{"id":3668,"date":"2013-08-18T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T23:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/?p=3668"},"modified":"2015-03-02T23:15:01","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T04:15:01","slug":"event-announcement-eu-inside-out-with-the-czech-and-slovak-ambassadors-to-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/2013\/08\/18\/event-announcement-eu-inside-out-with-the-czech-and-slovak-ambassadors-to-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Inside Out with the Czech and Slovak Ambassadors to the US (10\/23\/13)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2013 marks 24 years since the \u201cVelvet Revolution\u201d that put an end communist rule in Czechoslovakia and 20 years since the \u201cVelvet Divorce,\u201d or the break up of  Czechoslovakia into two independent states. Join us on <strong>Wednesday, October 23<\/strong>, for a conversation  with the Czech and Slovak Ambassadors who will discuss subsequent  developments in their countries, in particular, since joining the EU.  Questions to be pursued include what the EU is becoming, how its  policies and institutions are evolving, how its role as international  actor is enhanced (or not) in response to new global challenges, and  why, under conditions of globalization, its relationship with the United  States remains more important than ever. Moderated by Alan Berger,  Retired editorial writer for international affairs, Boston Globe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/european\/files\/2013\/10\/640px-Velvet_Revolution_monument_at_Na\u0301rodni\u0301_street-Prague.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/european\/files\/2013\/10\/640px-Velvet_Revolution_monument_at_Na\u0301rodni\u0301_street-Prague-e1380980713750.jpg\" alt=\"640px-Velvet_Revolution_monument_at_Na\u0301rodni\u0301_street-Prague\" title=\"640px-Velvet_Revolution_monument_at_Na\u0301rodni\u0301_street-Prague\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3669\" height=\"420\" width=\"560\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wednesday, October 23, 2013<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 5:30 &#8211; 7 PM (Reception to follow)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Boston University Photonics Center, 8 St. Mary&#8217;s Street, 9th Floor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The  \u201c<strong>EU Inside Out: Conversations with European Ambassadors<\/strong>\u201d series is  funded in part by a grant from the European Commission Delegation in  Washington DC. The series addresses, broadly, the theme of democratic  politics under conditions of globalization from an \u201cinside\u201d point of  view. Centering the conversations around global challenges, which by  their nature do not yield to nation state solutions (whether economic  crisis, transnational terrorism, or global warming), highlights the  value of the European Union as a model for transnational cooperation,  regional integration, and cultural coexistence.<\/p>\n<p>This event is  accompanied by an exhibit of Slovak posters showcasing 20 years of  Slovak independence. It is co-sponsored by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bucflp\/\">Center for Finance, Law  &amp; Policy<\/a> at Boston University and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.czskboston.org\/\">Czech and Slovak Association  of Boston<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2013 marks 24 years since the \u201cVelvet Revolution\u201d that put an end communist rule in Czechoslovakia and 20 years since the \u201cVelvet Divorce,\u201d or the break up of Czechoslovakia into two independent states. Join us on Wednesday, October 23, for a conversation with the Czech and Slovak Ambassadors who will discuss subsequent developments in their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5329,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[219],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5329"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3668"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6493,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3668\/revisions\/6493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}