Donald and Vera Blinken Lecture
Thanks to a generous donation to The European Institute from Donald and Vera Blinken, EI hosts lectures from prominent figures in European-American relations.

Vera and Donald M. Blinken
Please see Ambassador Blinken's recently released book:
Vera and the Ambassador: Escape and Return (2009)
Recent speakers have included:

“European American Relations: Present and Future”
Richard Holbrooke, Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany and the United Nations

“The Atlantic Partners and the Ascent of Asia”
Lord Christopher Patten

“A View Across the Atlantic: America and Europe in a Changing World”
Senator Joseph Biden

"Russia and the United States at the Beginning of the 21st Century"
Ambassador Thomas Pickering

“The Plight of the Roma”
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
“France, Europe, and the United States:
What prospects for transatlantic relations?”
Ambassador Pierre Vimont
“Counterterrorism – the British Approach”
Ambassador Nigel Sheinwald
"Europe's Role in Contemporary Affairs"
Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer