Central Europe’s Transatlantic Role

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Postponed. A panel discussion at the Czech Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Embassy of Czechia

We have had to postpone this discussion because of rising Covid infection rates. We're very sorry for the inconvenience. Please stay tuned for a new date.Please join the Embassy of the Czech Republic and the Institute of Current World Affairs for a discussion about how Central European countries are promoting liberal democracy on the continent.The event marks ICWA founder Charles Crane's friendship with the first president of independent Czechoslovakia, Tomas Masaryk. Crane invited Masaryk to the United States in 1902 to deliver a series of lectures at the University of Chicago. The two men would go on to develop a personal relationship that would serve as an important link between their two countries.  Today, transatlantic relations are again at the center of US foreign policy, with Western countries renewing their alliances. The Czech Republic and other Central European countries are playing an important role on Ukraine, disinformation, illiberalism and other challenges at another time of historic change on the continent.Panelists Petr Tuma, Atlantic Council fellow and career Czech diplomat Martina Hrvolova, German Marshall Fund of the United States fellow Max Bergmann, Center for Strategic and International Studies director of Europe programModeratorChandler Rosenberger, Associate Professor of International and Global Studies and Sociology at Brandeis University, ICWA trustee and former fellow (Central Europe, 1992-94)

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