CUSE will host its Fifth Annual Conference at Brookings on Tuesday, May 20, 2008. As in previous years, the Conference will bring together scholars, officials, and policymakers from both sides of the Atlantic to examine the evolving roles of the United States and Europe in the global arena.

This year’s panel discussions will examine trans-Atlantic relations beyond the Bush presidency; Sarkozy’s plans for France’s EU presidency; and the future of Russia under Medvedev. We are pleased to announce that this year’s confirmed speakers include: Jan Petersen, former Norwegian Foreign Minister; Pierre Levy of the French Foreign Ministry’s Planning Staff; Sir Lawrence Freedman of King’s College, London; Gary Schmitt of the American Enterprise Institute; Gideon Rachman of the Financial Times; and Strobe Talbott, President of Brookings.