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Strength Through Peace - Richard J Barnet
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Richard Barnet is a Senior Fellow of the Institute For Policy Studies, an independent center devoted to research on public policy questions. Besides founding the Institute in 1963, he has written several books, including Global Reach: The Power of the Multi-National Corporations which he co-authored with Ronald Muller. During the Kennedy Administration he was an official of the State Department and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. he was also a consultant to the Department of Defense. Part of the World Affairs Series: Prospects For Peace

Explaining Global Misunderstanding - Joseph Ascroft
3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - The story takes place during World War I. There are no "good guys" or "bad guys", only scared human beings. Part of the World Affairs Series: Prospects For Peace

Peace Through Equitable Development - Irene Tinker
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Irene Tinker is the founder and director of the Equity Policy Center, a non-profit public interest organization working toward a more equitable world. Dr. Tinker has worked as Director, Office of Policy and Planning for ACTION and as Director of Office of International Science for AAAS. Part of the World Affairs Series: Prospects For Peace

Making Peaceful Decisions on Food and Equity - Glenn Johnson
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Glenn Johnson is internationally known for his extensive research in farm management, national agricultural policy, and economic development in developing countries, as well as for his contributions to the theory of fixed assets. Dr. Johnson was the first director of the Economic Development Institute at the University of Nigeria. He has served as a consultant to the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, the Agency for International Development, and other public and private organizations. He i currently the President-elect of the International Association of Agricultural Economics. Part of the World Affairs Series: Prospects For Peace

Peace through Economic Development-Film and Discussion: Sharing Global Resources
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - The slide show depicts the problems associated with resource distribution, involving multinational corporations and the US government, and focuses on Chile, the Philippines, and Appalachia. Part of the World Affairs Series.

Peace Through Arms Control - Randall Forsberg
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Ms. randall Forsberg is the president and Executive Director of the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies, a research organization which studies the nature and purposes of military forces and the obstacles to opportunities for disarmament. She has worked at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and contributes regularly on such topics as U.S. and Soviet nuclear weapons and world military researcha nd development. As a member of Boston Study Group, Ms. Forsberg co-authored The Price of Defense which describes present U.S. defense policy, forces and budget. Part of the World Affairs Series: Prospects For Peace

The Common Defense - Charles Burton Marshall
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - He has been a consultant to the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. He has served on the Policy Planning Staff of the U.S. Department of State and as a research associate with the Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research. Dr. Marshall has held academic positions at Harvar, Radcliffe, Texas A&M and has been the Paul H. Nitze Professor of International Politics at the John Hopkins University. He is a contributing editor to The National Review and a member of the executive panel of the Committee on the Present Danger. Part of the World Affairs Series: Prospects For Peace

Peace Through Military Strength? Film: War Without Winners
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - This slide show explores what a nuclear war would mean on the "average" American and Soviet citizen. Part of the World Affairs Series

The Meaning of Peace - Richard Falk
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Richard A. Falk is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice at Princeton University. He has written extensively on the role of international law in affecting foreign policy and creating global order. Among the many books and articles he has written or edited are the following: The Strategy of World Order, 4 Vols., This Endangered Planet, A Study of Future Worlds, and The War Systems: An Interdisciplinary Approach. He serves on the editorial boards of Foreign Policy, American Journal of International Law, and The Nation. Part of the World Affairs Series: Prospects For Peace

Prospects for Peace: Keynote Address, Film: Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
3:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Stanley Kubrick's classic satire on nuclear war stars Peter Sellers and George C. Scott. Part of the World Affairs Series.