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A concentration on Europe, with distinct but interrelated programming for East European studies and West European studies, has been integral to the Woodrow Wilson Center since 1984.
West European Studies cooperates on a number of Europe-wide issues with East European Studies, particularly on topics such as the englargement of NATO and the European Union and the expansion and deepening of democracy in Europe.
West European Studies also focuses on broad issues that are significant for the United States in its relations with Europe. It looks at the development of civil society and open institutions throughout Europe and also investigates European approaches to policy issues of importance to the United States including social insurance, education, and the role of the state in economic activity. Seminars and conferences on the role of the United States and Europe in global financial issues and trade policy are also part of its mandate.
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Upcoming Events
The Middle East Conflict and Challenges to European Security
Tuesday, March 09 2010, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
His Excellency Martti Ahtisaari, Former President of Finland and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
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Europe and Iran's Nuclear Ambitions: Challenges and Prospects
Tuesday, March 09 2010, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Klaus Scharioth, Ambassador, Federal Republic of Germany, Shahram Chubin, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, Bernard Hourcade, Senior Research Fellow, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris
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"Keep on Saving": How Other Nations Forged Cultures of Thrift When America Didn't
Tuesday, March 16 2010, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Sheldon Garon, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center, and Dodge Professor of History and East Asian Studies, Princeton University
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Mitterrand, the End of the Cold War, and German Unification
Tuesday, April 20 2010, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Frederic Bozo, Professor of Contemporary History and International Relations, University of Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Stephen Szabo, Executive Director, Transatlantic Academy
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The Future of Europe and Transatlantic Relations
Thursday, November 19 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
A Director's Forum with His Excellency Romano Prodi, Former Prime Minister of Italy
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The New Turkish Foreign Policy: Is There a Place for Israel?
Monday, November 16 2009, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Henri Barkey, Bernard L. and Bertha F. Cohen Professor in International Relations, Lehigh University; Non-Resident Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Visions of the Welfare State: Nordic and United States Perspectives
Monday, November 16 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Pauli Kettunen, Professor of Political History, University of Helsinki; Jorn Henrik Petersen, Professor of Social Sciences, Southern Denmark University; Klaus Petersen, Professor of History, Southern Denmark University
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Director's Forum: Former Belgian Prime Minister and President of the European People's Party Wilfried Martens
Friday, October 09 2009, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Wilfried Martens, Former Belgian Prime Minister and President of the European People's Party
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Kennedy and the Berlin Wall: A Hell of a Lot Better Than a War
Thursday, October 01 2009, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
W.R. Smyser, Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar, Library of Congress and Adjunct Professor, BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University; Mary Beth Stein, Associate Professor of German and International Affairs, The George Washington University; R. Gerald Livingston, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, German Historical Institute; Bernd Schaefer, Senior Scholar, Cold War International History Project
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The Middle East Conflict and Challenges to European Security
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
(10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.)
Europe and Iran's Nuclear Ambitions: Challenges and Prospects
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
(2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
"Keep on Saving": How Other Nations Forged Cultures of Thrift When America Didn't
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
(4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)
Mitterrand, the End of the Cold War, and German Unification
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
(4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)
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European Studies
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: wes@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4209
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