Global Forces in the Post-Cold War World
Lecture Series
Ambassador
Dane F. Smith, Jr.
"The Making of U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Africa"
Tuesday, February 27 / 5 P.M. / FREE
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
Dane F. Smith, Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to Guinea and Senegal and President
of the National Peace Corps Association, will deliver a lecture entitled, "The
Making of U.S. Foreign Policy toward Africa" at 5 P.M. on Thursday, February
27 in the McCune Conference Room, 6020 Humanities and Social Sciences Building.
It will examine main trends in U.S. foreign policy toward Africa since the end
of the Cold War. In addition, it will note the impact of the 1) Peace Corps
on Africa and other developing countries, 2) Returned Peace Corps movement on
the implementation of US foreign policy toward Africa and the developing world,
and 3) Returned Peace Corps Volunteers on overseas development in Africa and
elsewhere through NGO's and the private sector.
Smith assumed
the Presidency of the National Peace Corps Association in August 1999, after
completing a career of over 30 years in the Foreign Service. He served as U.S.
Ambassador to Guinea (1990-1993), Special Presidential Envoy for Liberia (1995-96),
and U.S. Ambassador to Senegal (1996-1999). He was Deputy Chief of Mission in
Botswana (1984-1986) and Sudan (1986-1989). He directed the African Economic
Policy Staff (1989-1990) and was Chief, Food Policy Division, in the Bureau
of Economic and Business Affairs (1979-1981). He also had assignments in Pakistan
and Liberia. He and his wife began their international careers as Peace Corps
Volunteers in Eritrea, (1963-1965), then part of Ethiopia. A graduate of Harvard
College, he earned a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Fletcher School
of Law & Diplomacy.
This event is part of the "Global Forces in the Post-Cold War World" lecture
series being sponsored by the UC Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation,
UCSB Arts & Lectures, Global and International Studies Program, Global Peace
and Security Program and Interdisciplinary Humanities Center. It is being put
on in partnership with the Santa Barbara Committee on Foreign Relations, Nuclear
Age Peace Foundation, PAX 2100, International Studies Association at Santa Barbara
City College, and the International Studies Program at Ventura College.
