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International Centre for Defence and Security
LMC 2016

New Normal: The End of the West as We Know It?

Europe, European Union, West

Speakers

Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Toomas Hendrik Ilves

President of Estonia (2006–2016)

Frans Timmermans

First Vice President of the EU Commission

Harlem Désir

Minister of State for European Affairs of the Republic of France

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and trans-Atlantic Relations and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Moderator

Steven Erlanger

Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, The New York Times

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