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President Clinton awarded former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl the Medal of Freedom for his efforts for a permanent and unified peace in Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Former…

President Trump met with the Romanian President in the Oval Office for a bilateral meeting. Both men stressed the successful U.S.-Romania relations partnership. President Trump also said he was committing to…

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon hosted a ceremony at the State Department welcoming Montenegro to the NATO alliance. The Prime Minister of Montenegro and NATO…

Historians talked about intelligence gathering and espionage in Eastern Europe, especially during the early Cold War, and how the Allies countered Communist propaganda. This event was part of a…

Historians talked about the Reagan administration’s Cold War relationships with the Soviet Union, Poland, and other European countries. This program was part of a three-day conference titled…

Alan Watson talked about his book, Churchill’s Legacy: Two Speeches to Save the World. His talk was part of a Westminster College commemoration the 70th anniversary of British Prime Minister Winston…

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump spoke to a meeting of the Polish American Congress at the office of the Polish National Alliance in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Trump spoke about the need…

Robert Kaplan, a contributing editor with The Atlantic, talked about his book, In Europe’s Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond.

European diplomats and scholars participated in an discussion on the role of diplomacy in strengthening European security. They talked about the implications of the conflict in Ukraine, as…

Julian Borger talked about his book, The Butcher’s Trail: How the Search for Balkan War Criminals Became the World’s Most Successful Manhunt, about the manhunt for indicted Balkan war…

Anna Bikont talked about her book The Crime and the Silence, in which she examines the deaths of hundreds of Jews, who were forced into a barn that was set afire in the Polish town of…

Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis spoke about the geopolitical situation in Eastern Europe, his plans for increased defense spending, and the refugee crisis in Europe.

The French and Spanish ambassadors to the U.S. and former Undersecretary of State Paula Dobriansky discussed the continuing threats to Europe such as Russia’s annexation of Crimea and residents…

George Friedman talked about his book, Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in Europe, about the future of Europe and the potential for conflict in the coming years. He spoke at Politics &…

Michael Zantovsky, former press secretary and adviser to Vaclav Havel, talked about his book, Havel: A Life, about the Czech dissident’s life and leadership of Czechoslovakia and the Czech…

Polish union leader Lech Walesa addressed a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. He talked about the history of freedom and peace in Poland and relations with Soviet Russia. Walesa was…

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) talked about his visit to Kosovo, Serbia, Croatia, Albania, and Montenegro, where he met with both government officials and the public to discuss U.S. policies and engagement in…

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum talked about her book, Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956. She used newly opened archives and conducted interviews to examine the effects of communist…

State Department officials and scholars testified at a hearing on Europe’s energy reliance on Russia. Other topics included U.S. and EU roles in strengthening Ukraine and helping it…

Congress posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg for saving tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. He was detained by…