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Transatlantic Relations Seminar > 2010-2011 Seminar Schedule

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Transatlantic Relations Seminar
Date: October 21, 2010
Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"Transatlantic Approaches to Eastern Europe" 


Co-sponsored by the Center for European Studies.

Speakers
Stelzenmüller, Constanze
Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Berlin, Germany.

Transatlantic Relations Seminar
Date: November 2, 2010
Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S050
This is open to the public.

"The G20: A Critical Analysis"


Co-sponsored by the Center for European Studies.
Speakers
Mistral, Jacques
Head of Economic Studies, IFRI/Institut Français des Relations Internationales.

Joint Seminar of the Program on Transatlantic Relations and the Center for European Studies
Date: November 16, 2010
Time: 4:15 pm - 6:00 pm
The Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland St., Lower Lecture Hall
This is open to the public.

"Reshaping EU-US Relations: European Proposals"


Notre Europe, a think tank founded by Jacques Delors, has asked a group composed of Romano Prodi, Guy Verhofstadt (co-chairs), Jerzy Buzek, Etienne Davignon, Jacques Delors, Joschka Fischer, Paavo Lipponen, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, and Nicole Gnesotto (rapporteur) to work out suggestions for a new US-European relationship.

Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, former Italian Minister of Economy and Finance, Etienne Davignon, former vice-president of the European Commission, and Paavo Lipponen former Prime Minister of Finland, accompanied by other members of Notre Europe, will present and discuss the proposals at a meeting chaired by Stanley Hoffmann, Buttenwieser University Professor, and Karl Kaiser, Director, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Download a copy of the report (PDF).
Moderator/Chair
Hoffmann, Stanley H.
Senior Adviser; Faculty Associate. Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Kaiser, Karl
Director, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
Speakers
Davignon, Etienne
Former vice-president of the European Commission.
Padoa-Schioppa, Tommaso
Former Italian Minister of Economy and Finance.
Lipponen, Paavo
Former Prime Minister of Finland.

Transatlantic Relations Seminar
Date: December 1, 2010
Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"The State of US-European Relations: A Spanish Perspective"

Co-sponsored by the Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies.

Speakers
Garrigues, Antonio
Founder and President, Garrigues. Former Vice Chair, European Group of the Trilateral Commission. Founder, Spanish Chapter of Transparency International; President, Toledo International Centre for Peace.

Transatlantic Relations Seminar
Date: March 3, 2011
Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer 166
This is open to the public.

"Next Steps toward Global Zero after Ratification of START: A German Perspective"

Please RSVP to Ann Townes at atownes@wcfia.harvard.edu to attend this event.

Co-sponsored by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School.

Speakers
Gottwald, Peter
Commissioner of the Federal Government for Arms Control and Disarmament, Foreign Office, Germany.

Transatlantic Relations Seminar
Date: March 31, 2011
Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"The Arctic: An Area of Conflict and Cooperation"


Co-sponsored by the Boston Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany.
Speakers
Haftendorn, Helga
Professor emeritus, Free University of Berlin.

Transatlantic Relations Seminar
Date: April 5, 2011
Time: 10:30 am - 12:15 pm
Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer Building, Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor
This is open to the public.

"NATO's New Strategic Concept"


Co-sponsored by the National Security Program at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Speakers
Abrial, Stéphane
General, French Air Force, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO.

Transatlantic Relations Seminar
Date: April 12, 2011
Time: 4:15 pm - 6:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Room K354
This is open to the public.

"After Libya: A Revival of the Age of Intervention?"


Co-sponsored by the European Club at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Moderator/Chair
Speakers
Posen, Barry
Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the Security Studies Program, MIT.
Hoffmann, Stanley H.
Senior Adviser; Faculty Associate. Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Owen, Edward Roger
Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar (on leave fall 2012). A.J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History, Department of History, Harvard University.

Transatlantic Relations Seminar
Date: May 5, 2011
Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"Russia and the West: A European Perspective"


Co-sponsored by the Boston Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany and the Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies.

Speakers
von Ploetz, Hans-Friedrich
Former State Secretary in the German Foreign Office and Ambassador to NATO, the UK, and Russia; former member of the Group of Experts on NATO's new strategic concept; member, Supervisory Board of Robert Bosch GmbH.