The European Institute is a

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public policy organization dedicated to

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. The Institute was founded in 1989 and is based in

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It regularly hosts forums, roundtable discussions, and programs with political and business leaders from the U.S. and Europe. Additionally, the Institute publishes the e-journal ''European Affairs.''

Mission and focus

According to the Institute's website, the organization's mission is "to provide an independent forum for US and European government and corporate decision makers, officials from multilateral organizations, foreign and economic policy analysts, and expert journalists to discuss issues of common concern and develop effective and mutually beneficial solutions." The Institute's programs generally fall into the following 10 categories: Defense and Civil Security; Trade and Investment; Financial and Monetary Affairs; Energy and Environment; Transportation; IT and Telecommunications; Aeronautics and Space; Biotechnology, Food Safety and Consumer Protection; Transatlantic Governance and EU-US-Russia Triangular Relations.

Location

The European Institute is based in Washington, D.C., with offices overlooking

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, NW, Suite 220.

Membership

The European Institute works closely with the

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, the European Council and the

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, the

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and

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, leading multinational corporations from both the US and Europe, national governments, and several multilateral organizations. It is granted Special Consultative Status with the

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(ECOSOC). Current European governments participating are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, The Russian Federation, Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Board members

Notable current and former members of the European Institute's Board of Advisors and/or Board of Directors: * Jacqueline Grapin, founder of the European Institute, Co-Chair of the Board of Directors *Ambassador

Günter Burghardt Günter Burghardt, a senior European civil servant and former European Union ambassador to the United States, is a European lawyer and academic. Career Born on 27 April 1941 in Kroßwitz, Provinz Posen, now Krosnievice/Poznan, Burghardt studied ...

, former

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to the United States * Bertrand Collomb, Honorary Chairman of the Board of

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Jacques Delors Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (born 20 July 1925) is a French politician who served as the 8th President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995. He served as Minister of Finance of France from 1981 to 1984. He was a Member of the European Par ...

, twice

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*Ambassador

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, Gray & Schmitz LLP, former Special Envoy for European Affairs and for Eurasian Energy *Ambassador Robert E. Hunter, former U.S. Ambassador to

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* T. Allen McArtor, Chairman, Airbus North America Holdings *

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(past member), host of

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program

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(past member), Chairman,

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(past member), former

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(past member), President of the

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''European Affairs''

Since 2000, the European Institute has published the quarterly policy journal ''European Affairs'', which is now an e-journal, accompanied by a blog. The current issue includes articles by

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fellow, Kori Schake; Frederick Kempe, head of the

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and Damon Wilson, Director of its International Security Program; and Robert Hunter, former US Ambassador to

, now Senior Advisor at the

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