JHU SAIS to Hold Discussion on Cuban Policy in Africa

The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) will hold a forum, "Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington and Africa 1959-1976," on Wednesday, 04/24 at 5:30 p.m.

This is the next event of the "SAIS Faculty Book Series" which will feature a discussion of Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington and Africa 1959-1976, a recent book written by Piero Gleijeses, professor of American foreign policy at SAIS, published by the University of North Carolina Press.

Gleijeses will make some introductory remarks, followed by a panel discussion about Cuban policy in Africa and its escalating clash with U.S. policy toward the continent featuring:

¨ David Ottoway, Washington Post foreign correspondent in Africa (1974-79)

¨ Michael Mandelbaum, director of the SAIS American Foreign Policy Program

¨ Riordan Roett, director of the SAIS Western Hemisphere Program

The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Rome Auditorium of the Rome Building, located at 1619 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., in Washington, D.C.

Members of the media who want to cover this event should contact Felisa Neuringer Klubes in the SAIS Public Affairs Office at 202.663.5626 or [email protected].