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This Central Intelligence Agency conference report, dated October 1995, contains the proceedings of a conference on ethnic conflict held 30 September to 1 October 1993. The CIA's Geographic Resources Division sponsored it. Academic geographers, anthropologists and US Government officials presented papers on ethnic and territorial conflict in Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the former Soviet Union, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and South Asia. They also discussed what these conflicts mean for US policy. The document contains no UFO material.
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C00123268 mortality, are good indicators of a particular ethnic agenda over the long term. Concentrating on Europe group's well-being. He also looks at how youth and the former Soviet Union, he questions what type bulges-when the 15 to 24 age cohort exceeds 20 per- of state structure can best protect ethnic groups in the cent of a given population-affect stability within region. He concludes by suggesting that the problem ethnic groups. of ethnic conflict in Europe could be addressed through a united, decentralized Continent governed by Dr Martin Kenzer, Associate Professor of Geography mutually accepted rules of behavior. at Florida Atlantic University, provides a review of post-World War II ethnically driven refugee move- Mr. Wade Hinkle, Department of Defense, reiterates ments and assesses the current refugee picture. then Secretary of Defense Les Aspin's view that eth- nic/national conflict is one of the main dangers to Dr. Lee Schwartz, Office of the Geographer, Depart- US national security in the post-Cold War era. He ment of State, examines the linkage between forced then summarizes the key points of US national secu- migration and ethnicity. He presents a typology of rity strategy: remaining engaged in international forced movements of people and a geography of the affairs, preventing the effects of ethnic conflict, and ethnic composition of such migration. forming partnerships with like-minded democratic countries. States, Nations, and Ethnic Conflict Dr. Thomas Poulsen looks at how overlapping pat- terns of states (sovereign countries) and nations Conclusions: Implications for the United States (groupings of peoples with common identities) affect and the International Community-Problems current affairs. He then examines factors that aggra- and Prospects vate or ameliorate ethnic conflicts, especially where nations and states do not correspond, and presents Dr.Stanley Brunn, Professor of Geography at the Uni- some political-geographic truisms that the United versity of Kentucky, examines the state of the world States should consider in dealing with ethnic conflict political map and itemizes six factors that will affect abroad. global politics over the next 20 years: environment, religion, secularization, sports, territoriality, and com- Patterns, 'Tends, and Regional Comparisons munications. Dr Marvin Mikesell suggests that some countries- such as Finland-have done a good job accommodat- In the discussion, Dr Rex Honey calls for understand- ing minority populations and that neighboring coun- ing that oppressed ethnic groups have legitimate tries could learn from this. grievances and for support of human rights globally. In her discussion, Dr. Mildred Berman relays the Dr. Harm J. de Blij, the concluding discussant, points importance of examining population trends. out that ethnic strife may be related to deteriorating environmental conditions in parts of the world. Ethnic Conflict and US Policy Dr Jon Gundersen, Department of State, presents his view that US foreign policy must take into account ethnic conflict, which will be on the international Reverse Blank 3
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