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THE OUTCOME OF THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND ITS EFFECT ON U.S. POLICIES IN SEE AND THE BLACK SEA REGION

December 15, 2004

Sredetz Hall, Sheraton Hotel Balkan Sofia

09:00 – 09:30Registration of participants

09:30 – 09:45Opening statement, Ralf Jaksch, Konrad Adenauer Foundation - Sofia

9.45 – 10.45 PANEL I

The Outcome of the U.S. Presidential Election and Its Effect on U.S. policies in SEE and the Black Sea Region

Jeffrey Levine, Deputy Chief of Mission American Embassy Sofia, Bulgaria

The US Foreign Policy at the Beginning of George Bush’s Second Presidential Mandate and its Potential Impact on the SEE

Christian Hacke, Director of the Institute for Political Science of the University of Bonn (Germany)

Discussion

10:45 – 11:15 COFFEE BREAK

11:15 – 12:30PANEL II

Scenarios for the Future Security Policy on the Balkans

Stefan Popov, Chairman of the Open Society Institute - Sofia

Neo-conservatism and Anti-Americanism

Vladislav Todorov, Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania - USA

Discussion

Moderator of the panels: Konstantin Dimitrov, Institute of Euro-Atlantic Security