Asked to talk with Fulbrighters going to Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia, I did the following notes for myself. They are not much, but they represent only a small part of the presentation, which consisted mainly of answers to their questions. I focused on U.S. relations with these countries because that is what a former Fulbrighter told me she would have liked to know more about before departing.
Fulbright Presentation
July 21, 2011
1. Someone has been kind to me: they gave me the easy countries in the Balkans. All of you are going to places that are on the high road:
2. The only one that has had real problems is Serbia
3. U.S. relations with these countries
4. U.S./Serbia relations: troubled waters, calmer recently
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