| Relaunching the Transatlantic Partnership |
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| Common Goals and Shared Values |
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| Cosponsored by Aspen Institute Italia |
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| Start: |
Thursday, October 2, 2003
8:30 PM
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| End: |
Saturday, October 4, 2003
3:00 PM
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| Location: |
Aldrovandi Palace Hotel
Rome, Italy |
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| Experts debate the reasons behind U.S. cultivatation of its European allies, while discussing the democratization of the Middle East and the transatlantic relationship. |
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Thursday, October 2 |
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8:30 p.m. |
Opening Dinner |
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Talk debate: |
Like It or Not We Are Family |
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Charles Murray, W. H. Brady Scholar in Culture and Freedom, AEI |
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Beppe Severgnini, columnist, Corriere della Sera, Milan |
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Friday, October 3 |
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9:00 a.m. |
Welcoming Remarks: |
Carlo Scognamiglio, chairman, Aspen Institute Italia; professor of economics and industrial policy, LUISS–Guido Carli, Rome |
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Christopher DeMuth, president, AEI |
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9:15 |
First Panel: |
What Divides and What Unites the U.S. and Europe |
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Chair: |
Jim Nicholson, U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, Rome |
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Panel Speakers: |
Michael Novak, George Frederick Jewett Scholar in Religion, Philosophy, and Public Policy, AEI |
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Josef Joffe, editor, Die Zeit, Hamburg |
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Richard Perle, resident fellow, AEI |
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Enrico Letta, member of the Italian Parliament, Rome |
| 10:45 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 |
Second Panel: |
The Challenge of Democratization in the Middle East |
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Chair: |
John Bruton, vice president, European People's Party, Dublin |
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Introductory Remarks: |
Javier Solana Madariaga, high representative for CFSP, European Union Council of Ministers, Brussels |
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Panel Speakers: |
Danielle Pletka, vice president, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, AEI |
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Emma Bonino, member of the European Parliament, Brussels |
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Michael A. Ledeen, resident scholar in the Freedom Chair, AEI |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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Remarks: |
Mel Sembler, U.S. ambassador to Italy, Rome |
| 3:00 |
Third Panel: |
International Legitimacy between the UN and Coalitions of the Willing |
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Chair: |
Ana Palacio Vallelersundi, minister of foreign affairs, Madrid |
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Panel Speakers: |
John O'Sullivan, editor, The National Interest |
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Carl Bildt, former UN secretary-general's special envoy for the Balkans, United Nations, Geneva |
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Karsten D. Voigt, coordinator for German American Relations, Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin |
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John R. Bolton, under secretary for arms control and international security, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC |
| 8:30 |
Dinner |
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Keynote Speech: |
Franco Frattini, minister of foreign affairs, Rome |
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Comments: |
Ana Palacio Vallelersundi, minister of foreign affairs, Madrid |
| Saturday, October 4 |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Fourth Panel: |
Social Market versus Cowboy Capitalism? How We Can Learn from Each Other |
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Chair: |
Lucio Stanca, minister for innovation and technology; vice chairman, Aspen Institute Italia, Rome |
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Panel Speakers: |
Ralf Dahrendorf, member of the House of Lords, London |
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Kevin A. Hassett, resident scholar, director of economic policy studies, AEI |
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Daniel Gros, director, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels |
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Bruce Kovner, chairman, Caxton Associates, New York |
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Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, director for international financial relations, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Rome |
| 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:15 |
Fifth Panel: |
NATO's Role in Facing Current Threats |
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Chair: |
Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, deputy secretary-general, NATO, Brussels |
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Panel Speakers: |
Gary Schmitt, executive director, Project for the New American Century, Washington, D.C. |
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James F. Dobbins, director for international security and defense policy, RAND, Washington, D.C. |
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Roberto Testore, managing director and director-general, Finmeccanica, Rome |
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Simon Webb, policy director, Ministry of Defence, London |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Concluding Remarks: |
Radek Sikorski, executive director, New Atlantic Initiative; Resident Fellow, AEI |
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Carlo Scognamiglio, chairman, Aspen Institute Italia; professor of economics and industrial policy, LUISS–Guido Carli, Rome |
| 1:30 |
Luncheon |
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More Information
Ida Garibaldi
American Enterprise Institute
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Washington, DC 20036
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Phone: 202-862-7196
Fax: 202-862-7163
E-mail: iGaribaldi@aei.org
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American Enterprise Institute
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Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-4870
E-mail: VRodman@aei.org
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