President Obama's Europe Trip and The State of the European Union

March 19, 2014

WASHINGTON, March 19, 2014 –The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) will host expert discussions on President Obama's upcoming trip to Europe as well as U.S. and European perspectives on the future of the EU. Full details appear below.

WHEN/WHERE:
Thursday, March 20, 2014
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Second Floor Conference Center
CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Credentialed members of the press who would like to attend must RSVP to aschwartz@csis.org

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Panel I: President Obama’s Trip to Europe: A Journalist Roundtable Discussion

Featuring:

Mr. Roger Cohen
Columnist, New York Times

Dr. Josef Joffe
Publisher/Editor, Die Zeit

Mr. Gideon Rachman
Chief Foreign Affairs Columnist, Financial Times

Moderated by:

Ms. Heather A. Conley
Director and Senior Fellow,
CSIS Europe Program

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Panel II: The State of the European Union: The Crisis in Ukraine, Europe’s Integration Prospects and the Impact of the Upcoming European Parliament Elections Considered

Featuring:

Ambassador John Kornblum
Former US Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, and Former US Ambassador to Germany and the OSCE

Mr. Francois Heisbourg
Chairman of the Board, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique

Ms. Ulrike Guérot
Senior Associate for Germany, Open Society Initiative for Europe

Moderated by:

Ms. Heather A. Conley
Director and Senior Fellow,
CSIS Europe Program

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