This Duke University Center for International and Global Studies panel event was featured in Duke Today.  To access the article, Much Uncertainty about Europe's Future, please click here.

Event description: This year is proving to be a challenging one for the future of the European Union. The beginning of formal negotiations surrounding Brexit; upcoming elections in France, Germany and Italy; the ongoing refugee crisis and rise of populism; tensions with Russia and Turkey; and uncertainty about the future relationship between the EU and the new US administration are among the main challenges to the future of the EU, while it celebrates the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome.This panel is the first of the "Observatory on Europe" series, a new initiative organized by the Duke University Center for International and Global Studies over the course of 2017-2018.

Panel

Andrea Renda, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Senior Research Fellow and Head of Regulatory Policy Unit

Panelist

Andrea Renda is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of Regulatory Policy Unit at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels. He is also a Senior Research Fellow (Kenan Institute for Ethics's Rethinking Regulation Program), Adjunct Professor of Law and Economics (Duke Law School), and a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium). 

Antoine Ripoll, European Parliament Liaison Office with the U.S. Congress
Head of Office

Panelist

Heading the European Parliament Liaison Office with the U.S. Congress since late 2012, Antoine Ripoll is a long-time EU official who previously served as the Director for Relations with political groups in the General Secretariat of the European Parliament. He served in various capacities in political Groups from 1990 till 2012.

Ambassador Patrick Duddy
Duke University Center for International & Global Studies
Former U.S. Ambassador

Panelist

Giovanni Zanalda
Duke University Center for International & Global Studies
Director

Chair