NATO’s Mircea Geoana on security, freedom, and prosperity in Eastern Europe

  • Tue, May 9, 2023 • 10:00 am ET
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Deputy Secretary General of NATO Mircea Geoană offered his analysis on the most successful policies implemented on the path to freedom and explored the future of Eastern Europe.

The Atlantic Council’s Freedom and Prosperity Center hosted a discussion between Mircea Geoană, Deputy Secretary General of NATO, and Dan Negrea, Senior Director of the Freedom and Prosperity Center, on Tuesday, May 9. 

Post-communist Eastern Europe has made impressive strides on the path to freedom and prosperity. The conversation focused on examining the most successful policies implemented on this path, as well as on exploring the future of Eastern Europe. Geoană and Negrea also touched upon the roles of the European Union and NATO in the region and in the reconstruction of Ukraine. 

Kelley E. Currie, former US Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and alternative representative to the UN General Assembly, delivered opening remarks.

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A conversation with

Mircea Geoană
Deputy Secretary General, NATO;
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania;
Former President of the Senate, Romania

Dan Negrea
Senior Director, Freedom and Prosperity Center, Atlantic Council

Opening remarks by

Kelley E. Currie
Former United States’ Representative, UN Economic and Social Council;
Former Alternative Representative, UN General Assembly

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