The topic of the 2007 Camden Conference was "Europe"

For most Americans, Europe is familiar, even taken for granted. So many of our cultural and historical roots lie in Europe, yet we have often ignored or overridden Europe as we have defined our role in the world.

The 20th annual Camden Conference, Europe, which took place February 23-25, 2007, took a closer look at Europe’s current trends, complexities, and global relations. The event also highlighted some lessons that Americans could be learning from European experiences and perspectives.

The program was as follows:

Friday Evening, Feb. 23

• Keynote Address: David J. Calleo, Dean Acheson Professor and Director of European Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies “The U.S. and the E.U.: Dissonant Visions of the New World Order”

Saturday, Feb. 24

• John R. Gillingham III, Professor of History, University of Missouri at St. Louis “Evolution and Achievements of the European Union
• Ulrike Guérot, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States “Current Dynamics and Uncertain Future of the European Union”
• Richard N. Cooper, Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Harvard University “Economic Realities and Prospects”
• Nicholas Whyte, Independent Diplomat ( former Director of the International Crisis Group-Brussels) “The Balkans: Crucible for E.U. Foreign Policy.”
• Janusz Bugajski, Director, Eastern Europe Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.) “How New Members in Central and Eastern Europe Will Change the E.U.”
• Jytte Klausen, Professor of Comparative Politics, Brandeis University “The Islamic Challenge: Politics and Religion in Western Europe”

Sunday, February 25

• Dmitri Trenin, Deputy Director, Carnegie Moscow Center, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace “Issues and Anxieties Between Russia and Europe”
• Ambassador Robert Hutchings, Diplomat in Residence, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University “Permanent Allies? Transatlantic Relations After the Crisis”

The moderator for the 2007 Camden Conference was James W. Warhola, Professor of Political Science at the University of Maine in Orono.