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The Center for Transatlantic Relations of the Paul H. Nitze School of
Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and the European Union Institute for
Security Studies (EUISS) would like to invite you to the annual EUISS/SAIS
Transatlantic Conference: 'EU-US Partnership Delivering Results', which will
take place this year on November 20, 2006 in Washington D.C. (A draft agenda
is attached)

The conference is supported by the Finnish EU Presidency and is also
included in the calendar of the Political and Security Committee of the EU.
The EU national Ambassadors to the PSC will participate in the conference.
The core theme of the conference is the condition and effectiveness of
co-operation between the US and the EU in the field of security and foreign
affairs. Since the creation of ESDP and the further development of CFSP the
role of the EU as a security actor has grown dynamically, so has the scope
of US-EU cooperation. The EU and the US now work closely in the Middle East,
the former Soviet Republics, in the Balkans and in fighting terrorism.

Bringing together top foreign policy officials from the EU and the US as
well as experts and academics from the both sides of the Atlantic, the
conference this year will focus on both the state of transatlantic relations
and topical global security issues.

Given the importance of this event we hope you will be able to accept our
invitation. We look forward to hearing from you. If you have any further
questions regarding the conference please do not hesitate to contact Chantal
de Jonge Oudraat (202-663 5880 or coudraat@jhu.edu).

Please RSVP to transatlanticrsvp@jhu.edu or call 202-663-5730.

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Transatlantic Conference 2006

'The EU-US Partnership: Delivering Results?'

19-20 November, 2006 - Washington, D.C.

Conference Venue: Johns Hopkins University/SAIS 1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW Kenney Auditorium

Keynote address by Under Secretary for Political Affairs, State Department - R. Nicholas Burns - time TBC

Sunday 19 th November

Time TBA             Evening Reception - details to be announced  

Monday 20 th November

8:30-8:45             Opening remarks:

Nicole Gnesotto , Director EU ISS, Paris*

Daniel Hamilton , Director CTR, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.*

8:45-9:05             Keynote address:

Pertti Torstila , Secretary of State, Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs,EU Presidency *

9:05-10:30             Session 1: Transatlantic Relations after the Congressional Elections  

 Chair: Marcin Zaborowski , EU ISS, Paris*

a) The Impact of and Foreign Policy on the Election Results Karlyn Bowman , American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.* Dan Balz , Washington Post ( tbc )

b) The Elections and Transatlantic Relations David Frum , American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C. *Dominique Moïsi , IFRI, Paris*

10:30-10:45             Coffee break

10:45-12:15             Session 2: The Middle East and Iran

Chair:   CTR-SAIS

Speakers:

Tamara Cofman Wittes , Brookings Institution, Washington, DC *

Mark Otte , Special Representative for the Middle East, EU Council, Brussels*

Robert Litwak , Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.*

W alter Posch , EU ISS, Paris*

12:15-1:45             Luncheon - Keynote address (TBA)

1:45-3:15             Session 3: Energy Security

 

                   Chair: Giovanni Grevi , EU ISS, Paris*

                          Speakers:

Helga Schmid , Head of the Policy Unit, EU Council, Brussels*

James Woolsey, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton, Former Head of the CIA (tbc )

3:15-3:30             Coffee break

3:30-5:00             Session 4 - Roundtable: The EU-US Partnership: Delivering Results?  

Chair: Quentin Peel , Financial Times

Speakers:

Kurt Volker , State Department, Washington, D.C.*

Marek Grela , Director for Transatlantic Relations, EU Council, Brussels*

Tracy B. McKibben , Director, European Economic Affairs and EU Relations, National Security Council (TBC)

Teemu Tanner , Ambassador, Representation of Finland to the EU, Brussels*

Time TBA             Evening Reception at the Finnish Embassy

* Confirmed