Regional Policy Symposium Program

Website: www.irex.org/programs/symp/index.asp
Application deadline: the deadline of December 3, 2007 has passed.

IREX (The International Research & Exchanges Board), in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars' Kennan Institute (WWC), is pleased to announce its 2008 Regional Policy Symposium - Frozen Conflicts and Unrecognized States in Southeast Europe and Eurasia.

The research symposium, supported by the United States Department of State (Title VIII Program), will bring together junior and senior scholars and members of the policy community to study and discuss timely topics related to the frozen conflicts and unrecognized states in Southeast Europe and Eurasia. Topics may include: security and military cooperation; economic trends; environment and safety; human rights; cross-border ethnic issues; trade development; legal reform; and foreign relations.

Research focus areas include: Abkhazia; Kosovo; Nagorno-Karabakh; Republika Srpska; South Ossetia; and Transnistria.

Junior scholars will be chosen based on a national competition to present their current research on the region. Grants will be awarded to approximately 10 junior scholars. 

The Regional Symposium is scheduled to take place in late March 2008 in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and will involve two full days of reviews of current research projects, roundtable discussions, and the development of policy recommendations. 

Contact information:
Symposium@irex.org.