The Department of International Relations in conjunction with the Embassy of the United States of America, Malta Present Thomas A. Yeager Political, Economic & Commercial Officer Embassy of the United States of America, Malta in a Public Lecture on International Security Architecture Date: Monday 4th April 2011 Time: 13.00-14.00 Venue: Old Humanities 116 Look out for upcoming public lectures being hosted by the Department of International Relations delivered by the following participants Mr Thomas A. Yeager, Political Officer, Embassy of the United States of America Dr Nicholas C. Vella, Department of Classics and Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Malta H.E. Mr Douglas Kmiec, Ambassador of the United States of America to Malta Dr Naveed Sheikh, Keele University; author of The New Politics of Islam: Pan-Islamic Foreign Policy in a World of States (2007) and Saudi State, Wahabi World: The Globalization of Muslim Radicalism (2009) For further information please contact the Department of International Relations on 2340 3083 or valentina.cassar@um.edu.mt Thomas A. Yeager Political-Economic-Commercial Chief U.S. Embassy Valletta, Malta Tom Yeager is the head of the Political-Economic and Commercial sections at the Embassy of the United States of America in Valletta, Malta. He is a career diplomat who entered the Foreign Service in 2002. In addition to Malta, he has served in Warsaw, Poland, and in Washington, D.C., where he worked on U.S. policy related to Central and Eastern Europe. Prior to joining the State Department, Mr. Yeager served 30 years in the U.S. Navy, retiring as a Captain, and was most recently responsible for analyzing U.S. and NATO operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan. He is also an attorney, and attended Washington State University and Georgetown University Law Center.