The current international context is characterised by uncertainty. On the economic front, the global financial and economic crisis has triggered a search for global economic governance structures and put the politics of trade back on the agenda. The US administration has initiated a new approach to foreign and security policy which has yet to deliver concrete results. In this changing global context, the transatlantic cooperation is facing serious challenges but also opportunities of renewal. This half-day conference will address these and related issues in the wake of the US-EU summit of November 2009. SIEPS has invited policy-makers and academics from both sides of the Atlantic to share their views and discuss the future of transatlantic cooperation. 

The speakers and the panel discussion were recorded, click on the files below to listen:

 Olof Ehrenkrona (8.19 MB)

 Moreno Bertoldi (14.68 MB) 

 Christopher Dunnett (7.53 MB) 

 Discussion Panel 1 (12.87 MB) 

 John Glenn (10.31 MB) 

 Antoinette Primatarova (8.16 MB)

 Discussion Panel 2 (6.94 MB) 

PROGRAMME

9:00 – 9:10 Welcome
Anna Stellinger, Director, SIEPS

9:10– 9:45 Key note speech
Ambassador Olof Ehrenkrona, Senior Political Advisor, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Q/A session with keynote speaker

9:45 – 11:15 Panel I – Economy and Trade: The Economic Crisis – Catalyst for Change?
Mr. Moreno Bertoldi, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission PowerPoint presentation Mr. Moreno Bertoldi (433.5 kB)

Professor John Peterson, University of Edinburgh

Mr Christopher G Dunnett, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy, Stockholm

Ambassador Olof Ehrenkrona, Senior Political Advisor, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Chair: Mr Fredrik Langdal, Researcher, SIEPS


11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break


11:45 – 13:15 Panel II – Foreign and Security Policy: Converging Perceptions of Security?
Dr. John Glenn, Policy Director, US Global Leadership Coalition

Ambassador Antoinette Primatarova, Programme Director, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia

Dr Marcin Zaborowski, Research Fellow, EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris

Professor Richard G. Whitman, University of Bath

Chair: David Král, Director, Europeum Institute for European Policy, Prague

This conference was organised jointly by SIEPS and EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy in Prague.

 

The Translantic Policy Forum is supported by the Delegation of the Europan Commission to the USA.