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United States Group
Researcher: Jill Farrelly
Chair: John Travers
About the IIEA U.S. Group:
The U.S. group analyses the EU-U.S relationship in the context of international trade, business and finance, justice issues such as cross-border crime, immigration policy, borders and customs cooperation, counter-terrorism, international security, climate change and energy policy. Attention is also devoted to the forums through which the transatlantic partners cooperate on the international stage, such as the World Trade Organisation, the United Nations and the World Bank in addressing a wide variety of issues such as trade disputes, the reduction of carbon emissions and the international financial and banking systems, to name but a few. Particular attention is given to the situation of Ireland within the transatlantic relationship, and the contribution that Ireland can make to this relationship.
In fulfilling its mission statement, the group hosts briefings, roundtable discussions and conferences with senior American and European officials, politicians, businesspeople, academics and policy makers, focusing on different aspects of the important and mutually beneficial transatlantic relationship and emphasising the importance of cooperation between the parties in finding solutions to global challenges.
For the most recent events of the U.S. Group, click here.
Previous IIEA U.S. group events include:
- Professor Joseph S. Nye, former Chair of the US National Security Committee on Smart Power in Transatlantic Relations
- Professor James K. Galbraith on the Global Financial Crisis
- Michael Chertoff, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security on U.S-EU Cooperation in Border Security and Home Affairs
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court
- Professor Bruce Hoffman, Senior Scholar, Princeton University & Senior Fellow, Westpoint Military Academy on Trends in Terrorism
- EU-U.S. Roundtable Briefing with John Podesta, former Chief of Staff to President Clinton
- MIT Professor Noam Chomsky on The EU and U.S. as partners in upholding the international order
- Dr. Hans Blix, former Head, United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) on The Report of the Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction
- H.E. John Bruton, EU Ambassador to the United States on Transatlantic Relations
- Dr. Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations
- James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank
- Kurt Volker, former US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State on EU-US Relations and Climate Change
- Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University
- Columbia Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz,
- Niall O’Dowd, Editor The Irish Voice on EU-US Relations
Blogs:
President Obama’s first year: Expectations and Results - 27 January 2010
Jill Farrelly
Researcher and Events Manager
United States Group