EU Washington Forum
‘Giving new impetus to the EU-US agenda’
8 – 9 November 2010
Sofitel Hotel Lafayette Square, Washington, DC
Participants List
1.
Pavlos ANASTASIADES – Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus, Washington, DC
2.
Amjad ATALLAH – Co-Director of the Middle East Task Force, New America Foundation,
Washington, DC
3.
Vaclav BALEK – PSC Ambassador, Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the
European Union, Brussels
4.
Markéta BALKOVÁ – Political Officer, Embassy of the Czech Republic, Washington, DC
5.
Michal BARANOWSKI – Economic Policy Program Officer, The German Marshall Fund of the
United States, Washington, DC
6.
Charles L. BARRY – Senior Research Fellow, Center for Technology & National Security
Policy, National Defence University, Washington, DC
7.
Tyson BARKER – Project Manager Transatlantic Relations, Bertelsmann Foundation,
Washington, DC
8.
Barry BLECHMAN – Co-Founder & Stimson Distinguished Fellow, Henry L. Stimson Center,
Washington, DC
9.
Charlotte BLOMMESTIJN – Project & Research Assistant, European Union Institute for
Security Studies, Paris
10.
Caroline BOISSEAU – Senior Analyst, Secrétariat Général de la Défense nationale, Paris
11.
Teresa BOUZA – Correspondent, EFE News Services, Washington, DC
12.
Matt BOYSE – Deputy Director, Office of European Union and Regional Affairs, Bureau of
European Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
13.
Kelly BRONK – Program Associate, Ploughshares Fund, Washington, DC
14.
Fraser BUFFINI - Web Editor, European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris
15.
Pia BUNGARTEN – Director, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Washington, DC
16.
Susan F. BURK – Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, U.S.
Department of State, Washington, DC
17.
Samuel CHARAP – Associate Director for Russia and Eurasia, Center for American Progress,
Washington, DC
18.
Dominick CHILCOTT – Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy, Washington, DC
19.
Mirko CIGLER – PSC Ambassador, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to
the European Union, Brussels
20.
Jeroen COOREMAN – Counselor, Embassy of Belgium, Washington, DC
21.
Tom M. COUNTRYMAN – Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of European Affairs,
Department of State, Washington, DC
22.
Bernardo Ribeiro DA CUNHA – Political Counselor, Embassy of Portugal, Washington, DC
23.
Barbara DEAKNE FARAGO – Political Counselor, Embassy of Hungary, Washington, DC
24.
François DELMAS – Visiting Fellow, Europe Program, Center for Strategic & International
Studies, Washington, DC
25.
Zoja DERETIC – Senior Political Officer, Office of European Union and Regional Affairs,
Bureau of European Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington DC
26.
Jorge DEZCALLAR DE MAZARREDO – Ambassador, Embassy of Spain, Washington DC
27.
Elizabeth L. DIBBLE – Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State,Washington DC
28.
Kathleen DOHERTY – Director, Office of European Union and Regional Affairs, Bureau of
European Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington DC
29.
Karen DONFRIED – Executive Vice President, The German Marshall Fund of the U.S.,
Washington DC
30.
Laurie DUNDON – Independent Consultant, Washington DC
31.
Tara ERATH – Deputy Director, Office of European Union and Regional Affairs, Bureau of
European Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington DC
32.
Barbora EŠNEROVÁ - Political Officer, Embassy of the Czech Republic, Washington, DC
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33.
Lars FAABORG-ANDERSEN – PSC Ambassador, Permanent Representation of Denmark to the
European Union, Brussels
34.
Paolo Dias FIGUEIREDO – New York Bureau Chief, Lusa Agência de Notícias de Portugal,
New York, NY
35.
Aaron FILOUS - Intern, Delegation of the European Union, Washington, DC
36.
Sabine FISCHER – Research Fellow, European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris
37.
Cathleen S. FISHER – President, Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation,
Washington, DC
38.
Alain FRACHON – Editorial Director, Le Monde, Paris
39.
Heidi FRANSILA – Defense Counselor, Embassy of Finland, Washington, DC
40.
Daniel GAGE – Analyst, INR/EUR, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
41.
Banning GARRETT – Director, Asia Program, Atlantic Council, Washington, DC
42.
Ulf GARTZKE – Director, Washington Office, Hanns-Seidel-Foundation, Washington, DC
43.
Michael J. GEARY – Fullbright-Schuman Professor, Catholic University of America,
Washington, DC
44.
Nida GELAZIS – Eastern European Studies Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars, Washington, DC
45.
John K. GLENN - Policy Director, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, Washington, DC
46.
Jacqueline GRAPIN – Chairman, The European Institute, Washington, DC
47.
Eva GROSS – Senior Research Fellow, Institute for European Studies, VUB, Brussels
48.
Rebecca GRUTZ – Economic Officer, Office of European Union and Regional Affairs, Bureau
of European Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
49.
Maria Helena GUIMARAES - Associate Professor/Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Universidade do
Minho/American University, SIS, VA
50.
Renee HAFERKAMP - Senior Advisor, Delegation of the European Union to the United States,
Washington, DC
51.
Michael HALTZEL – Senior Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations, SAIS, Washington, DC
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52.
Daniel HAMILTON – Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins SAIS,
Washington DC
53.
Harry L. HEINTZELMAN – Deputy Director, Office of Euro-Atlantic Security Affairs, Bureau
of Arms Control and Verification and Compliance, U.S. Department of State, Washington
DC
54.
Patrick HERMAN – Minister Counselor, Embassy of Belgium, Washington DC
55.
Neil HOLLAND – First Political Secretary, British Embassy, Washington, DC
56.
Kenneth HUFFMAN – Senior Advisor, CAN Analysis and Solutions, Washington, DC
57.
Monika IZYDORCZYK – Chief Expert, Department of Strategy and Planning, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Poland, Warsaw
58.
Bruno JANS – Political Counselor, Embassy of Belgium, Washington, DC
59.
Renée JONES-BOS – Ambassador, Royal Netherlands Embassy, Washington, DC
60.
Edward P JOSEPH – Visiting Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins SAIS,
Washington, DC
61.
Clarence H. JUHL – President/CEO, INCONN, Int., Charlotte, NC
62.
Karl KAISER – Chief Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
63.
Anna KALISTA – Assistant to Research Fellows, European Union Institute for Security
Studies, Paris
64.
Mark N. KATZ – Professor of Government and Politics, George Mason University, Fairfax,
VA
65.
Amanda KEMPA – Visiting Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations, SAIS, Johns Hopkins
University, Washington, DC
66.
Daniel KEOHANE – Research Fellow, European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris
67.
Michael KNIGGE – Editor, Deutsche Welle, Bonn
68.
Stanley KOBER – Research Fellow, CATO Institute, Washington, DC
69.
Bassma KODMANI – Executive Director, The Arab Reform Initiative, Paris
70.
Silvia KOFLER - Counselor, Head of Press & Public Diplomacy/Spokesperson, Delegation of
the European Union to the United States, Washington, DC
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71.
Daniel KOSTOVAL – Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Czech Republic to the US,
Washington, DC
72.
Keida KOSTRECI- International Broadcaster, Voice of America, Washington, DC
73.
Dominika KOWSZEWICZ - Intern, Delegation of the European Union, Washington, DC
74.
Vít KOZIAK – Second Secretary, Embassy of Slovakia, Washington, DC
75.
Ivan KRASTEV – Chairman of the Board & Research Director, Centre for Liberal Strategies,
Sofia
76.
Chad KREIKEMEIER - Defense and Foreign Policy Advisor, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, U.S.
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, Washington, DC
77.
Marja KUOSMANEN – Minister Counselor, Embassy of Finland, Washington, DC
78.
Robert KUPIECKI – Ambassador, Embassy of Poland, Washington, DC
79.
Howard LAFRANCHI – Diplomatic Correspondent, Christian Science Monitor, Washington,
DC
80.
Carl LANKOWSKI – Deputy Director of Area Studies and Coordinator for European Area
Studies, Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
81.
Steven F. LARRABEE – Senior Analyst, RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA
82.
Klaus LARRES – Visiting Professor & Senior Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns
Hopkins SAIS, Washington, DC
83.
Patricia LEWIS – Deputy Director & Scientist-in-Residence, James Martin Center for
Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey
84.
Luís LOBO-FERNANDES - Full Professor, University of Minho and Calouste Gulbenkian
Fellow, Ctr, Sais, Washington, DC
85.
Hans-Dieter LUCAS – PSC Ambassador, Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU,
Brussels
86.
Katrien MAES - Program Coordinator, Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins
SAIS, Washington DC
87.
Tamás MAGYARICS – Director, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, Budapest
88.
Angela MARTINI - Deputy Head, Asylum Policy Unit, Delegation of the European Union to
United States, Washington, DC
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89.
Jan MATTHYSEN – Ambassador, Embassy of Belgium, Washington, DC
90.
Adrian MCDAID – Political Counsellor, Embassy of Ireland, Washington, DC
91.
Octavio MEDINA - Intern, Delegation of the European Union, Washington, DC
92.
Nancy MCELDOWNEY – Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of European
and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
93.
Mark MICELI-FARRUGIA – Ambassador, Embassy of Malta, Washington, DC
94.
Leo MICHEL – Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, Washington,
DC
95.
Lorraine MILLOT - US Correspondent , Liberation, Bethesda
96.
Derek E. MIX – Analyst in European Affairs, Congressional Research Service, Washington,
DC
97.
Daniele MORO - Visiting Scholar, Center for Transatlantic Relations, Washington, DC
98.
Kari MÖTTÖLA – Special Adviser, Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki
99.
Avni MUSTAFAI – Executive Director, National Albanian American Council, Washington, DC
100. Piotr NOWINA-KONOPKA – Director, EP Liaison Office With US Congress, European
Parliament, Washington, DC
101. Alar OLLJUM – Head of Unit, Forward Studies, DG External Relations, European
Commission, Brussels
102. Jepster PACKERT – Senior Advisor, Delegation of the European Union to the United States,
Washington, DC
103. Panayotis PANTELIDES - Fulbright Scholar, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
104. Rouzbeh PARSI – Research Fellow, European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris
105. Michal PAVUK - Head of Political Section, Embassy of the Slovak Republic to the United
States, Washington, DC
106. Patryk PAWLAK – Visiting Scholar, Center for Transatlantic Relations, SAIS, Johns Hopkins
University, Washington, DC
107. Beata PĘKSA-KRAWIEC – PSC Ambassador, Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU,
Brussels
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108. Andrejs PILDEGOVICS – Ambassador, Embassy of Latvia to the United States, Washington,
DC
109. Maciej PISARSKI – Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Poland, Washington, DC
110. Elena POPTODOROVA – Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United
States, Washington, DC
111. Adrian PRENKAJ – First Secretray, Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo, Washington, DC
112. Hanno RANCK – Head of Communications and Press, European Union Institute for Security
Studies, Paris
113. Jean Arthur RÉGIBEAU – Political Director, Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brussels
114. Väino REINART – Ambassador, Embassy of Estonia, Washington, DC
115. Markus REITERER - Political Counselor, Embassy of Austria to the United States,
Washington, DC
116. Bernardo RIBEIRO DA CUNHA - Political Counselor, Embassy of Portugal to the United States,
Washington, DC
117. Stephan RICHTER - Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, The Globalist, Washington, DC
118. Charles P. RIES – Senior Fellow, RAND Corporation, Washington, DC
119. Maria João RODRIGUES – Professor, Institute for European Studies, Université Libre de
Bruxelles, Brussels
120. Patrycja SASNAL – Visiting Research Associate, Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns
Hopkins SAIS, Washington, DC
121. Solon SAVVA – Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus, Washington,
DC
122. Brice de SCHIETERE - Political Counselor, European Union Delegation to the United States,
Washington, DC
123. Jean-Paul SENNINGER – Ambassador, Embassy of Luxembourg to the United States,
Washington, DC
124. Daniel SERWER - Professorial Lecturer and Visiting Scholar, School of Advanced International
Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
125. Elizabeth SHERWOOD-RANDALL – National Security Staff Senior Director, Washington, DC
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126. Gabriel SOPANDĂ – Political Counselor, Embassy of Romania to the United States,
Washington, DC
127. Avni SPAHIU – Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo, Washington, DC
128. Leonard S. SPECTOR – Director, Washington DC Office, James Martin Center for
Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Washington, DC
129. Michael STANTON-GEDDES - M.A. Candidate, Middle East Studies, Center for Transatlantic
Relations, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
130. Bruce STOKES – Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States,
& Contributing Editor, National Journal, Washington, DC
131. Ann-Sofie STUDE – Minister Counselor, Embassy of Finland, Washington, DC
132. Veton SURROI – Chairman, Foreign Policy Club, Pristina
133. Paul SUTPHIN– Director, Office of Israeli-Palestinian Affairs, U.S. Department of State,
Washington, DC
134. Mary G. SWARTZ – Office of European Union and Regional Affairs, U.S. Department of
State, Washington DC
135. Stephen F. SZABO – Executive Director, Transatlantic Academy, Washington, DC
136. Béla SZOMBATI – Ambassador, Embassy of Hungary, Washington DC
137. Fabrizio TASSINARI – Head of Foreign Policy and EU Studies Research Unit, Danish Institute
for International Studies, Copenhagen
138. Stefan TINCA – Political Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania, Bucharest
139. Simon TISDALL – Assistant Editor, the Guardian, London
140. Rodica TOMESCU-OLARIU – Second Secretary, Embassy of Romania, Washington, DC
141. Michael TOPPING – Counselor, EP Liaison Office With US Congress, European Parliament,
Washington, DC
142. João VALE DE ALMEIDA – Head, Delegation of the European Union to the United States,
Washington, DC
143. João DE VALLERA – Ambassador, Embassy of Portugal, Washington, DC
144. Álvaro DE VASCONCELOS – Director, European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris
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145. Adrian Cosmin VIERITA – Ambassador, Embassy of Romania, Washington, DC
146. Camilo VILLARINO – Counsellor for Transatlantic Affairs and Security and Defence, Embassy
of Spain to the Unites States, Washington, DC
147. Pierre VIMONT – Ambassador, Embassy of France, Washington, DC
148. Lúcio VINHAS DE SOUZA – Senior Economist, World Bank, Washington, DC
149. Marcel J. DE VINK – Head of the Political Department, Royal Netherlands Embassy,
Washington, DC
150. Cornelis VIS – Adviser, Bureau of European Policy Advisers, European Commission, Brussels
151. Joe WANG – Political Military Officer, Office of European Union and Regional Affairs, U.S.
Department of State, Washington, DC
152. Jeremy WEINBERG – Attorney-Adviser, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
153. Cécile WENDLING – Research Fellow, Institute for Strategic Research, French Ministry of
Defence, Paris
154. Samuel F. WELLS, Jr. – Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
Washington, DC
155. Thorsten WETZLING – Visiting Researcher, RAND Corporation, Washington, DC
156. Jakub WISNIEWSKI – Deputy Director, Department of Strategy and Policy Planning, Polish
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Warsaw
157. Rachel WOLFE – Political Officer, Office of European Union and Regional Affairs, U.S.
Department of State, Washington, DC
158. Christian YARNELL – Foreign Affairs Officer, Office of Policy and Regional Affairs, Bureau
of European and Eurasian Affais, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
159. Jean Pascal ZANDERS – Research Fellow, European Union Institute for Security Studies
160. Kimana ZULUETA-FÜLSCHER – Visiting Scholar, Center for Transatlantic Relations, SAIS,
Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
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