Making Transatlantic Relations Work in the Post-Lisbon Era
On June 1, 2010, the Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE) hosted a workshop entitled “Making Transatlantic Relations Work in the Post-Lisbon Era,” which was jointly organized with the Bertelsmann Foundation, the European Council for Foreign Relations (ECFR) and the Heinrich Böll Foundation. In light of the global power shift away from the West and a weakened liberal consensus, Europe and the United States face new challenges that call for common action. Transatlantic partners must put their differences aside and jointly examine their challenges within this broader context. Towards this aim, the organizing institutions joined forces to convene top experts and officials for a series of timely panel discussions on: “Russia: the challenge of finding the (common) right balance”; “Iran’s double challenge to Europe and the United States”; “AfPak: how to avoid a transatlantic divorce” and “The triangular relationship: The United States-Europe-China.”
The workshop was followed by the 2010 CUSE Annual Conference, which was co-organized by Brookings and the Heinrich Böll Foundation. The Annual Conference featured prominent speakers from both sides of the Atlantic who explored critical issues shaping the future of transatlantic relations in the post-Lisbon Treaty era, including Europe’s Eastern neighborhood and the role Russia plays, and the impact of the Eurozone crisis.
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Making Transatlantic Relations Work in the Post-Lisbon Era
On June 1, 2010, the Center on the United States and Europe, in partnership with the Bertelsmann Foundation, the European Council for Foreign Relations and the Heinrich Böll Foundation, convened top experts and officials for a series of discussions on transatlantic relations in the post-Lisbon era.
Richard C. Bush
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
Laurie Dundon
Bertelsmann Foundation
Francois Godement
European Council on Foreign Relations
Fiona Hill
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe
Dan Korski
European Council on Foreign Relations
Ivan Krastev
Chairman - Centre for Liberal Strategies
Permanent Fellow - Institute for Human Sciences
Evan Medeiros
Penner Family Chair in Asian Studies - Georgetown University
Marie Mendras
Director, Policy Planning Staff, French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
Vali Nasr
Former Brookings Expert
Dean, School for Advanced International Studies - Johns Hopkins University
Rolf Nikel
Office of the German Chancellor
Nicola Pedde
Italian Institute for Global Studies
Robert von Rimscha
Federal Foreign Office of Germany
Jasmine Zerinini
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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