The relationship between Europe and the United States – one of the world’s strongest, most comprehensive, and strategically important – continues to be redefined by new and pressing issues. The strengthening euro, EU expansion, NATO’s new battlefields, and increasing concern about immigration and climate change are some of the new economic and political dynamics challenging today’s leaders. As the world awaits a new American administration, priorities and relationships from Washington to Brussels are changing rapidly. This fall, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs welcomes leading experts from Europe and the United States to discuss how the transatlantic partners can work together to chart a sound and stable future.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
NATO’s Past, Present, and Future: A View from Europe
His Excellency Radoslaw Sikorski
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2008
Reintroducing America
Philip Zelikow
White Burkett Miller Professor of History, University of Virginia
Former Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2008
Europe’s Economic and Political Integration: Where is the Experiment Headed?
Senator Jean François-Poncet
Member of the French Senate
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, France

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008
Russia: Partner or Adversary?
Ambassador Elizabeth Jones
Executive Vice President, APCO Worldwide
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2008
American and European Approaches to Managing Conflict
Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger
Global Head of Government Relations, Allianz
Former Ambassador of Germany to the U.S. and the U.K.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2008
America and Europe in the Global Age
Joschka Fischer
Former Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor, Germany

These series packages are only available until September 7, 2008.