Winter Quarter 2004-05 News
Colombia's Peace Processes 1982-2002: Conditions, Strategies, and Outcomes
This event was co-sponsored with the Colombia Working Group.
Professor Carlo Nasi's discussion of Colombia's peace processes drew a large crowd at the Bolívar House. Nasi spoke of the conditions, strategies, and outcomes of the peace processes from 1982-2002. He compared the success and failure of Colombia's leadership over the twenty year period.
Dr. Nasi directs the Theory and Practice of Conflict Resolution in Civil Wars and Negotiations & International Relations graduate programs at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. He received his Ph.D. in Government and International Studies from the University of Notre Dame in 2002. From 1999-2001, he was a Visiting Researcher at Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). He was a consultant to the Colombian Congress during peace negotiations with paramilitary groups.
CLAS Rotating Art Exhibit
A photo exhibit by honors student Antonio Iannarone is currently on display through March 18, 2005 in the Bolívar House Seminar Room. The exhibit entitled “La Ciudad Rayada” features twelve photographs of urban graphics from Antonio’s summer 2004 research in Mexico City. We wish to thank Antonio for the opportunity to view his extraordinary work and learn about his art. You’re invited to view his work Monday through Wednesday from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. and Friday from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 4:00 p.m.
Two Types of Regional Integration in the Americas
As part of the Bolívar House Lecture Series, Tinker Visiting Professor Armando Di Filippo spoke to a full house about different kinds of regionalism (economic associations) in the Americas. He described market integration (trade agreements) as one-dimensional. He discussed a multidimensional economic association that goes a step further than trade agreements by including social and cultural factors. An example of the one-dimensional type is the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA). An example of the multi-dimensional type is the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR).
Di Filippo believes "The deepening of multidimensional regional agreements in Latin America does not imply the adoption of a protectionist or outdated economic strategy." He argues that it is impossible to maintain lasting economic associations between nations that share a common historical heritage without social and cultural agreements. Social and cultural agreements stress the importance of a free labor system that allows people to work and live in any country in the union without losing the citizenship of their respective home countries. Di Filippo used the European Union as an example of a multi-dimensional agreement with free migration movements by the citizens of the Union. Di Filippo will be teaching a Spring Quarter course at Stanford on regional integration agreements in the Americas (please see LATINAM 132/232, MW 10:00 – 11:50 AM, Bolívar House).