U.S Deputy Assistant Secretary of State to lecture at Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth University’s Department of International Politics will host a public lecture by Thomas O. Melia, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the United States Department of State, on Tuesday 19 March. This year’s David Davies Memorial Institute (DDMI) annual lecture is entitled ‘Is it realistic to think we can advance democracy and human rights?’ It will be held in the Main Hall of the International Politics Building on Penglais Campus at 6pm. Dr Grant Dawson, Deputy Director of the DDMI, explains, “We look forward to welcoming Thomas Melia. His lecture promises to be a major statement about US foreign policy by a senior diplomat in the Obama Administration. I’m sure he will raise a few questions.” Thomas O. Melia is Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). He is responsible for the DRL’s work in Europe, including Russia, and in the Middle East and North Africa. He has headed the U.S. Delegation to meetings of the Organisat...