BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Alexandria Library X-WR-CALNAME:Alexandria Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e8d4df1d-1350-4219-8bbf-83fadcc0d262 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261023T045219Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T193000 SUMMARY:Foreign Policy LOCATION:Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library\nKate Waller Barrett Branch Li brary X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library:geo: 38.807858,-77.0471815 GEO:38.807858;-77.0471815 DESCRIPTION:Ambassador (ret.) Richard D. Kauzlarich will review the curren t Administration's foreign policy as it affects relations with the states of the former Soviet Union and energy..\nhttps://alexandria.libnet.info/ev ent/15672200 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Ambassador Kauzlarich can address any numb er of topics regarding foreign policy: the former Soviet Union\, the Balka ns\, international energy and economic issues\, energy transition and sust ainability\, role of US local governments in international relations\, hum an rights\, conflict resolution and peacemaking\, and humanitarian aid.

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Registration is appreciated. Contact mzimmerman@alexlibraryva.org \;for more information . \;

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Richard Kauzlarich
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Since 201 4\, Ambassador Richard Kauzlarich has been Co-Director of the Center for E nergy Science and Policy at George Mason University. As a Distinguished Vi siting Professor\, he also teaches courses on the Geopolitics of Energy Se curity and Policy Communication at Mason&rsquo\;s Schar School of Policy a nd Government. From 2011 to 2013\, he was Deputy Director of the Terrorism \, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) in Mason&rsquo\;s Sc hool of Public Policy. He served as National Intelligence Officer (NIO) fo r Europe on the National Intelligence Council (NIC) from September 2003 to April 2011. Before his service on the NIC\, he was Director of the Specia l Initiative on the Muslim World at the United States Institute of Peace. Ambassador Kauzlarich joined the Institute in spring 2002 after a 32-year career in the Foreign Service. He served as United States Ambassador to Bo snia and Herzegovina in 1997-99 and Azerbaijan in 1994-97. He was Senior D eputy to the Secretary of State&rsquo\;s and the President&rsquo\;s Specia l Representative to the Newly Independent States (NIS) in 1993-94. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European Affairs in 1 991-93\, responsible for relations with the former Soviet Union and econom ic ties with the European Union. Ambassador Kauzlarich also served as Depu ty Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs in 1984-86 and as Deputy Director of the State Department&rsquo\;s Policy Pla nning Staff in 1986-89\, handling global and international economic issues . He was also Director of the Department of State&rsquo\;s Operations Cent er 1983-84. Ambassador Kauzlarich has served at US Embassies in Ethiopia\, Israel\, and Togo.

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This lecture is made possible by George Ma son University&rsquo\;s Mason Speakers. For further information \; con tact \;https://masonspeakers. gmu.edu/ \;or call 703-993-8846.

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All Alexandri a Reads

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Facilitated by the Alexandria Library\, this program is designed to create shared experiences through reading. Everyone is invi ted to read the featured titles and selected books for younger readers. Al l Alexandria Reads is made possible through a generous grant from the Jame s M. Duncan\, Jr. Library Foundation\, Inc. \;

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