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Description: Lunch Discussion December 8, 2005, 12:00 pm, Kenney Auditorium. “Europe and Latin America — on the Way Towards a Strategic Partnership?”   Cosponsored by SAIS Western Hemisphere Studies, SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations, and the Herbert Quandt Foundation. Featuring Ricardo Lopez Murphy, former Defense and Economics Minister of Argentina and currently the president of the Fundacion Civico Republicana in Buenos Aires; and Georg Boomgaarden, State Secretary, German Foreign Office. Please RSVP by forwarding the attached RSVP sheet to Leticia Lewis before the end of the day on Monday, December 5 th .   You can do so by email ( llewis@jhu.edu ) or fax (202) 663-5737.   Sitting is limited; your registration will be confirmed by email.
Dear Colleague:
The Herbert Quandt Foundation held a conference in April 2005 entitled “Europe and Latin America on the Way Towards a Strategic Partnership” in Bad Homburg, Germany.   Subsequent meetings were held in Europe.   We are writing to invite you to a follow-on lunch session in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, December 8, 2005 at 12:00 pm.   The event wi! ll be held at the Johns Hopkins SAIS, 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, in the Kenney Auditorium (ground floor).   The Washington, DC session is co-sponsored by the Western Hemisphere Studies, the Center for Transatlantic Relations (both from SAIS), and the Herbert Quandt Foundation.
A number of interesting issues were raised at the April 2005 meeting.   Is The European Union a “natural partner” for Latin America?   Can – or should – a strategic relationship develop?   If so, what are the implica! tions for the region’s ties with the United States?   Does the concept of a Transatlantic triangle offer possibilities for more dynamic ties between the EU and the US and Latin America in the 21 st century?

Our keynote speaker to lead a panel discussion on December 8 will be Dr. Ricardo Lopez Murphy, the former Defense and Economics Minister of Argentina.   He is a presidential candidate and was a candidate for the federal Senate in the October 2005 elections.   Dr. Lopez Murphy is currently the president of the Fundacion Civico Republicana in Buenos Aires. As his counterpart on the panel we have invited Georg Boomgaarden, State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, a senior German diplomat who also served as director for Latin American Affairs.

We anticipate a lively discussion at the lunch meeting and we hope that you will be able to join us.   Please indicate your acceptance to this invitation by forwarding the attached RSVP sheet to Leticia Lewis before the end of the day on Monday, December 5 th .   You can do so by email ( llewis@jhu.edu ) or fax (202) 663-5737.   Sitting is limited; your registration will be confirmed by email.


Sincerely,


Dr. Sven Olaf Berggoetz
Director, Corporate Office New York
ALTANA AG & Herbert Quandt Foundation


Dr. Daniel Hamilton
Richard von Weizsäcker Professor
Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations
School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) - Johns Hopkins University


Dr. Riordan Roett
Sarita and Don Johnston Professor
Director, Wes! tern Hemisphere Studies
School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) - Johns Hopkins University

Luncheon
“Europe – Latin America Relations”
Thursday, December 8, 2005 - 12:00 pm
  Kenney Auditorium
School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Johns Hopkins University


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Please send this response sheet to Leticia Lewis by fax - (202) 663-5737 or email - llewis@jhu.edu

Sitting is limited; your registration will be confirmed by email