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Transatlantic Policy Dialogue |
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The Europaeum launched a major initiative to run over two years, to promote TransAtlantic Dialogue between leading European and leading US academics and intellectuals and policy makers. This is taking the form of lectures, research workshops, policy studies and debates. The outcome of the programme will be published as a report or collection of essays.
Since 9/11 and the disagreements over the Iraq War, the impetus for such a dialogue is all the more apparent. There is also the need to manage international relations and develop the emergence of a coherent European Union voice in contradiction to US approaches. Policymakers and politicians on both sides seem to be of the view that it is ‘the other’ that does not quite understand ‘its’ stance. Dialogue is vital, and the Europaeum is well placed to play its part.
The programme will aim to add to the sum of knowledge, to produce suitable and relevant publications, and create greater understanding, even collaboration, between the two key centres of world influence.
Several events are underway. In April 2005, there was an International Conference on the theme of Europeanisation and Americanisation, to be held at Oxford, whilst October 2005 forsees an International Research Workshop on American Culture in Old and New Europe: The Cold War and Beyond, to be held in HEI, Geneva, while events for 2006 include an international conference on US-Europe relations, and a Europaeum Lecture to be given by Chris Patten on this theme.
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