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| |  Dear FLEX Students, Welcome to the online event. We are excited to have you as a participant. You will need to prepare five (5) appropriate questions to ask Mr. Taplin. These questions can relate to:
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 1: MARK TAPLIN'S BIOGRAPHY Read Mr. Taplin's biography to learn more about him and his work. Write at least one (1) question based on the information that you learn in this biography. He also served as Deputy Director of the Office of Press and Public Diplomacy in the State Department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (2001-2002) and Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine (1999-2001). His past overseas assignments also include two tours in Moscow, as well as public diplomacy assignments in Brazil, Haiti and Mauritius. He holds a bachelor’s degree in humanities and international affairs from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and a master’s degree in strategic studies from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is the author of Open Lands: Travels Through Russia’s Once Forbidden Places. HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 2: READING RESEARCH MATERIAL What is Democracy: Elections What Are Democratic Elections? What Are the Minimal Conditions for Democratic Elections? After reading these 3 articles, please decide if you believe that your country meets these standards to hold democratic elections and why or why not? HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 3: READING OTHER STUDENTS' WORK Some of the questions that these students asked may inspire you! This discussion occurred in March 2004 between FLEX students from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia with Kent Logsdon, Deputy Director in the State Department's Office of Caucasus and Central Asian Affairs in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. This discussion occurred in December 2003 between FLEX students from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan with Michelle Logsdon, Deputy Director of the State Department's Office of Public Diplomacy in the Bureau of European Affairs. This discussion occurred in May 2003 between FLEX students from Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine also with Michelle Logsdon, Deputy Director of the State Department's Office of Public Diplomacy in the Bureau of European Affairs. This discussion occurred in January 2003 between FLEX students from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan with another expert, Steve Hart. Mr. Hart is Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional Exchanges in the State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. This discussion occurred in October 2002 between FLEX students from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia with another expert, Jon Elkind. Mr. Elkind worked in the Caucasus as an advisor to the United States government. | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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