Africa and U.S. National Interests: Participants: The Ninetieth American Assembly

The American Assembly

March 1997

JAMES W. ADAMS Country Director for Tanzania & Uganda The World Bank Group Washington, DC ++ LARRY D. BAILEY Partner-in-Charge, Africa Desk Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. Washington, DC * PAULINE H. BAKER President The Fund for Peace Washington, DC JOEL D. BARKAN Professor Department of Political Science The University of Iowa Iowa City, IA HARRY G. BARNES, JR. Director Conflict Resolution and Human Rights Programs The Carter Center Atlanta GA HOLT BETTIS Vice President The Bettis Group Dallas, TX ** SALIH BOOKER Senior Fellow Africa Studies Program Council on Foreign Relations Washington, DC TIMOTHY J. BORK Resident Associate Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Washington, DC ROBERT S. BROWNE Former Executive Director African Development Fund Economic Consultant Teaneck, NJ THOMAS M. CALLAGHY Max N. & Heidi L. Berry Term Professor in the Social Sciences Chair, Department of Political Science University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences Philadelphia, PA HERSCHELLE S. CHALLENOR Dean School of International Affairs and Development Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, GA REV. JON T. CHAPMAN Area Coordinator for Southern Africa Presbyterian Church (USA) Louisville, KY DICK CLARK Director Congressional Program The Aspen Institute Former Chair, U.S. Senate African Affairs Subcommittee Washington, DC * HERMAN J. COHEN Senior Advisor Global Coalition for Africa Washington, DC L. GRAY COWAN Senior Associate African Studies Program Center for Strategic & International Studies Washington, DC LEE CULLUM Columnist Dallas Morning News Dallas, TX CHRISTOPHER N DARLINGTON Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Africa National Intelligence Council Central Intelligence Agency Washington, DC JENNIFER DAVIS Executive Director The Africa Fund New York, NY FRANCIS M. DENG Senior Fellow Foreign Policy Studies Program The Brookings Institution Washington, DC * MACARTHUR DESHAZER Executive Director National Summit on Africa Africare Washington, DC DIANNE DILLON-RIDGLEY President Zero Population Growth Washington, DC ROGER ERVIN Director, North American Affairs African Development Bank Washington, DC JANET FLEISCHMAN Washington Director Human Rights Watch/Africa Washington, DC CHARLES L. FRANKEL Former Peace Corps Director, Botswana Principal Frankel International Development Organization Washington, DC JENDAYI E. FRAZER Assistant Professor of Public Policy John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University Cambridge, MA LARRY GARBER Deputy Assistant Administrator Bureau of Policy and Program Coordination U.S. Agency for International Development Washington, DC + BENJAMIN A. GILMAN Chair House Committee on International Relations U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC ** DAVID F. GORDON Director, U.S. Policy Programs Overseas Development Council Washington, DC KEVIN M. HENRY Senior Assistant to the President CARE Atlanta, GA NEVILLE M. HENRY Manager International Ex ploration Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Houston, TX JEAN HERSKOVITS Professor of African History State University of New York at Purchase Purchase, NY ARLENE HOLT Executive Assistant to the Vice President AFL-CIO Washington, DC BERTIE HOWARD Executive Director Africa News Service Durham, NC

+GENERAL JAMES L. JAMERSON Deputy Commander-in-Chief Headquarters U.S. European Command Stuttgart, GERMANY EDWARD V.K. JAYCOX Advisor and Former Regional Vice President (Africa) The World Bank Washington, DC WILLARD R. JOHNSON Professor Emeritus Department of Political Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA DONALD "PETE" JORDAN Special Advisor to the Vice President Office of Vice President Gore National Security Affairs Washington, DC DAVID H. KAEUPER Director, Office of Analysis for Africa U.S. Department of State Washington, DC ++ JEFFREY M. LANG Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Washington, DC JAMES LOBE Chief Correspondent Inter Press Service Washington, DC MICHAEL F. LOFCHIE Department of Political Science University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA PEARL-ALICE MARSH Director International Affairs/Africa Programs Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Washington, DC ++ GAY J. MCDOUGALL Executive Director International Human Rights Law Group Washington, DC ++ DONALD F. MCHENRY University Research Professor of Diplomacy Georgetown University School of Foreign Service Washington, DC MORA L. MCLEAN President African-American Institute New York, NY EDWARD R. MCMAHON Regional Director for East and Central Africa National Democratic Institute for International Affairs Washington, DC RUBEN P. MENDEZ Historian United Nations Development Programme New York, NY JOYCE L. MOOCK Associate Vice President Rockefeller Foundation New York, NY STEPHEN MORRISON Member of Policy Planning Staff U.S. Department of State Washington, DC LESTER E. MUNSON, III Professional Staff Member House Committee on International Relations U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC MARINA OTTAWAY Board Member African Studies Associations Johns Hopkins University/SAIS Washington, DC JOHN E. RIGGAN President & CEO The Conservation Company Philadelphia, PA PEARL T. ROBINSON Director International Relations Program Tufts University Medford, MA PATRICIA L. ROSENFIELD Program Chair Program on Strengthening Human Resources in Developing Countries Carnegie Corporation of New York New York, NY MICHAEL A. SAMUELS President Samuels International Associates, Inc. Washington, DC RENE SCHNEIDER NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Arlington, VA ENID C.B. SCHOETTLE Chief, External Affairs and Advocacy Department of Humanitarian Affairs United Nations New York, NY GERALDINE SICOLA Director of Global Relations Catholic Relief Services Baltimore, MD ROY A. STACY Director, Club du Sahel Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Paris, FRANCE JOHN STREMLAU Advisor to Executive Director Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict Washington, DC NICOLAS VAN DE WALLE Associate Professor Department of Political Science Michigan State University East Lansing, MI Visiting Fellow Overseas Development Council Washington, DC CARL WARE Senior Vice President President, Africa Group The Coca-Cola Company Atlanta, GA ** CHERRI D. WATERS Senior Director for Policy and Research National Summit on Africa Washington, DC ++JOSEPH C. WILSON, IV International Affairs Advisor Headquarters U.S. European Command Stuttgart, GERMANY JEROME WOLGIN Director Office of Sustainable Development Bureau for Africa U.S. Agency for International Development Washington, DC JAMES L. WOODS Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Department of Defense Vice President Cohen & Woods International, Inc. Arlington, VA

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*     Discussion Leader **    Rapporteur +     Delivered Formal Address ++    Panelist