Talk about the upcoming European elections

The US-Italy Global Affairs Forum

invites you to a panel discussion on

Barbarians at the Gates? Racism and Intolerance in the European Elections

Friday, May 16, 2014 12:00-1:30pm
1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Room 500 Bernstein-Offit Building
Washington, DC 20036

Next week Europeans will go to the polls to elect the new European Parliament. How strong is the risk of success from extremists, Euroskeptics, ultranationalists, and populists? Could the economic crisis slow down the process of integration of the “Old Continent” and create new tensions in Europe? Join us for a panel discussion featuring:

Katerina Sokou
Washington, DC Correspondent, Greek daily newspaper Kathimerini Renzo Cianfanelli
Columnist, Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera

Robert Friedmann
GILEE Founding Director,
Professor Emeritus, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

Antoine Ripoll
Director, European Parliament Liaison Office, Washington, DC

Michael Whine
Government and International Affairs Director, Community Security Trust
UK Independent Member, European Commission against Racism and Intolerance

Moderator: Daniele Moro
Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins SAIS

Light Refreshments will be available after the panel

Please RSVP to usitforum@gmail.com With the kind support of the SAIS Italian Society, the Washington European Society, and the European and Eurasian Studies Program, Johns Hopkins SAIS