ALBERTO COLL, A SENIOR FELLOW AT THE CARNEGIE COUNCIL FOR ETHICS AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND PROFESSOR OF STRATEGY AND POLICY AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, TOLD ATTENDEES AT THE KICKOFF GREAT DECISIONS PROGRAM JAN. 24, HE EXPECTS IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS THAT THE U.S. WILL START A MAJOR DIPLOMATIC OR ECONOMIC OPENING TO CUBA.
A NATIVE OF CUBA WHO CAME TO THE U.S. IN 1968, DR. COLL HAS BEEN AN ESTEEMED MEMBER OF THE FACULTIES OF BOTH GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY AND THE U.S. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE WHERE HE HAS RECEIVED TEACHING AWARDS FROM GRADUATING CLASSES. HE ALSO HAS SERVED AS PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FROM 1990 TO 1993.
“THE EMBARGO HAS NOT WORKED AND WE WILL HAVE TO TRY ANOTHER POLICY,” HE TOLD THE MORE THAN 200 ATTENDEES AT EMORY UNIVERSITY’S WHITE HALL. HE QUIPPED, HOWEVER, THAT THERE WOULD BE NO SUCH OVERTURE PRIOR TO THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER IN VIEW OF THE SENTIMENT AGAINST SUCH AN OPENING IN THE CUBAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
GREAT DECISIONS IS A PROGRAM OF THE NONPROFIT FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION WHICH IS COORDINATED IN GEORGIA BY THE GEORGIA COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES AN EIGHT-WEEK DISCUSSION SERIES CONCERNING WORLD EVENTS IN WHICH MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED DURING 1995.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 1996 SERIES, CALL ROSALIE FITZPATRICK AT (404) 812-7186.