You are cordially invited to apply to attend the
4TH ANNUAL TRENT PARK CONFERENCE
ON THE FUTURE OF THE ATLANTIC COMMUNITY
Organised by the Centre for Study of International Affairs (Europe and
America), School of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Middlesex University,
in collaboration with the Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom and Baylor
University, Texas.
Title: NATO'S FUTURE and ATLANTIC FRIENDSHIPS and RIVALRIES
Date & Venue: Friday, 18th June 1999, The Mansion and New Hall, Middlesex
University, Trent Park; 9.45am to 5pm. Lunch (12.45-2.15) will be
served on
the terrace of the 18th century mansion overlooking Capability
Brown's park
and lake.
Cost: £30 (£15 students and concessions) including lunch ($50/$25)
APPLY TO: Mrs Anna Pavlakos, Conference Secretary,
The Future of the Atlantic Community, Room T118, Middlesex University,
White Hart Lane, London N17 8HR, England
(Email [log in to unmask] or Telephone 0181-362 5363;
Fax 0181-362 6652). Map and directions will be provided.
Accommodation advice available.
Organiser: Douglas Eden, Head of the Centre for Study of International Affairs
(Europe and America), School of Humanities and Cultural Studies,
Middlesex University.
SPEAKERS (all confirmed, but not necessarily in order of speaking):
Sir Oliver Wright GCMG GCVO DSC, HM Ambassador to the United States,
1982-86, and to West Germany, 1975-81:
"Europe and America: Friends or Foes?"
Air Marshal Sir John Walker KCB CBE AFC FRAeS, Chief of Defence
Intelligence, Ministry of Defence, 1990-95; previously Deputy Chief
of Staff, Operations and Intelligence, HQ Allied Air Forces Central
Europe;
Chairman, Airship Technologies:
"NATO: 50 and Still Growing Up."
Richard Balfe MEP, Member of the European Parliament (Labour) for London
South Inner since 1979, Labour Defence Spokesman, Member Foreign
Affairs and Security Committee:
"The Democratic Input."
Professor Margarita Mathiopoulos, Professor for American Foreign Policy and
International Politics, University of Braunschweig, and Senior
Advisor for
European and North American Markets, British Aerospace plc:
"Europe: a Future Global Player with London on Its Side."
Professor Emil J Kirchner, Jean Monnet Professor in European Integration and
Director of the Centre for European Studies, University of Essex;
co-author
(with James Sperling) of "Recasting the European Order: Security
Architectures and Economic Co-operation":
"NATO and New Security Threats,"
based on a study prepared for the European Commission.
Dr William Schneider Jr, Member of the Rumsfeld Commission to Assess the
Ballistic Missile Threat, President of International Planning
Services Inc,
US Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance (1982-86),
Chairman of the President's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control
and Disarmament (1987-93):
"Findings of the Rumsfeld Commission:
threats from the proliferation of ballistic missiles
and weapons of mass destruction - and possible remedies."
Professor Stephen Gardner, Herman Brown Professor of Economics and Director
of the McBride Center for International Business, Baylor University;
founding member of the International Educational Consortium for St
Petersburg; author of Comparative Economic Systems, used at more
than 100
universities around the world:
"Atlantic Economic Relations and NATO."
Advisory Board of the Centre: Sir Oliver Wright (chairman), The Rt Hon the
Lord Ryder of Wenum OBE, The Hon Edward Streator, Richard Balfe MEP,
Nicholas Harvey MP, Alan Lee Williams OBE, Professory Gary L McDowell,
Professor Joseph A McKinney, Professor Geoffrey Lee Williams, Dr William
Schneider Jr, Dr Melvyn Stokes, William Mader, Peter Robinson, Geoffrey
Smith.
