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Georgia Council for International Visitors

The Georgia Council for International Visitors (GCIV) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to "connecting Georgians to the world" since 1962. Our mission is to build cross-cultural understanding and mutually beneficial personal and professional relationships between Georgians and leading citizens from around the world. This is achieved through a variety of programs, including professional exchange programs, cultural orientations and home hospitality, networking opportunities, community education programs, and travel programs. GCIV works primarily with emerging leaders from around the world brought to this country under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State, developing professional programs for hundreds of high level international leaders in a broad spectrum of program areas each year. Our focus on citizen diplomacy provides Georgians with unique opportunities to share expertise and friendship with visitors from around the globe. GCIV also serves as the Foreign Policy Association's state coordinator.

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  • Great Decisions: The US in the Middle East

    Thu, Jan 25, 2007
    John Kelly draws on his vast experience in diplomatic posts and with the State Department to provide background on the situation in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon and explore US options for the future. Ambassador Kelly was Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East and South Asia from 1989 to 1991 during the Gulf War and up to the Madrid Middle East Peace Conference and he was American Ambassador in Beirut from 1986 to 1988 during the war years. He held four different positions as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and has visited professionally more than 70 countries. In the spring of 2004 he participated in an independent task force of the Council on Foreign Relations which produced a report entitled *Iran: Time for a New Approach*. Kelly has published on terrorism and defense issues and appears on TV and radio.
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  • Iraq: An Endgame

    Thu, Jan 17, 2008
    Dr. Reiter spells out the challenges and options in Iraq and places them in a broad framework to help others evaluate alternatives and arrive at their own answers. **Dr. Dan Reiter** is a professor and chair of the Political Science Department at Emory University. His scholarly interests include US foreign policy, the causes of war, war termination and non-proliferation policy. He has appeared on CNN and has authored a number of editorials in the *Atlanta Journal-Constitution*. He has published dozens of scholarly articles and his most recent book is *Preventive War and Its Alternatives: The Lessons of History*.
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  • Private Philanthropy

    Thu, Mar 6, 2008
    Debra Neuman and Kim Reimann discuss the impact non-governmental donations can have on global education and health initiatives. Debra Neuman is senior vice president of external relations for CARE, one of the world's largest private international humanitarian organizations, with headquarters in Atlanta, GA and operations in 70 countries. In this position, Ms. Neuman leads CARE's marketing, fundraising and communications departments, which encompass relationships with media, donors, corporate partnerships and the general public. Dr. Kim Reimann is an assistant professor at Georgia State University. Her research interests include non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international politics, Japanese politics and political economy, political economy and international relations of East Asia, transnational social movements, the nonprofit sector, and environmental politics.
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  • European Integration: Looking Ahead

    Thu, Jan 24, 2008
    Katja Weber reviews the economic successes that have been accomplished and explores questions for the future of the European Union, as 2008 is its 50th anniversary. Questions include: "What will happen to states not admitted?" and "Will there be greater integration of foreign affairs?"
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