Germany, France and the United States: Towards a Renewed Transatlantic Dialog

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The Study Committee on Franco-German Relations (Cerfa) in partnership with the Russia Center/NEI, Center for Security Studies, United States Program and the Energy Center organized a closed seminar to discuss the renewed transatlantic dialog.
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Sébastien Jean (Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales)
Claudia Schmucker (German Council of Foreign Relations)
Jeffrey J. Schott (Peterson Institute for International Economics)
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Frank Umbach (European Centre for Energy and Resource Security, King’s College London)
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Christopher S. Chivvis (RAND International Security and Defense Policy Center)
Patrick Keller (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung)
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Thomas Graham (Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University)
Fyodor Lukyanov (Russia in Global Affairs)
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