THE LITHUANINAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL SPEAK AT THE BROOKINGS ON FRONTIERS OF EUROPE AND CHALLENGES FOR LITHUANIA’S UPCOMING CHAIRMANSHIPS
Updated 2010-11-12
The last two decades have witnessed dramatic changes in the European political landscape. Following the end of the Cold War and collapse of the Soviet Union, the NATO and European Union enlargement processes integrated new democracies into Europe and the Euro-Atlantic community, and helped underpin democracy, stability, and modernization in the region. One notable illustration of Europe’s broadening frontiers is Lithuania, a nation once under Soviet control that will soon hold the chairmanships of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Community of Democracies in 2011, and the European Union presidency in 2013.
On November 16, the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings will host Lithuanian Foreign Minister and incoming OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Audronius Ažubalis for an address on the challenges facing the organization. In his remarks, Minister Ažubalis will outline the priorities and ideas that Lithuania will bring to its upcoming chairmanships, and the implications they will have for the Euro-Atlantic community as a whole. Following the foreign minister’s remarks, State Department Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Nancy McEldowney and former U.S. Representative to the OSCE Julie Finley will provide comments.
Brookings Senior Fellow Steven Pifer will provide introductory remarks and moderate the discussion. After the program, the speakers will take audience questions.
PARTICIPANTS
Introduction and Moderator
Steven Pifer
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe
Steven Pifer
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe
Featured Speaker
Audronius Ažubalis
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
Audronius Ažubalis
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
Discussants
Julie Finley
Former U.S. Representative to the OSCE
Nancy McEldowney
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
U.S. Department of State
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Event Information
When
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Where
Falk Auditorium
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Map
Contact: Brookings Office of Communications
Email: events@brookings.edu
Phone: 202.797.6105
Event Information
When
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Where
Falk Auditorium
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Map
Contact: Brookings Office of Communications
Email: events@brookings.edu
Phone: 202.797.6105
