‘The U.S. and Germany in 21st Century’ to be focus of Global Education conference

Chapman University’s Center for Global Education and the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., will co-sponsor the 2012 Transatlantic Conference from 6 to 8 p.m.  Thursday, Sept. 27, in Argyros Forum, Room 209C.

The conference, “Think Transatlantic: The United States & Germany in the 21st Century,” will focus on the 60-year partnership between the U.S. and Germany and the future of the relationship between the two countries.

A panel discussion will include topics such as future challenges of this transatlantic relationship, the German-American Security Cooperation in the new NATO, U.S. and German perceptions of each other, and Germany and Europe’s role in the transatlantic security architecture.

Among the panel participants will be Mai’a K. Davis Cross, assistant professor of international relations at the University of Southern California; Graeme Auton, professor of government at the University of Redlands; and Russell Dalton, professor of political science at the University of California, Irvine.

The event is free to the Chapman community and the general public, and the first 35 attendees will receive free giveaways. For more information, please contact the Center for Global Education at 714-997- 6830.