U.S. Foreign Policy Experts, European Members of Parliament to Join For Panel Discussion on the Middle East

Participants will examine continuing developments in the Middle East, international response and the strategic implications for Europe and the United States

BRUSSELS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U.S. foreign policy experts and key Members of European Parliament will join together in a panel discussion, The Middle East: What Next? Strategic Implications for Europe and America, on Tuesday, 29 March, at the European Parliament. The event, part of a series offered by DCI Group called, “American Conversations,” convenes U.S. and European political and policy figures to discuss key global issues.

The panel will be hosted by Ana Gomes MEP, Rapporteur for the EU-Libya Framework Agreement, with the participation of Heidi Hautala MEP, Chairwoman of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights.

Who:	Ambassador Robert Blackwill, Senior Counselor, DCI Group, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow at the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations, Former Deputy National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush
	Ambassador Martin Indyk, Vice President and Director for Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, Senior Adviser to the U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel
	Josef Joffe, Editor, Die Zeit, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Marc and Anita Abramowitz Fellow in International Relations, Hoover Institution
When:	Tuesday, March 29, 2011
	13.00 – 14.30
Where:	The European Parliament
	Room ASP 3G3
	Lunch Provided

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In an era of global policy challenges, navigating U.S. and European trends together is paramount. Recognizing this, the American Conversations series has been established to convene U.S. political and policy personalities together with European counterparts to discuss key transatlantic debates and global topics of strategic importance to Europe and America.

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