U.S.-Soviet Relations in the Era of Détente, 1969–1976The U.S. Department of State Announces a Conference: "U.S.-Soviet Relations in the Era of Détente, 1969–1976"East Auditorium, George C. Marshall Conference Center Monday, October 22, 2007: 9:00–9:55: Registration 9:55–10:00: Welcome and Introductory Remarks: Dr. Marc J. Susser, The Historian, U.S. Department of State 10:00–10:20: Keynote Address by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice [Transcript and Video] 10:25–12:00: Roundtable Discussion of Former Government Officials [Transcript] Chair: Dr. Marc Susser, The Historian, U.S. Department of State
General Alexander Haig, Jr., U.S. Army (ret.), Military Assistant to the National Security Advisor, 1969–1970; Deputy National Security Advisor, 1970–1973; White House Chief of Staff, 1973–1974; Secretary of State, 1981–1982 (Unable to attend) Dr. James Schlesinger, Director of Central Intelligence, 1973; Secretary of Defense, 1973–1975 Question and Answer 12:00–2:00: Lunch 2:00–2:20: Welcome and Introduction of Joint Volume: Dr. Marc J. Susser, The Historian, U.S. Department of State and Ambassador Konstantin Provalov, History and Records Department, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2:20–3:50: Scholarly Interpretations of the Joint Volume and Détente Chair: Dr. Edward Keefer, Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State Dr. Sergey M. Rogov, Director of the USA and Canada Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Unable to attend) Professor Robert Schulzinger, University of Colorado at BoulderProfessor Jeremi Suri, University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Vladislav Zubok, Temple University 4:00–6:00: Reception (by invitation only) Tuesday, October 23, 2007: 8:15–8:55: Registration and Breakfast - Enter from Virginia Avenue and 21st Street 8:55–9:00: Welcome 9:00–10:30: Panel 1 – Détente and Europe: Transnational Perspectives Chair/Commentator: Professor Thomas Schwartz, Vanderbilt University
"Operation Hullabaloo: Henry Kissinger, British Diplomacy, and the Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War," Dr. Stephen Twigge, Foreign and Commonwealth Office "The 'Confidential Channel': Documenting the Secret Diplomacy of Détente, 1969-1972," David C. Geyer, Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State 10:30–10:45: Break 10:45–12:15: Panel 2 – Selling the End of the Cold War at Home Chair/Commentator: Professor David Engerman, Brandeis University
"The Legitimation of the Nixon-Kissinger Grand Design and Grand Strategy," Professor Dan Caldwell, Pepperdine University "National Security Centrism and the Politics of Détente, 1969–1976," Professor Julian Zelizer, Princeton University 12:15–1:45: Lunch 1:45–3:15: Panel 3 – Détente in Theory and Practice Chair/Commentator: Dr. Bernd Schaefer, German Historical Institute/Woodrow Wilson Center
"Détente, Entente, or Linkage? The Helsinki CSCE in U.S.-Soviet Relations," Professor Angela Romano, University of Florence "Vietnam as an Irritant to U.S.-Soviet Détente and Sino-American Rapprochement, 1971–1973," Professor Lorenz Lüthi, McGill University 3:15–3:30: Break 3:30–5:00: Panel 4 – Détente by Other Means: Science, Culture, and Human Rights Chair/Commentator: Dr. Christian Ostermann, Woodrow Wilson Center
"The Cold War as a Science Race: Examining the Consequences of the Biological Revolution on Détente, 1969–1975," Professor Shelley Hurt, Vassar College "Human Rights, Détente, and the Making of the Helsinki Final Act," Michael Morgan, Yale University |