Rockwell
Schnabel
Media mirror differences between
the US and the EU (and other European
states) on several issues - security
and nation building in the world,
foreign policy, human rights,
e.g. concerning those on the UN
lists of aiding terrorist, the
establishment of an international
criminal court, the death penalty,
trade, accounting practices and
even the need for social responsibility
of enterprises in respect of core
labor standards and in making
investments etc.?
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David Coyne Do you think that the
European educational system, in
general, sufficiently prepares
future decision-makers to face
the challenges of the 21st century?
One is never prepared enough for
the future! Especially now that
our societies change faster than
we have ever known, we obviously
have to adapt our educational
and training systems accordingly...
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Charles Karelis Which is the statement
of your action, within the FIPSE
?
Erasmus represents a possible
workfield at the continental level.
It's, I think, a marvelous and
appealing model and Americans
have a good opportunity to get
to know this new structure and
the new Europe, which was, for
most Americans a sort of concept.
Besides, Erasmus gives the opportunity
to junior members to participate,
in an active way, to exchanges
themselves. In this way, Erasmus
works for preparing the New Europeans
for post-Maastricht Europe ...
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Ken Tolo What is exactly the role
of FIPSE concerning international
education ?
The Fund for the Improvement of
Postsecondary Education (FIPSE),
U.S. Department of Education,
was established in 1972 with a
Congressional mandate to promote
quality and access through the
reform and improvement of postsecondary
education. Increasingly important
in FIPSE is the area of international
education and foreign languages.
FIPSE currently funds, with its
international partners, three
international consortia programs
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Condoleezza Rice
Stanford in the summer is a sun-drenched
university campus with a fascinating
mix of architectural styles. Condoleezza
Rice, Professor of Political Science
and foreign policy advisor to
presidential hopeful George W.
Bush Jr. greets me with a broad
smile in her corner office of
the Hoover Institution ... Read
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Madeleine Albright What are the main results
of the New Transatlantic Agenda
?
We have been trying to build a
partnership to ensure that the
next 50 years of cooperation will
be as great as the last. That
is the vision laid out in June,
1995, for the New Transatlantic
Agenda, to renew and adapt the
transatlantic partnership. In
our biannual summits, in my regular
meetings with my counterparts
from the Commission and the Presidency
states, and in the many discussions
among working-level officials
from the whole range of U.S. government
agencies and European Union organizations,
we have pursued this goal ...
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Pascal Lamy What are the results of
the first phase of the Transatlantic
Agenda ?
The NTA has been in place since
1995, and covers 4 chapters of
work. What I think you might be
referring to is the Transatlantic
Economic Partnership, which was
agreed at the EU-US Summit in
1998, and which envisages work
in a number of different sectors
to bring about closer trade ties
between the EU and the US... Read
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Chris Patten What are the main results
of the the Transatlantic Agenda
to date ?
The New Transatlantic Agenda (NTA),
signed in December 1995, has provided
a valuable framework for enhancing
cooperation with the US, contributing
thereby to the further strengthening
of the relationship. It has registered
significant achievements in all
areas of EU-US relations: diplomatic
cooperation, responding to global
challenges, economic relations
(both bilateral and multilateral),
people-to-people bridges... Read
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