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Europe, the United States, and the Middle East: New Avenues for Cooperation?

Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 / Time: 7:00am - 9:00am 

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A public event co-sponsored with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Bertelsmann Foundation

As the United States and Europe embark on a new chapter in transatlantic relations, will our priorities in the Middle East coincide, clash, or complement each other?

In honor of the recent publication of Bound to Cooperate-Europe and the Middle East II, the U.S. Institute of Peace, in conjunction with the Carnegie Endowment and the Bertelsmann Foundation, invites you to a discussion with senior European diplomats. They will lay out an agenda for cooperation and offer observations on how evolving U.S. policy in the region is likely to be received in Europe.


Speakers

  • Ambassador Andreas Michaelis
    Director General for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs, German Foreign Ministry
  • Greg Shapland
    Research Counselor for the Middle East and North Africa, British Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • Christian Peter Hanelt, Commentator
    Project Director for Europe and the Middle East, Bertelsmann Foundation
  • Daniel P. Serwer, Commentator
    Vice President of the Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations, U.S. Institute of Peace
  • Michele Dunne, Moderator
    Senior Associate and editor of the Arab Reform Bulletin, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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