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February 27, 2010
Professor Yates spoke on France 24 television on February 25 in a debate about President Sarkozy's diplomatic gestures to the Rwandan regime during a visit to Kigali.
Criticisms of Sarkozy's admission that "mistakes were made" was not enough, and that France needs to make an "apology" for its complicity in the attempted genocide of 1994, raised questions about the implications of France in that tragic event.
Dr. Yates outlined the three main accusations of French complicity: tactical and strategic support for the Hutu regime in 1990-1991, its evacuation of member of the Habyarimana regime in 1994, and its creation of a corridor through which the genocidaires escapes into Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo) in 1994. While reconciliation has occured, Yates argued, it would be wrong to believe that the risk of another attempted genocide is gone. The structural preconditions of the genocide, such as overpopulation, and the failure of democratic institutions to return the Hutu majority to power, continue to pose risks of a fourth attempted genocide (after 1959, 1963 and 1994).
View France 24 show: The Debate: France and Rwanda: A New Start?
November 12, 2009
Dr. Douglas Yates participated in the 2009 Trialogue 21 meeting organized by the East-West Institute in Brussels on November 9-10.
This two-day event was the fourth of a series of meetings gathering government and non-government experts from China, the United States and Europe and aimed at exploring and improving the collaboration of these three powers about various issues of international affairs.
This year's edition focused on the upcoming elections in Sudan, the piracy off Somalia, and global warming. Dr. Yates presented the problems of Chinese involvment in the upcoming referendum for independance of South Sudan, which provoked a heated debate.
November 6, 2009
On November 5, Dr. Douglas Yates participated in a conference at IFRI (Institut Français des Relations Internationales), the oldest French think tank, created in 1979 and dedicated to research and debate in international affairs. This one-day conference was about Gabon, with a focus on the government transition and the future perspectives and challenges that Gabon faces at the social, economic and international levels.
Dr. Yates's presentation emphasized the way the oil rent in Gabon affects the politics of the country. Other presenters included Guy Rossatanga-Rignault of the University of Libreville in Gabon, and Roland Pourtier of the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
July 8, 2009
Dr. Douglas Yates will participate in the 21st World Congress of the International Political Science Association in Santiago de Chile, July 12-16 2009.
He will present a paper entitled "Enhancing Governance in Africa's Oil Sector", which compares all of the oil-dependent countries in Africa with the effort of the international community (NGOs, IGOs) to promote transparency and fight corruption in those countries. Dr. Yates evaluates how successful those efforts have been. His paper will be published as a chapter in a forthcoming book edited by Kenneth Omeje (summer 2009).
50 national political science associations and 3,000 individual members are expected to atend this conference which marks the 60th anniversary of the International Political Science Association (IPSA).
August 22, 2008
Douglas Yates has been commissioned by the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) to write a report on the Petroleum Industry in Africa, and to present it at a GARP-SAIIA conference to be held in Tanzania in mid-November 2008.
While in Tanzania, Dr. Yates will visit Arcadia University's Nyerere Center for Peace Research in Arusha, Tanzania.
June 11, 2008
Dr. Douglas Yates published a chapter on 'UNESCO in Africa' for a book on the UN in Africa edited by Adekeye Adebajo (Lynne Rienner, 2008), with a foreword by former UN General Secretary Boutros-Boutros Ghali. Yates also wrote a chapter on Chinese relations in Gabon entitled 'French Puppet, Chinese Strings' in another edited volume to come out later this year, and published a chapter on president Sarkozy's new African policy entitled 'French Connection' in the South African journal Global Dialogue (March 2008). Yates wrote the chapter on Gabon for the Africa Yearbook 2007 (Leiden: Brill)
April 16, 2008
In January 2008 Dr. Douglas A. Yates travelled to India to present papers on conflict resolution at the New Dehli University and at the Institute of Social Sciences in New Dehli. Yates also went to Sri Lanka to present papers on the American elections and their international implications at the University of Colombo and at the Lakshaman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies.
February 27, 2008
Dr. Douglas Yates went to Berlin in February 2008 to give a paper on politics in Gabon during a one-day seminar for students preparing a simulation for Model United Nations in New York.
October 18, 2007
On September 15th - 19th, Dr. Douglas Yates travelled to Cape Town, South Africa, upon the invitation of the Center for Conflict Resolution, to participate in a conference on China in Africa. He presented a paper on China in Gabon which will be published in a book by Lynne Rienner, China in Africa: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?.
July 29, 2007
On July 25th-29th, 2007, Dr Douglas Yates travelled to Jeju Island, off the South Korean peninsula, as a visiting professor at Jeju National University. He gave lectures on Emmanuel Kant and Hans Morgenthau's theories of peace in the 2007 International Governance Summer School for World Heritage, Peace Studies and East Asian Governance ran by the University's Institute of Peace Studies.
December 11, 2006
In December 2006 Dr. Douglas Yates was invited by the United States Information Services (USIS) to give a series of lectures in Mauritania to young aspiring politicians. The wokshops were entitled "The Coming Generation: How Young Political Leaders can Influence their Country's Future". Dr Yates had training sessions in the capital city, Nouakchott, and in the Southern provincial towns of Kaedi, Kiffa and Aleg.
 Brad Svenningson USA
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