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For Immediate Release					December 30, 1996
 
Lawrence University Lecture Series Examines Russia and Europe in Transition
	
APPLETON, WIS. -- Former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Jack Matlock, Jr.
headlines a lineup of diplomats, national political scientists and policy
makers in a special two-month, six-part lecture series, "Russia and Europe in
Transition," beginning Jan. 16. at Lawrence University.  

The series will examine the challenges of democracy, security and the
transition to a market economy facing Russia since the end of the Cold War and
how those challenges will impact Russian relations with the U.S. and its
European neighbors.  Each installment of the series, which is free and open to
the public, will be held in Lawrence's Main Hall, Room 109 at 7 p.m.

-- Thursday, Jan. 16, "Moscow:  Soviet and Russian Foreign Policies Compared,"
William Zimmerman, professor of political science and director of the Center
for Political Studies at the University of Michigan.  A specialist on the
politics and foreign policy of Russia and the former Soviet Union, Zimmerman
has written widely on international relations, including the 1992 book, "Beyond
the Soviet Threat:  Rethinking American Security Policy in a New Era."     

-- Monday, Jan. 20, "Russia:  Politics, Problems and Prospects," Jack Matlock
Jr., former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union.  During a 35-year career in
the American Foreign Service, Matlock served as Ambassador to the Soviet Union
(1987-91), special assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and
senior director for European and Soviet Affairs on the National Security
Council under President Reagan.  During four tours of duty in the Soviet Union,
Matlock participated in all but one of the U.S.-Soviet summit meetings held
from 1972-1991.  He is currently a professor at the Institute for Advanced
Study at Princeton University.  

-- Thursday, Jan. 23, "Russia and the Old Soviet Empire in Europe:  Stability
or Chaos?," David Swartz, former U.S. ambassador to Belarus.  Swartz' 30-year
career in the U.S. State Department has included stints as First Secretary at
the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, head of the U.S. Consulate General Advance Party in
Kiev, Ukraine and Deputy Ambassador to Poland before being appointed the first
U.S. Ambassador to the newly formed independent country of Belarus in 1992.  

-- Monday, January 27, "Rewriting the Rules of the Game:  The Struggle to Build
a Market Economy in Russia," Kathryn Hendley, professor of law and political
science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  A specialist on the process
of privatization in Russia, Hendley has written extensively on the linkage
between legal and economic reform.  She recently led a presentation on
privatized enterprise in post-Soviet Russia at a conference in Washington, D.C.  

-- Tuesday, Feb. 4, "The United States, Russia and Security in Europe," Coit
Blacker, former special assistant to President Clinton for National Security. 
During his tenure on the National Security Council, Blacker served as senior
director for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian Affairs, acting as President
Clinton's principal White House adviser on matters relating to the former
Soviet Union.  He is currently a  Senior Fellow at the Institute for
International Studies at Stanford University.   

-- Monday, February 10, "What Women's Movement?  Feminism in Post-Communist
Russia," Martina Vandenberg, consultant to Human Rights Watch/Women's Rights
Project.  In 1994, Vandenberg co-founded the Moscow Sexual Assault Recovery
Center, the first-of-its-kind group for rape victims in Russia.  She also has
directed the NIS/U.S. Women's NGO Consortium, a group of 47 Russian, 22
Ukrainian and 25 U.S. non-governmental organizations for women.

The lecture series is sponsored by the Lt. William Kellogg Harkins Jr Values
Program and the Mojmir Povolny Lectureship in International Studies.  The
Harkins Program was founded in 1985 to promote interest and discussion on
issues of moral significance.  The Povolny Lectureship, established in 1987 in
honor of the former Lawrence professor of government, promotes speakers and
programs on international politics, stressing topics with moral and ethical
dimensions.