She served as the European Unions first high representative for, Foreign Affairs and Security Policy from. 2009 to 2014, she earned praise as a negotiator leading the p5 plus one talks on Irans Nuclear program and galvanizing agreement on between serbia and kosovo. Before she served as the first woman commissioner for trade at the european commission, cathy is Wilson Centers Slater Family distinguish fellow. We are delighted to talk to her today about her new book titled and then what inside stories of 21st century diplomacy . Also joining us to talk with kathy is ambassador phil reeker, who is partner and lead of the europe and eurasia practice at Albright Group here at wilson. He is the chair of our global europe, now retired from state department. Ambassador reeker was charge daffaires at the u. S. Embassy in the United Kingdom and was acting assistant secretary of state for europe eurasia. Before that, before he retired from the foreign service, he was secretary blinkens Senior Adv
We delighted to welcome the honorable perez baroness catherine to join us today. She served as the European Unions first high representative for, Foreign Affairs and Security Policy from. 2009 to 2014, she earned praise as a negotiator leading the p5 plus one talks on Irans Nuclear program and galvanizing agreement on between serbia and kosovo. Before she served as the first woman commissioner for trade at the european commission, cathy is Wilson Centers Slater Family distinguish fellow. We are delighted to talk to her today about her new book titled and then what inside stories of 21st century diplomacy . Also joining us to talk with kathy is ambassador phil reeker, who is partner and lead of the europe and eurasia practice at Albright Group here at wilson. He is the chair of our global europe, now retired from state department. Ambassador reeker was charge daffaires at the u. S. Embassy in the United Kingdom and was acting assistant secretary of state for europe eurasia. Before that,
And welcome to todays session of the washington history seminar. Historical perspectives on and national affairs. This afternoon, we focus on a new book by carolyn wood isenberg entitled fire and rain nixon and the wars in Southeast Asia, published by Oxford University press just ten days ago. Our discussants afternoon are Pierre Asselin of San Diego State university and frederick log of all of harvard. Im eric arneson from George Washington university, cochair of the washington seminar. Along with my colleague of the Woodrow Wilson center, the washington history seminars, a collaborative and nonpartisan venture of the Woodrow Wilson Centers History and Public Policy program, and the american historical association. And for over the past decade, the seminar has been meeting weekly in precovid, in person at the Wilson Center and since the pandemic and postpandemic era here in the virtual realm, a few phrases before we get started. First, todays session is sponsored by the Wilson Center,
Unions first high representative for, Foreign Affairs and Security Policy from. 2009 to 2014, she earned praise as a negotiator leading the p5 plus one talks on Irans Nuclear program and galvanizing agreement on between serbia and kosovo. Before she served as the first woman commissioner for trade at the european commission, cathy is Wilson Centers Slater Family distinguish fellow. We are delighted to talk to her today about her new book titled and then what inside stories of 21st century diplomacy . Also joining us to talk with kathy is ambassador phil reeker, who is partner and lead of the europe and eurasia practice at Albright Group here at wilson. He is the chair of our global europe, now retired from state department. Ambassador reeker was charge daffaires at the u. S. Embassy in the United Kingdom and was acting assistant secretary of state for europe eurasia. Before that, before he retired from the foreign service, he was secretary blinkens Senior Advisor for caucasus negotiati
Welcome, everyone to the Woodrow Wilson center. We are congressionally chartered scholars, ship driven and fiercely nonpartisan. And we are also happy to welcome all of you here today. And cspan, which is also filming this for their book talk. So thank you all at wilson. We are proud of our scholarship we use it to power our discussion of the critical challenges facing today. Rob litvack snow book focuses on one of the most immediate challenges triple or instability and Nuclear Competition among United States, russia and china. Best of for all of you and for people who are participating online. I want you to know this book is available as an ebook for free from the and you can find it online on our website. So for this discussion i am very to be sharing the stage with the best of the best. Rob litvack is the Wilson Center Senior Vice President and director of interNational Security. His Strategic Vision has really shaped the Wilson Center itself in his deep knowledge and critical think