definition for: #EWF2014

This two-day conference will honor the historic milestones that have forged a strong and prosperous Atlantic community and explore the most pressing challenges to the completion of a Europe whole and free. This vision, successfully implemented for two decades with a bipartisan and transatlantic strategy, has been called into question both within current NATO and EU members and by Russia's aggressive actions. Leaders and experts will gather at the Council's headquarters to debate the opportunities and challenges in Europe's east and south with the aim of exploring a renewed common transatlantic approach. European foreign and defense ministers, top US legislators, key enlargement architects, and other top strategists will address the audience on topics including the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, the transformation of Europe, the role of the United States in Europe, as well as the daunting challenges facing continued Euro-Atlantic integration.