The Future of the Sudan

On Thursday, February 10th, Dr. Andrew Natsios will visit UMASS Amherst to give a talk entitled: "The Future of the Sudan." Dr. Natsios is a Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. Dr. Natsios is a graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. From 1993 to 1998, he was vice president of World Vision U.S., the largest faith-based NGOs in the world. Natsios was a member of the US Army Reserves for 23 years, served in the Gulf War in 1991 on active duty and was a Lt. Colonel when he retired in the 1990’s. He has served as Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development from 2001 to January 2006. In addition to teaching, he served as President Bush’s Special Envoy to Sudan from October 2006 to December 2007. Dr. Natsios is the author of two books, U.S. Foreign Policy and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1997) and The Great North Korean Famine (2001), collaborated on eight other books, and numerous articles. His book Sudan and Darfur: What Everyone Needs to Know is forthcoming.

Here is a comprehensive article about the Sudan by Dr.Natsios:

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/64904/andrew-natsios/waltz-with-bashir

Also, heck out this video on the upcoming Sudanese referendum, featuring Dr. Natsios:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2010/12/30/VI2010123002164.html?referrer=emaillink