Ph.D. from the American University, an M.A. from Georgetown University, and a B.A. from Saint John’s University.

September 11, 2005 "What Would a Microeconomist Bring"

Prof. Kate Krause from the department of Economics at UNM will give the joint Consortium-Office for Policy, Security, and Technology (OPST) seminar this coming Monday. Prof. Krause's research interest is in the study of public finance, economic behavior in children, experiments in natural resources and economics of families.

August 28, 2006 "Sociology for Non-Sociologists"

Prof. Andrew Shrank from the Department of Sociology gave the joint Consortium-Office for Policy, Security, and Technology (OPST) seminar Monday.

August 18, 2006 "Social Science for Physicists"

The OPST and Consortium of Americas for Interdisciplinary Science at UNM collaborated to organize a very small meeting of a dozen scientists from both areas to discuss Interdisciplinary Science collaborative investigations.

March 29, 2006 " A Forum on Opportunities and Challenges for Women in Science and Engineering"
OPST co-sponsored this forum with UNM Feminist Research Institute.

March 16-18, 2005 5th Annual Conference BTR: 2005 Unified Science and Technology for Reducing Biological Threats & Countering Terrorism "Response to Bioterrorism: Review of Current Status, Capabilities, and Sustainability"

April 21-22, 2004 Identifying Technologies to Improve Regional Water Stewardship, " A Conference Series Featuring Intersections of Technology and Water Management North and Middle Rio Grande Corridor"

March 16-18, 2004 4th Annual Conference BTR: 2004 Unified Science and Technology for Reducing Biological Threats & CounteringTerrorism, "Homeland Security: Toward Converging Partnerships"

October 24, 2003 "Atoms for Peace for the Next 50 Years U.S. and Soviet Union Perspective" with Susan Eisenhower, President and CEO, Eisenhower Institute and Dr. Roald Sagdeev, Distiguished Professor of Physics, University of Maryland.