Category Archives for Europe
NATO’s Challenge: Maintaining a Tactical Advantage in a Rapidly Changing Security Landscape
January 30, 2015 Host: Center for a New American Security Speakers: General Jean-Paul Palomeros, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO Honorable Robert Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense While the past decade has been largely defined by sustained … Continue reading
The Global Energy Landscape in 2015
January 8, 2015 Host: The Atlantic Council Speaker: Amos Hochstein, Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, U.S. Department of State For the past several months, since October of 2014, global oil prices have been plummeting. With crude oil now trading at … Continue reading
How the Crisis in Ukraine Looks from the Inside
April 29, 2014 Host: The Brookings Institution Event: Views from the Lands In-Between Speakers: H.E. Archil Gegeshidize, Ambassador of Georgia to the United States H.E. Igor Munteanu, Ambassador of Moldova to the United States H.E. Olexander Motsyk, Ambassador of Ukraine … Continue reading
The Window is Open but How Much Reform can be Expected from Iran?
March 24, 2014 Host: The Atlantic Council Event: Iran Through a European Lens Speakers: Ms. Marietje Schaake, Member of the European Parliament for the Dutch Democratic Party (D66) Since running as a “reformist” in 2013, and subsequently being elected president of Iran, … Continue reading
Trade Deals for the 21st Century: How the TTP & TTIP Can Change the World
January 8, 2014 Host: Woodrow Wilson Center Event: Globalization and America’s Trade Agreements Speakers: Mr. William Krist, Senior Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center Dr. Fred Bergsten, Senior Fellow and Director Emeritus, Peterson Institute The world today is more integrated physically, … Continue reading
Can Russia Reemerge as a Global Power?
December 9, 2013 Speaking at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Thomas E. Graham, Managing Director at Kissinger Associates, Inc., outlined the major challenges that Russia faces in its quest to reemerge as a global power. For the majority of the 20th … Continue reading
The Hudson Institute: Political and Security Changes in the Eastern Mediterranean
October 22, 2013 A Developing Energy Hub and a New Partnership Between Israel, Cyprus, and Greece Moderator: Dr. Seth Cropsey, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute Speakers: The Honorable Brad Schneider (D-IL), United States House of Representatives H.E. Christos Panagopoulos, Ambassador to … Continue reading
The Woodrow Wilson Center: Roundtable Discussion on the Southern Gas Corridor
September 9, 2013 The Woodrow Wilson Center: Roundtable Discussion on the Southern Gas Corridor On September 9th, the Woodrow Wilson Center assembled a panel of experts to review and discuss the recent energy developments in the Southern Gas Corridor, an … Continue reading