May 28, 1998
Contact: Lawrence Adams
	  (804) 243-3501

Media Notice: Although these sessions are not open to the public,
reporters are welcome to attend. A schedule is attached.

POLICY MAKERS, DIPLOMATS, HISTORIANS WILL ADDRESS
CHALLENGES, COMPLEXITIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST

	A major player in Clinton's policies on nuclear proliferation
and a former top official for Near Eastern affairs will be among the
speakers addressing the latest developments in the Middle East during a
Summer on the Lawn program June 7-11 at the University of Virginia.
	International policy experts, historians, diplomats and
government officials will discuss the region's conflicts, history,
culture and politics during the "Middle East and America" program.  
	Among the speakers is Robert H. Pelletreau, a former ambassador
to Egypt, Bahrain and Tunisia who served as Clinton's Assistant
Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs until 1997.  In his talk,
titled "U.S. Policy and the Middle East," he is expected to give an
overview of the current situation in the region.  The talk will begin at
8 p.m. on Monday, June 8, in the Rotunda's Dome Room.  
	Jack Caravelli, National Security Council Director for Nuclear
Material Security and the principal White House staff member responsible
for U.S. nuclear nonproliferation policies, will discuss missile
proliferation in the Middle East and other areas of the world, such as
India and Pakistan.  His talk, "Russia, Iran and Nuclear Proliferation
in the Middle East," will begin at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10, in the
Commonwealth Room of Newcomb Hall.  
	Caravelli and W. Nathaniel Howell, R. K. Ramazani and William
Quandt, U.Va. faculty who are Middle East experts, will lead a panel
discussion on "Middle East and America" on Thursday, June 11, from 9
a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Rotunda's Dome Room.
	Approximately 75 participants are expected at the 18th annual
Summer on the Lawn event.  The program is co-sponsored by U.Va.'s
Continuing Education, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Alumni
Association.  
	For more information, contact U.Va.'s Continuing Education at
(804) 243-3501.
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