Simon Serfaty, Klaus Peter Gottwald, Thomas Donnelly, Adrian Wooldridge, Radek Sikorski

Officials in Washington and European capitals are now speaking of one another in less acrid terms than they did a year ago, but new divisions over such issues as the Iranian nuclear program and Brussels's plan to end the arms embargo on China may reignite tensions. On February 22, President George W. Bush will meet with NATO and European Union leaders in Brussels before embarking on a visit to other countries. Will his trip set the transatlantic alliance on a new course? This and other questions will be the subject of the New Atlantic Initiative briefing. Participants include Klaus Peter Gottwald, deputy chief of mission at the German Embassy; Thomas Donnelly, resident fellow at AEI; Simon Serfaty, director of European Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; and Adrian Wooldridge, Washington correspondent, The Economist. Radek Sikorski, the New Atlantic Initiative's executive director, will moderate.