WHO: Jamie Shea, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges of NATO

WHAT: A discussion with School of International Service Dean James Goldgeier

WHEN: March 20 at 4:00 – 5:00 pm

WHERE: American University School of International Service, Abramson Family Founders Room (Intersection of New Mexico and Nebraska Aves., NW) See map here

Also available via live stream

Contact: Please RSVP to J. Paul Johnson, American University Communications at 202-885-5943 or via e-mail at [email protected].

March 19, 2014 (Washington, D.C.) -- Dr. Jamie Shea, NATO’s Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, will address the critical question in light of Russia’s annexing Crimea: "What does the United States still need to do in Europe?"

·Will Russia’s provocation force the United States to reassure its European allies?

·Can the United States still pivot to Asia ensuring Article 5’s commitment to collective defense?

·What contingency planning must NATO and the United States do to protect the 28 member alliance -- especially Poland and the Baltic nations.

Dr. Shea is a former associate professor of international relations at American University’s School of International Service.

The discussion is also being live streamed.

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