2007 Conference Speakers

The following speakers joined us at this year's conference.

David J. Calleo

David J. Calleo is Dean Acheson Professor and Director of European Studies at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. Calleo has taught at Yale, Brown, and Columbia Universities as well as leading universities and study centers in Britain and Europe. Among his books are: Rethinking Europe’s Future (2001), The Bankrupting of America (1992), Beyond American Hegemony: The Future of the Western Alliance (1987), The German Problem Reconsidered (1978), America and the World Political Economy (1973), The Atlantic Fantasy (1970), Britain’s Future (1968), and Europe’s Future 1965).

Richard N. Cooper

Richard N. Cooper is Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics at Harvard University. He has written extensively on international economic policy including Economic Policy in an Interdependent World (1986), The International Monetary System (1987), and Environment and Resource Policies for the World Economy (1994) as well as some three hundred articles. He has previously served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Provost of Yale University, Under-Secretary of State for Economic Affairs under President Carter, and Chairman of the National Intelligence Council under President Clinton.

John Gillingham

John Gillingham is Professor of History at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He has spent the last two years as a Research Scholar at Harvard University. Gillingham is a leading historian of the formation of the European Union. Among his prolific publications on European topics Gillingham’s two most recent books are European Integration, 1950-2003: Superstate or New Market Economy (2003) and Design for A New Europe (2006).

Ulrike Guerot

Ulrike Guerot is currently a Senior Transatlantic Fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Her special areas of expertise are U.S. and European roles in international institutions and the development of a constitution for the governance of Europe. Dr. Guerot is widely published, has held research appointments in Germany, France, and the United States, and appears frequently as media commentator. She has followed closely the political rise of Angela Merkel, the current Chancellor of Germany. Her recent publications include "Europe Needs a Vision for the 21st Century" and "The Touch and Clout of Merkel and Rice."

Dmitri Trenin

Dmitri Trenin is a Senior Associate and Deputy Director of the Moscow Center, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace as well as a Senior Research Fellow at the NATO Defense College in Rome. Trenin has wide experience in military and diplomatic assignments. His recent publications include "The Post-Imperial Project" and " Russia Leaves the West."

Jytte Klausen

Jytte Klausen is a Professor of Comparative Politics at Brandeis University. Her latest book is The Islamic Challenge: Politics and Religion in Western Europe (2005). She recently spoke on "Islam, Islamism, and Democratic Values" (2006).

Nicholas Whyte

Nicholas Whyte is with Independent Diplomat, based in Brussels. Formerly he served as European Program Director of the International Crisis Group, supervising ICG projects and publications focused upon areas of conflict such as the Balkans, Turkey, and Northern Ireland.

Robert Hutchings

Robert Hutchings is Diplomat in Residence at the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University. Hutchings has served at the highest levels in both government and academic life; he has been Chairman of the National Intelligence Council; Advisor to the Secretary of State with rank of Ambassador; and Director for European Affairs with the National Security Council. Among his recent books is American Diplomacy and the End of the Cold War (1997).

Janusz Bugajski

Janusz Bugajski is director of the New European Democracies Project and Senior Fellow of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Formerly a senior research analyst for Radio Free Europe in Munich, Bugajski has worked as a consultant on East European affairs for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of Defense, the International Republican Institute (IRI), the Free Trade Union Institute (AFL-CIO), the International Research and Exchange Board (IREX), and BBC television in London. Bugajski's recent publications include His recent publications include: Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-Communist Era (M.E.Sharpe, 2002) and Atlantic Bridges: America's New European Allies (Roman and Littlefield, 2006).

James W. Warhola

James W. Warhola is Professor of Political Science at the University of Maine in Orono. He was recognized as Distinguished Maine Professor in 2002. He is the author of Politicized Ethnicity in the Russian Federation: Dilemmas of State Formation (1996) and A Primer on Comparative Politics (1988) as well as numerous articles on recent political developments and ethnic trends in Europe and Russia.

2007: Europe