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On the occasion of Barack Obama's Nobel Peace prize-giving ceremony
Live TV broadcast from Oslo, organized by Ifri & the Embassy of United States
13:30 pm - Thursday December 10
Ifri, Salle de conférence (welcome coffee)
Then, opening at 14:30 pm with Thierry de Montbrial, President, Ifri & Charles Rivkin, United States Ambassador
The annual conference organized by the Unites-States program, will continue on December 11 notably with Dominique Moïsi, Special Advisor at Ifri, Thomas Heller, L. Talbot and N. Hearn Shelton Professor of International Legal Studies, Emeritus, Stanford Law School, John Bruton, Former EU Ambassador to the United States, Former Taoiseach and Hubert Védrine, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Read E.J. Dionne's article, Columnist, The Washington Post
The conference report is published in French - Un an après l'élection d'Obama : quelle est l'ampleur du changement ? Compte rendu de la conférence annuelle du Programme Etats-Unis 10 et 11 décembre 2009, Ifri, Paris
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