The Alaska World Affairs Council Presents

“Event supported by the Alaska Humanities Forum
and the second of our three part series on Media and US Relations.”

Steve LeVine
Author and Journalist for Business Week

"The Caspian Sea: News From the Uncovered Hinterlands'

Friday, 19th March 2010 – Hilton Hotel
Doors open at 11:30 a.m. - Program begins at 12:00 p.m.
For Reservations
RSVP by Wednesday, 17th March to the Alaska World Affairs Council
by telephone 276-8038 or by email to AlaskaWorldAffairs.org .
Lunch Program $20 for Members - $25 for Non-Members - $6 for Coffee Only

Steve LeVine covers foreign affairs and energy for BusinessWeek. He is based in Washington, D.C.

Previously he was based in Central Asia and the Caucasus for 11 years — starting two weeks after the Soviet collapse through 2003. He ran The Wall Street Journal bureau for the eight-nation region, and before that covered it for The New York Times.

From 1988-1991, LeVine was Newsweek's Pakistan-based correspondent for that country and Afghanistan. Before that, he covered the Philippines for Newsday from 1985-1988.

He has published two books: The Oil and the Glory(2007) which tells the little-known story of the long, epic struggle for fortune, glory and power on the Caspian Sea, Putin's Labyrinth(2008), a profile of the Russia through the life and death of a half-dozen Russians.

LeVine is married to Nurilda Nurlybayeva. They have two daughters.

More information at: http://oilandglory.com/