Thank you so much for your active participation in our International Online Conference. Please give us a feedback for the conference. What didi you like? What could we improve in our next conference?
Best regards and hope to meet you again - virtually or in real.
The Foundation for Freedom continues its work on this topic with our office in Brussels and Washington D.C.
Best regards
Joachim
Hello everybody,
this is our last day of our conference "The new transatlantic dialogue". It has been a wonderful experience and I thank everyone of you for your participation.
I encourage you to use this last day to give us some feedback.
Thanks again and do have a good weekend.
We would like to draw some conclusion during our last two days of our conference.
How is the transatlantic partnership going to change in the following four years?
What kind of changes can we expect? And will Barack Obama meet the still skyrocking expectations in his presidency?
He'll be participating in our discussion. Don't hesitate to ask him questions or give us your take on the topics of the conference.
We already talked to Steve in our online chat a few days ago. The conversation was mostly about protectionist tendencies in the US. You'll find a short summary here. Additionally we want to present to you an interview with Steve that we conducted earlier this year in Washington, DC only for this conference.
Again a few words to Steve for all of you who don't know him already. Steve directs the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, which aims to promote a new American internationalism that combines a tough-minded realism about America's interests in the world with a pragmatic idealism about the kind of world order best suited to America's democratic way of life. He is also a Senior Fellow at New America, and previously served as Executive Vice President.
Mr. Clemons writes frequently on matters of foreign policy, defense, and international economic policy. His work has appeared in many of the major leading op-ed pages, journals, and magazines around the world.
First I want to thank everyone for their participation yesterday at our special video conference. Kudos also to our guests in the studio Markus Löning MdB, Dr. Stormy-Annika Mildner, Dan Mitchell and Sascha Tamm. It was really interesting talking to you all. Footage from yesterday's conference will be here for you shortly.
We'll be broadcasting the video conference as a video stream directly on to your screen and you'll be able to directly chat with our experts. We are very glad to have
Here you will find the recorded transmission of the video-conference.
If you should have any difficulties with the website of the videoconference, please call +49 30 22 62 12 00 for help.
We'll be broadcasting the video conference as a video stream directly on to your screen and you'll be able to directly chat with our experts. We are very glad to have
as guests in our video conference.
You need to register separately for this event. You can do that here.
In case you will miss the conference please use the chance to raise questions in advance. Please use our special forum for this. We will raise them for you.
I invite you to take part in our online chat "Protectionism in the US" today at 4 pm (cet) here in our online academy. We'll be discussing a number of economic issues with our expert Steve Clemons.
In this panel's online forum economy we will talk about the economic and financial crisis.
We also would like to speak about the economic ties between the US and the European Union and what both sides can do to solve the economic and financial crisis.
this is the last day of this panel - the forum will still be open for you and I am looking foward to your input and am interested in the conclusions we will draw.
As a closing statement we invite to have a look at an interview with Alexander Count Lambsdorff that we conducted earlier this month in Berlin.
Alexander Count Lambsdorff is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Free Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Lambsdorff is a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a member of the Delegation for relations with the United States.
An abstract of the discussion that took place in the forum in the last couple of days will be send to you shortly.
Thank you again everybody for your participation at yesterdays video conference. It was a terrific experience. Have a look here at the video footage.
Today we invite Donald Tuckwiller and Jan Burdinski into our online forum.
Also I would like to point you to one of our Interviews we conducted with James Townsend
James is the Vice President and Director of the International Security Program at the Atlantic Council of the United States we had the chance to do a short interview earlier this year in his office in Washington DC.
On Wednesday, 6th of May we held our video-conference.
Our guests were:
Laurie DUNDON, Bertelsmann-Foundation, Washington DC
Claus GRAMCKOW, Transatlantic Dialog Program, FNF, Washington DC
Dr. Michael RÜHLE, Head of the Policy Planning and Speechwriting Section, NATO
Dr. Constanze STELZENMÜLLER, German Marshall Fund of the United States
President Hamid Karzai ordered a probe Wednesday into allegations by local officials that more than 30 civilians were killed this week in a bombing by U.S.-led troops battling militants in western Afghanistan.
Karzai, currently in the United States, will raise the issue of civilian deaths with President Barack Obama, a statement from Karzai's office said. The two presidents were scheduled to hold their first face-to-face meeting later Wednesday.
Civilian deaths have caused increasing friction between the Afghan and U.S. governments, and Karzai has long pleaded with American officials to reduce the number of civilian casualties in their operations. U.S. and NATO officials accuse the Taliban militants of fighting from within civilian homes, thus putting them in danger.
In this panel's online forum we will talk about the new quality of Barack Obama's new foreign policy and how his new approach will shake things up with regard to the atlantic alliance. We also would like to speak about the future role of NATO especially in Afghanistan and how the burden sharing between the European Union and the US can be improved.
By the way did you take a look at our online library?
We put together some reading material that tackles this panel's topic - Obama's new foreign policy and NATO's role in the 21st century.
I welcome all of you to our international online conference.
So far more than 150 participants have registered for this event. What we would like to do for the next two weeks is to focus on the nature of the transatlantic alliance.
The transatlantic partnership is a almost non-negotiable cornerstone in both America and the European Union. But how will this tested alliance be shaped by the new American administration? I invite you to join in the discussion in our online forums with experts from all over the world.
We’ll start today and tomorrow by discussing the different values that divide the US and the EU and how these differences influence transatlantic politics. Forum
But first make sure to take some time to express some expectations you might have for this conference. Use the online forum to do so. Also, fill out you profile and have a look at our online library.
Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt welcomes you to this conference. Please have look at his statement.
As one of our first highlights we invite you to a one hour special CHAT with Dr. Rainer Stinner at 5 pm (CET). Dr. Rainer Stinner is member of the German Bundetag and a member of the committee on defence. He is also an expert on foreign affairs and NATO. So make sure to tune in at 5.
Hello everybody,
I am delighted to welcome you here in our Virtual Academy at our first major online conference this year.Please don't forget to register in order to gain access to all videos and to join in the discussions. The conference will be about the European-American partnership and we'll commence on May 4th.
I'll keep you posted with new information until then. I am looking foward seeing you all here.
Please have a look on the program that we have prepared for you. You will find a printable program here.
Register now for free for this Online Conference!
The transatlantic partnership is an almost non-negotiable cornerstone of the European Union‘s foreign policy. Still this special alliance was under strain only recently. Europe became divided as it was unable to respond to the US National Security Strategy after 9/11. And America seemed to have lost interest in its old allies.
Barack Obama, Americas 44th president was inaugurated in January. Now, after 100 days have passed, expectations are still skyrocking. How will the transatlantic alliance change in the course of his presidency? There are many challenges for sure: A global economic crisis and the unsolved question of how to save Afghanistan from becoming a rogue state again.
The International Online Conference will tackle these kinds of questions and will thereby help you form and sharpen your opinions on transatlanticism. The event will be free of charge and can be accessed by everyone. You can join in by participating in our forums and chatrooms. Feel free to voice your opinion and engage with others, whenever and wherever you like! The conference will be hold in English and German. Simultanous translation will be provided.
