European Union - growing political engagement with Asia
Conference
| Dates: | 22/03/07 |
| Country: | Asia south and South East - Thailand |
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To mark the EU's 50th anniversary, this seminar sets out to stimulate discussion of Europe's role in a rapidly changing world, the EU's increasing political interaction with Asia and to what extent this political dimension should, or could, be developed, for the benefit of both regions.
Speakers and panellists include:
- Pierre Defraigne - Director of the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)
- Dr Surin Pitsuwan - former Foreign Minister of Thailand
- Dr Somkiati Ariapruchya - Dean of the Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies (IDIS), Rangsit University and former Thai ambassador to the EU
- Dr Kasit Piromya - former Thai ambassador to the USA, Japan and Germany
- Dr Christoph Brümmer - German ambassador to Thailand
- Dr Friedrich Hamburger - head of the EU's representative office in Thailand
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