Date: Thursday 8 October 2015
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Sir Robert Cooper, Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger
Discussant: Professor Karen Smith
Chair: Dr Robert Falkner

European security is in crisis. 25 years after the Cold War, we are still far from the OSCE vision of “Europe whole and free” or "the common European home". The speakers will discuss the origins of the crisis and what should be done to resolve it.

Sir Robert Cooper and Ambassador Ischinger are Senior Fellows of the Dahrendorf Forum. They are also Editorial Advisor and Chair to the Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security.

Professor Karen Smith is Professor of International Relations and Director of LSE's European Foreign Policy Unit.

Dr Robert Falkner (@robert_falkner) is Academic Director of Dahrendorf Forum at LSE IDEAS.

LSE IDEAS (@LSEIDEAS) is a foreign policy think-tank within LSE's Institute for Global Affairs.

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