La Pietra Dialogues, the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, and the University of Florence convened a series of panels that addressed critical issues affecting transatlantic relations, including: The Obama Administration & Europe, Transatlantic Approaches to the Global Economic Crisis, A Nuclear Iran, The Afghanistan-Pakistan Problem, and The Russia Factor.
Program
September 23, 2010
6:00 -7:00 p.m. Tour of Villa La Pietra 7:00 - 9:00 Opening Dinner, Limonaia
September 24, 2010
9:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks Ellyn Toscano, New York University Massimiliano Guderzo, University of Florence Christian Ostermann, Woodrow Wilson Center
9:45 - 11:30 The Obama Administration & Europe Stefan Fröhlich, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg Anne-Marie Le Gloannec, CERI, Sciences-Po, Paris Samuel F. Wells, Jr., Woodrow Wilson Center Ellyn Toscano, Chair
11:30 Break
11:45 - 13:00 p.m. Transatlantic Approaches to the Global Economic Crisis Herman Van der Wee, Leuven University, Brussels Milica Uvalic, University of Perugia, Italy Eleonore Pauwels, Chair
1:00pm - 3:00 Lunch
3:00 - 5:00 The United States, Europe, and a Nuclear Iran Cengiz Çandar, Radikal, Istanbul Robert Litwak, Woodrow Wilson Center Olivier Roy, European University Institute, Florence Massimiliano Guderzo, Chair
September 25, 2010
9:30 - 11:00 The Russia Factor Pierre Hassner, National Foundation for Political Science, Paris Sergey Kudryashov, German Historical Institute, Moscow Klaus Schwabe, Chair
11:00 Break
11:15 - 1:00 The Transatlantic Community and the Af-Pak Problem Keynote Remarks: Ettore Sequi, Former Special Representative of the European Union for Afghanistan and Pakistan Anna Balletbò, Chair
