The World Policy Institute
at New School University
Presents

OLD EUROPE VS. NEW EUROPE

a panel discussion with

DR. NICOLE LINDSTROM, Visiting Professor, MA in International Relations Program, New School, Professor, International Relations Department, Central European University

and

MICHAEL MEYER, European Editor, Newsweek International.

Moderatd by

IAN CUTHBERTSON, Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute

As the new German coalition government settles in, even more questions are being raised about the future strength and direction of the Franco-German alliance that has long set the agenda of the European Union, from the continuation of the giant subsidies of the Common Agricultural Policy to the on-going search for a common security and defense policy that would enable Europe to effectively challenge the dominance of the United States. As Eastern European states add their voices to the already discordant note all too often being sounded by the British government in Brussels, how is the political, economic, ideological and indeed philosophical map of Europe going to change as the EU seeks to define a common identity and set of interests for the continent.

Thursday, February 23, 2006, 6:00-7:30 p. m. Swayduck Auditorium, first floor, 65 Fifth Avenue (between East 13-14th sts.) Admission is $5.00.

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