Organized by the Atlantic Council, the city of Wrocław, and DemosEUROPA-Centre for European Strategy, the 2010 Wrocław Global Forum focused on the topic “Strengthening the Transatlantic Dialog to Tackle Global Challenges.”
Other partners included the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw and the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg opened the forum with a keynote address calling for greater U.S.-European cooperation on a range of global challenges, Other speakers included Estonian Minister of Defense Jaak Aaviksoo, eminent historian Norman Davies, Romanian National Security Advisor Iulian Fota,, and U.S. Ambassador to Poland Lee Feinstein. Admiral James Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, also addressed the Forum on the future of NATO.
The inaugural Freedom Awards Dinner was held last year in Berlin on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. That evening, the Council presented awards to Secretary Hillary Clinton, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit, and Admiral James Stavridis, on behalf of the people of the United States, Germany, and the allied troops. The Council also honored two champions of Central Europe’s struggle for freedom, Lech Wałęsa and Vaclav Havel.
OCTOBER 7
Opening Keynote Speech: Transatlantic Relations in the 21st Century – James Steinberg, Frederick Kempe
OCTOBER 8
Conversation: A Regional Alliance in a Multipolar World – James G. Stavridis, Damon Wilson
Other videos available on the Wroclaw Global Forum’s YouTube channel.
MEDIA MENTIONS
English Press Coverage:
- Travel of Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg to Central Europe – State Department Press Release
- Wroclaw Global Forum debates transatlantic relationship – Polskie Radio
- Poland and the transatlantic partnership in action – Polskie Radio
- South-western Polish City of Wroclaw Host US-European Debate on Transatlantic Relations – The Warsaw Voice
- US official: terror alert kept as long as needed – Vanessa Gera, The Associated Press
- NATO: terror threat in Europe justifies Afghan war – Vanessa Gera, The Associated Press
- U.S. Government Participation in Inaugural Wrocław Global Forum – State Department Press Release
Spanish Language Press Coverage
- El Consejo Atlántico entrega el premio a la Libertad a las Damas de Blanco – ABC
- Premian a las Damas de Blanco en Polonia – Marti Noticias
- Premio Libertad para las Damas de Blanco – Mujeres Coraje
- Entregan a las Damas Premio a la Libertad – Juan Carlos Chavez, El Nuevo Herald
- Damas de blanco reciben Premio a la Libertad – Martí Noticias
Polish Press Coverage:
- Wrocław: Międzynarodowa konferencja Wrocław Global Forum – Marcin Torz, Nasze Miasto
- Rozpoczęło się Wrocław Global Forum 2010 – Artur Kacprzak, East Book
- “Wrocław głosem Europy w relacjach z USA” – Wirtualna Polska
- Freedom Awards – MK, Wprost
- Kłaniam się Damom w Bieli – Maciej Stasiński, Gazeta Wyborcza
- USA wracają do Europy Środkowej – Paweł Świeboda, Gazeta Wyborcza
- “Wrocław Global Forum przerosło oczekiwania” – Polish Press Agency
- Stavridis: NATO to pomost łączący kultury 28 krajów – aktualizacja – Polish Press Agency
- We Wrocławiu – forum o relacjach transatlantyckich i demokracji – Polish Press Agency
- Tusk będzie współgospodarzem unijnego szczytu – Polish Press Agency
- Buzek, Kwaśniewski i Solana laureatami Freedom Awards – Polish Press Agency
- Międzynarodowa dyskusja o NATO we Wrocławiu – Jacek Harłukowicz, Gazeta Wyborcza
- Przez dwa dni będziemy euroatlantycką stolicą świata -BK, Tuwroclaw
- Obama wie, że bez Europy nie ucieknie rywalom – Raphael Wos, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna
- Orange – Wrocław Global Forum – Orange
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