JHU SAIS to Hold Discussion on Conflict Intervention and Prevention

The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) will hold a forum, "Cowardly Lions: Missed Opportunities to Prevent Deadly Conflict and State Collapse," on Monday, 11/21 at 5:30 p.m.

This is the next event of the "SAIS Faculty Book Series" which will feature a discussion of Cowardly Lions: Missed Opportunities to Prevent Deadly Conflict and State Collapse, a book written by I. William Zartman, director of the SAIS Conflict Management Program, recently published by Lynne Rienner Publishers.

Zartman will make some introductory remarks, followed by a panel discussion about the book. Panelists include:

• Herman J. Cohen, former assistant secretary of State for Africa (1989-93)
• Michael Mandelbaum (moderator), director of the SAIS American Foreign Policy Program
• General William L. Nash, director of the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations
• Ruth Wedgwood, director of the SAIS International Law and Organization Program

The event, free and open to the public, will be held in the first-floor auditorium of the school's Rome Building, located at 1619 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Members of the media who want to cover this event should contact Felisa Neuringer Klubes in the SAIS Public Affairs Office at 202.663.5626 or [email protected].