Foreign policy experts from five of the nation's leading think tanks and research institutions examined critical issues of security, commerce, and geopolitics issues facing Greece in Southeastern Europe, especially its relations with southern Balkan countries and Turkey, at the second conference in a series sponsored by the Western Policy Center.

Stephen Deets, Walter Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, Miami University of Ohio; Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, Princeton University; Janusz Bugajski, Director, Eastern Europe Project, CSIS; Martha Merritt, Kennan Research Scholar, and Professor of Government, University of Notre Dame, IN; Lyudmila Harutynyan, Professor, Department of Sociology, Yerevan University, Armenia; Erika Schlager, Counsel for International Law, Helsinki Commission; Fraser Cameron, Chief, Delegation of the European Commission, DC; Arthur C. Helton, Program Director of Peace and Conflict Council on Foreign Relations; William Smirnov, Director, Department of Political Science, Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia; Jane Holl Lute, Executive Vice-President, UN Foundation.