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Ambassador Lawrence Butler- The Balkans: Can Peace Endure?

January 20, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

$20

Ambassador Butler devoted four decades as an American and international diplomat to deterrence, crisis management, conflict prevention, and promotion of human rights and democracy. He currently helps train U.S. Army units preparing to serve in Europe, the Middle East and Korea.

He served two decades on the front lines of Cold War diplomacy before playing pivotal roles in ending conflicts in the Balkans and Northern Ireland and then engage in the Middle East and Afghanistan. He exposed Communist Bulgaria’s ethnic repression of its Turkish population in 1985, was the chief American diplomat in Belgrade, Yugoslavia during the Dayton/Bosnia peace process, and coordinated President Clinton’s involvement in the 1998 Northern Irish peace accord while at the White House as the NSC Director for Europe, implemented Macedonia’s 2001 peace agreement as U.S. Ambassador, led the “civilian surge” for Iraq in 2007 as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, and in Sarajevo advanced implementation of the Dayton Accords as the international community Deputy High Representative.

Details

Date:
January 20, 2023
Time:
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cost:
$20
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Website:
https://wachh.org/event-4791306

Organizer

World Affairs Council of Hilton Head
Phone
843-384-6758
Email
wachhi@gmail.com
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Venue

First Presbyterian Church
540 William Hilton Parkway
Hilton Head, 29928 United States
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