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The following open letter to the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama appeared in the Polish newspaper “Gazeta Wyborcza” on July 16:We have written this letter because, as Central and Eastern European (CEE) intellectuals and former policymakers, we care deeply about the future of the transatlantic relationship as well as the future quality of relations between the United States and the countries of our region. We write in our personal capacity as individuals who are friends and allies of the United States as well as committed Europeans. (more…)

With Alexandros Petersen, Atlantic Council, and Ambassador Keith Smith, Senior Associate, Energy and National Security Program at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Moderator: Roman Kupchinsky
Friday, July 24 at 10:00 a.m. (EST)

To watch the webcast live, please go to: http://usukraine.org/events/eu_response_energysecurity072409.shtml (more…)

By Stephen Blank, Professor of Russian National Security Studies at the
Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College in Pennsylvania and
Olga Oliker, Senior International Policy Analyst, The RAND Corporation
Moderator: Ambassador Bill Courtney

PRESENTATION AND LIVE VIDEO WEBCAST
Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. (EST) To watch the webcast live, please go to: http://www.usukraine.org/events/startfollowon.shtml (more…)

Compiled by Mai Maddisson
Edited by Priit Vesilind

It might be of interest to Geislingen alumni, but authors suspect it will also interest every Estonian whose path to the free world went through the German DP camps.

“When the Noise Had Ended” has been released in Münster, Germany, during the 2009 ESTO on June 26-30, as well as on July 7 in Tartu, Estonia, at a conference on the Baltic Diaspora. The book is published by Lakeshore Press of Woodsville, New Hampshire, and may be purchased from its website: www.lakeshorepressbooks.com

For more information, please contact Aarne Vesilind at Lakeshore Press, PO Box 92, Woodsville, NH, 03785. Tel: 603-747-8083, or 603-526-6011.

Summary: The youngest victims of WWII search their memories to tell how they and their families escaped the Red Army to find refuge in a displaced persons’ camp in post-war Germany - more than 60 years ago. Sometimes horrifying, often unflinchingly honest, their stories and intimate photographs offer glimpses of a brave but artificial world - through the eyes of the very small. (more…)