Securing Europe’s Tinderbox: Economic and Geopolitical Challenges in the Balkans
The Balkans, long viewed as Europe’s tinderbox, remain too important for policymakers to ignore. The Euro-Atlantic community has played a constructive role in the region, helping to secure it, putting an end to the sectarian violence of the 1990s, and establishing a presence on the ground to safeguard this hard-won peace. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union have been crucial drivers of reform and modernization here. However, many economic and geopolitical challenges remain. Join Hudson’s Center on Europe and Eurasia for an event that will discuss the challenges and opportunities in the Balkans.
Keynote Speech
Luminita Odobescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania
Panel One: Economic Opportunities in the Balkans
Luke Coffey, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Jan Ruzicka, Chief External Affairs Officer, PPF Group
Amb. Cameron Munter, Former US Ambassador to Serbia
Moderator: Matt Boyse, Adjunct Fellow, Hudson Institute
Panel Two: Geopolitical Challenges in the Balkans
Ekaterina Zaharieva, Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee, National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria
Jaroslav Kurfürst, Director General for Europe, Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ivana Stradner, Senior Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
Moderator: Peter Rough, Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Hudson hosts Eva Maydell, a member of the European Parliament and vice chair of the Delegation on Japan Relations, to speak on recent developments between Europe and the Indo-Pacific.
Join Walter Russell Mead, the Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow at Hudson Institute, and France’s ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Muriel Domenach, for a conversation on the Russia-Ukraine War and its implications for European security, the future of NATO and European defense, the transatlantic relationship, and the European and American responses to China.
