ADVISORY/November 21: Hoover Institution to Host Conference, Politics and Governance in a Changing Iran.News Editors/Government Writers ADVISORY...for Friday (Nov. 21st) STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2003 The Politics and Governance in a Changing Iran conference is being organized by Hoover fellows Larry Diamond Larry Diamond is a professor, lecturer, adviser, and author on foreign policy, foreign aid, and democracy. In early 2004, he was a senior adviser on governance to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. and Abbas Milani. The conference "looks at the prospects and conditions for peaceful political reform in Iran," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Diamond. WHEN, WHERE: at Stauffer Auditorium, Hoover Institution The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded by Herbert Hoover at Stanford University, his alma mater. The Institution was founded in 1919 and over time has amassed a huge archive of documentation related to President , Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. on Friday, November 21, 2003, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Panel I: The Current Political Landscape in Iran; 8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Panel II: Religion and Politics; 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 Noon Panel III: The Judicial System and the Rule of Law in Iran; 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Panel IV: The Nuclear Question; 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Roundtable Discussion: U.S.-Iran Relations; 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. WHO: Participants in the conference include Abdulkarim Soroush (pending receipt of visa), Princeton University, Mehrangiz Kar, University of Virginia, and Abdulkarim Lahiji, human rights lawyer, Paris Working Press: Are invited to attend and cover the conference and also have lunch. To reserve a luncheon spot and cover the conference, please RSVP (ReSerVation Protocol) A communications protocol that signals a router to reserve bandwidth for real time transmission. RSVP is designed to clear a path for audio and video traffic, eliminating annoying skips and hesitations. before November 19, to Hoover Institution Public Affairs at 650-723-0603. More information: LaNor Maune, Public Affairs Writer, and Michele M. Horaney APR APR See: Annual Percentage Rate , Public Affairs Manager, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Horaney@hoover.stanford.edu (650-725-7293), Maune@hoover.stanford.edu (650-723-1454) A copy of full agenda will be sent upon request. |
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