
The University of New Mexico
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Contact: Carolyn Gonzales 277-5920; cgonzal@unm.edu
Oct. 11, 2006
UNM Lecture to Feature Former Foreign Service Officer
Kiesling to talk about U.S. diplomacy
Brady Kiesling, a 20-year U.S. Foreign Service officer, presents, “U.S. Diplomacy for a Crowded Planet,” Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 12:30 p.m. in Mitchell Hall 101 on the University of New Mexico campus.
Kiesling served in Israel , Morocco , Armenia , Washington and Greece . In February 2003, Kiesling publicly resigned his position as political counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Athens to protest the Bush administration's impending invasion of Iraq . Kiesling's book, “Diplomacy Lessons: Realism for an Unloved Superpower,” is inspired by his conviction that the problems facing Americans—including terrorism and nuclear nonproliferation—cannot be solved by military means.
Kiesling's witty, passionate dissection of American diplomacy and foreign policy is indispensable for anyone concerned about America 's changing role in the world.
The lecture is s ponsored by the UNM International Studies Institute and the Department of Political Science. For more information contact International Studies, isi@unm.edu, 277-3833 or visit the Web at www.unm.edu/~isi.
The International Studies Institute (ISI) is an umbrella organization for the three area studies undergraduate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of New Mexico-- European Studies, Asian Studies (including the Middle East), and Russian Studies. The goal of the Institute is to pursue more broad-based initiatives which involve all three subgroups such as coordinating lecture series, outreach to secondary schools, and the writing of larger grants for international or interdisciplinary study, research, and outreach programs.
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