Thursday, February 23, 2006

IPJ Speaker Series

"Why Peace and Polictians Don't Always Mix "

Ambassador Dennis Jett

Dean of the International Center and Director of the Transnational and Global Studies Center at the University of Florida

4:00pm

IPJ Conference Rms H & I

For a summary of the Ambassador Jett lecture, click here.

Dennis Jett is the Dean of the International Center and Director of the Transnational and Global Studies Center at the University of Florida. A former career diplomat, he served as Ambassador to Peru and Mozambique, on the National Security Council and in Argentina, Israel, Malawi and Liberia. He has a Ph.D. in international relations and his dissertation entitled “Why
Peacekeeping Fails” has been published by Palgrave. He has been interviewed on Jim Lehrer News Hour, CNN, NPR and other national news programs and has written over 70 opinion pieces for major newspapers.