MIAMI WEEK 2004 - launching of the congress website !

Summary
1. Transatlantic Week 2004 - launching of the congress website !
2. Transatlantic Visions : this week's article by Franck Biancheri
3. Transatlantically Incorrect : this week's article by Henri de Courtivron
4. Info Partner Newropeans : Label Europe
5. Announcement : Security and Environment in the Mediterranean
6. TIES selection of fresh articles

1. Transatlantic Week 2004 - launching of the congress website !
Tomorrow's EU/US relations expect you in Miami on April 26th-30th 2004 - a new vision for future EU/US relations where next to governments, next to companies, citizens and civil societies institutions (universities, schools, associations, foundations, municipalities, ...) will play an active role.
Discover now the brand new webpage of the Miami Transatlantic Week 2004 !

2. Transatlantic Visions : this week's article by Franck Biancheri
24/06/2003
by Franck Biancheri: President of TIESWEB and Director for Studies and Strategy of Europe 2020
Washington and Brussels are from the Moon…
… though of course they do not come from the same side of the Moon!
This is something I learned in past years and it seems to me that the Iraq crisis illustrated it. Washington comes from the bright side of the Moon and shines all over the world under global media spotlights; while Brussels, coming from the dark side of the Moon, is pretty much invisible to everybody, including European citizens. But despite these 'light' differences, the key thing is that they do not belong to Earth.
To read the whole article, click here

3. Transatlantically Incorrect
23/06/2003
by Henri de Courtivron: Executive Director of a Leading French Investment Bank
21st century economy : Too much short term kills the long term
Our economy is currently particularly dull and very few are those who can see any prospect of improvement in the near future. One of the reasons possibly explaining this situation is perhaps an unbalanced mix between all the numerous parameters to be taken into account when preparing a successful recipe for a lasting economic growth, built on dynamic enterprises. It seems indeed that the short term approach is today largely overweighed to the detriment of the long term vision.
To read the whole article, click here

4. Info Partner : Newropeans - Label Europe
Congress Newropeans 2003 has received the Label Paris Europe
On Tuesday June 24th, Marie-Helene Caillol received from the hands of Pierre Schapira, Deputy Mayor for International relations, the honorific award "Label Paris Europe" for the Congress Newropeans 2003. The ceremony took place at the Paris City Hall in the presence of the 10 other winning-organisations and relations.
http://www.paris.fr/FR/actualites/LabelParisEurope/Default.htm

5. Announcement : Security and Environment in the Mediterranean
In a new book on "Security and Environment in the Mediterranean - Conceptualising Security and Environmental Conflict" edited by H.G. Brauch, the linkages between environment and security have been analysed and security and conflict prevention in the Me­di­terranean reviewed: NATO's Mediterranean security dialogue, per­cep­tions of security challenges as seen in North and South. The second half analyses envi­ron­mental conse­quences of World War II, the Gulf War, the Balkans wars and the Middle East conflict. It draws conceptual conclusions for cooperation and part­nership in the Mediterranean in the 21st century.
The book was written by 55 authors from 22 countries.
Details at: http://www.afes-press.de/html/bk_book_of_year.html

6. TIES selection of fresh articles

News from US / EU

EU rift with Bush over famine claims on eve of summit
The European Union's attempt to make peace with the Bush administration at a summit today has been thrown off course by another transatlantic spat over genetically modified food. On the eve of the set-piece EU-US meeting in Washington, officials in Brussels hit back at American claims that Europe's opposition to GM food causes starvation in the Third World.
The Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=418703

Inexperienced Hands Guide Iraq Rebuilding
Two months after the fall of Baghdad, the critical task of postwar rebuilding and governance of most Iraqi cities remains in the hands of U.S. military personnel, almost all of whom lack expertise in government administration and familiarity with the Arab world. Some current and former U.S. officials involved in the reconstruction effort contend that the failure to more quickly include civilian reconstruction specialists in the postwar occupation has delayed resumption of local government operations and led to resentment among the nearly 20 million Iraqis who live outside the capital.
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28227-2003Jun24.html?nav=hptop_tb

US rediscovers value of transatlantic link
Fewer than six months after Donald Rumsfeld, US defence secretary, scorned "old Europe" over its opposition to the Iraq war, Washington appears to be rediscovering the virtues of the transatlantic alliance. As President George W. Bush prepares to meet leaders of the European Union in Washington on Wednesday, US officials say there is a a growing similarity in approaches to the main security and economic issues.
Financial Times http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1054966382380&p=1012571727166

Americans are embracing Spanish
A board member of the Oxnard School District, in California, walked out of a meeting because a parent addressed the board in Spanish. A principal in a southern California elementary school admonished parents to speak to their kids exclusively in English, even at home. Officials in an Arizona school told teachers to speak to students only in English in the schoolyard, cafeteria and hallways. It might seem that Spanish is under attack everywhere in the United States.
International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/100470.html

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