Carnegie Europe New Vision Conference
Post-Bush America and the World:
Can the Gap be Closed?
Expectations are running high for major changes in the next U.S. administration's foreign policy, but how much change is likely, and will it be enough to close the gap between America and the world?
Top experts from the Carnegie Endowment's offices in Washington D.C., Moscow, Beijing, Beirut and Brussels, including Jessica T. Mathews, Alexei Arbatov, Robert Kagan, Michael McFaul, Douglas Paal, George Perkovich, Karim Sadjadpour, Ashley Tellis, and Dmitri Trenin, will meet with foreign policy leaders and commentators from across the world, including Jacques Attali, Emma Bonino, Robert Cooper, Thérèse Delpech, Kemal Dervis, Peter Mandelson, Zanny Minton-Beddoes, and Philip Stevens.
The conference marks the launch of Carnegie Europe, the new pan-European foreign policy forum, part of the Carnegie Endowment’s New Vision pioneering the global think tank.
Conference Sessions
Thursday 2nd October
Session 1
What do Europeans Want from a Post-Bush America and What Can They Offer in Return?
- Discussants
- Emma Bonino, Elmar Brok , Pawel Zalewski
- Chair
- Robert Cooper
Session 2
Russia's relations with the World: The Aftermath of the Georgian conflict.
- Discussants
- Bobo Lo, Michael McFaul, Dmitri Trenin
- Chair
- Philip Stephens
Session 3
India and China: A Rising Powers’ World
- Keynote
- Peter Mandelson
- Discussants
- Douglas Paal, Ashley Tellis
- Chair
- Peter David
Inauguration Dinner
U.S. Foreign Policy: What Changes are Likely Post-Bush?
Featuring Robert Kagan, foreign policy adviser to Senator John McCain, and Gregory B Craig, senior adviser to Senator Barack Obama. The debate will be chaired by Gianni Riotta, director of the newsprogram TG1 on Italy's main TV channel RAI.Friday 3rd October
Breakfast Session:
Iran: A Test Case for a New Administration and its International Partners
- Discussants
- Alexei Arbatov, Therese Delpech, Karim Sadjadpour
- Chair
- George Perkovich
Session 4
A New Global Climate Change Deal?
- Discussants
- Laurence Tubiana, Tom Burke, Jessica T. Mathews
- Chair
- Tony Long
Session 5
Globalization in Crisis?
- Discussants
- Jacques Attali, Kemal Dervis, Vicky Pryce
- Chair
- Zanny Minton-Beddoes
Carnegie Europe is the Endowment’s new pan-European foreign policy forum. From its regional office in Brussels, it serves as an active forum for senior European policy makers, think-tanks, scholars and journalists across Europe. Through public events and high-level consultations, Carnegie Europe brings the fresh perspectives from Carnegie's global and regional centres in Washington D.C., Moscow, Beijing and Beirut to the European foreign policy debate.
Featured Speakers
Robert Cooper
Robert Cooper was a British diplomat until 2002 when he assumed the role of Director-General for External and Politico-Military Affairs at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.
The Rt. Hon. Peter Mandelson
Peter Mandelson is the E.U. Commissioner for External Trade.
Carnegie Speakers
Robert Kagan
Robert Kagan is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His most recent book is The Return of History and the End of Dreams.
Ashley J. Tellis
Ashley J. Tellis is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specializing in international security, defense, and Asian strategic issues.
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More Information
For more information, please contact Kristina Klein info@carnegieeurope.eu, Phone: +32 2 735 56 50, Fax: +32 2 736 62 22
Conference Information
Only a short drive from the station, 20 minutes by car from the airport and only two hours from London by Eurostar, the hotel is easily accessible. Directions for Hotel Amigo