Joint Transatlantic Relations Seminar and European Union Study Group

Date: 

Thursday, March 23, 2017, 12:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Goldman Room

“The Future of EU Security Policy and Transatlantic Relations”

Speaker:

Ludwig Blaurock, Counselor for Political and Military Affairs, Security & Development Section, Delegation of the European Union to the United States of America.

Discussant:

Joelle Jenny, Fellow, WCFIA Fellows Program. Former Director, Security Policy and Conflict Prevention, European External Action Service.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
jbarnard@g.harvard.edu

Chairs: 

Richard N. Cooper, Faculty Associate. Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University.

Karl Kaiser, Senior Associate, Program on Transatlantic Relations. Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School.

A light lunch will be available at 11:30am.

Summary:

Ludwig Blaurock joined the EU Delegation to the USA in September 2015 as counsellor for political and military affairs after having served in various positions in the German Foreign Service. Most recently (2012–2015), Ludwig was Consul at the German Embassy in Tel Aviv, where he led the Consulate and additionally was responsible for Human Rights and other occupation-related issues in the Israeli-Palestinian context.