The John M.Olin Center for Inquiry into the
Theory and Practice of Democracy
in collaboration with
COMMENTAIRE
presents a conference on
America's Role in the World.
Palais du Luxembourg
Paris, France
June 20-24, 1986
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Introduction
The general intention of the conference is to reflect on the competing ways of conceiving America's role in the world: as example of self-government, as policeman of international law and order, as crusader for democracy or human rights, as economic developer or as great power like any other. This question lies at the heart of many of the current debates about foreign policy, but the question itself is almost never thematically addressed. An investigation free of ideological passion into this fundamental question will make an important contribution to our understanding of both the basic issue and the contemporary controversies by helping to clarify the proper weight, appeal, and limits of each of these alternatives.
Conference Schedule
Friday, June 20
Keynote Speech
Speaker
Robert W.Tucker
Discussant
Richard Löwenthal
Saturday, June 21
YALTA
Speaker
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Discussant
Pierre Hassner
Sunday, June 22
POLITICAL ECONOMY
Speaker
Irving Kristol
Discussants
Abram N.Shulsky & Pierre Uri
Monday, June 23
CENTRAL AMERICA
Speaker
Timothy Garton Ash
Discussant
Charles Fairbanks, Jr.
Tuesday, June 24
SOUTH AFRICA
Speaker
Alan L.Keyes
Discussant
Conor Cruise O'Brien
Other Participants
Alain Besançon
Hillel Fradkin
Annie Kriegel
Allan Bloom
François Furet
Pierre Manent
Jean-Claude Casanova
Gertrude Himmelfarb
Nathan Tarcov
Joseph Cropsey
Josef Joffe
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Revised: January 2nd, 2000
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