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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
Regional Integration in the Americas: The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis
Monday, November 23 2009, 9:15 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Andrés López, Red Mercosur; Roberto Bouzas, UDESA; Carol Wise, University of Southern California; Rubens Barbosa, Barbosa & Associates; Sidney Weintraub, CSIS; Luz María de la Mora, Instituto de Comercio de Mexico; José María Fanelli, CEDES/Red Mercosur; Pablo Sanguinetti, CAF; Pablo Heidrich, North-South Institute; Inés Bustillo, CEPAL; Eric Santor, Bank of Canada; Barbara Kotschwar, Peterson Institute for International Economics; Ramón Torrent, Universidad de Barcelona
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The Transatlantic Imperative: Security and Stability in Southeast Europe and the Black Sea Region
Tuesday, November 24 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Director's Forum with Her Excellency Rumiana Jeleva
Foreign Minister of Bulgaria
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Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World
Tuesday, December 01 2009, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Jeffrey Herf, Professor of Modern European History, University of Maryland, College Park; Richard Breitman, Professor of History, American University.
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The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter
Wednesday, December 02 2009, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thomas A. Schwartz, Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, and Matthias Schulz, University of Geneva
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Photo Exhibition: People's Republic of Poland. So Close and So Far Away
Thursday, December 03 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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Democracy: Traps and Question Marks
Thursday, December 03 2009, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Adam Michnik, political activist, retired member of Poland's first democratic parliament and Editor in Chief of Gazeta Wyborcza, Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter
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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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Idealists Against Ideologues: A Case Study in the Political History of the Romanian Intelligentsia
Wednesday, June 10 2009, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Mihail Neamtu Woodrow Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar and Romanian Short-Term Scholar
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The Nuclear Challenge: Italian Foreign Policy and Atomic Weapons, 1945-1991
Tuesday, February 17 2009, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Leopoldo Nuti, Machiavelli Center for Cold War Studies; Amb. Richard Gardner, Columbia University; James Miller, Georgetown University and Department of State Foreign Service Institute
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Making Turkey Safe for Democracy? A Discussion on Turkey's New Constitutional Crisis
Tuesday, May 13 2008, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
with Hakan Yavuz , Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah and Mario Zucconi , Senior Fellow, the Italian Social Sciences Council in Rome and Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center
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McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld
Thursday, April 17 2008, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
A book discussion with Misha Glenny
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Germany Says 'No': The Iraq War and the Future of German Foreign and Security Policy
Friday, February 22 2008, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
A discussion with Dieter Dettke. Commentator: Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, Senior Director for Policy Programs at the German Marshall Fund of the United States
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Regional Integration in the Americas: The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis
Monday, November 23, 2009
(9:15 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
The Transatlantic Imperative: Security and Stability in Southeast Europe and the Black Sea Region
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
(10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.)
Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
(4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
(3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
Photo Exhibition: People's Republic of Poland. So Close and So Far Away
Thursday, December 03, 2009
(3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Democracy: Traps and Question Marks
Thursday, December 03, 2009
(4:00 p.m. - 6:00 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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