Sep 08, 2008

The European Forum Alpbach

Fellow panelists from left to write were: Michael Haltzel, SAIS, Johns Hopkins; Alexandr Vondra, Deputy Premier for European Afairs of the Czech Republic; Thomas Mayr-Harting, Political Director, Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (Chair); Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations; and Thomas Mattusek, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nation

The European Forum Alpbach has been meeting since 1945 every year to discuss international affairs. In August 2008, Dr. Guenter Bischof participated in a panel on "Euro-Atlantic Relations" the state of NATO, the European Union, transatlantic relations  in the face of the Georgian crisis.