Transatlantic Cooperation for Global Security: 
The EU’s Common Security & Defense Policy
An EU Rendez-Vous Event

April 29, 2016 
United States Institute of Peace 
2301 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20037

Presented by the Delegation of the European Union to the United States, 
in partnership with the Atlantic Council

Please join us on Friday, April 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for the 5th Annual Symposium on the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP). This EU/US flagship security and defense symposium is organized by the Delegation of the European Union to the United States, in partnership with the Atlantic Council. The Symposium will take place at the United States Institute of Peace located at 2301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC.

We are delighted to announce that Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert,  Minister of Defense of the Netherlands will launch the 5th edition of the annual Symposium on the EU’s Common Security & Defense Policy (CSDP). The Minister is joined by a number of other high-level military and civilian speakers from the EU, the United States, and NATO.

Topics addressed this year include:

  • New Threats and Challenges to European Security
  • Crisis Management in the EU’s Neighborhood
  • Technology Capabilities and Readiness: The Way Forward

Join the conversation on Twitter by following @ACScowcroft and @ACEventsLive and by using #CSDP2016.