Brookings scholar to speak on U.S.-European relations

Philip Gordon, director of the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution, will speak at a pair of Madison events on Wednesday, Feb. 9.

Gordon, former director for European affairs on President Clinton’s National Security Council staff, will be the guest of the European Union Center and the Madison Committee on Foreign Relations (MCFR).

He will deliver a luncheon speech titled “The Future of the U.S.-European Partnership” at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, 525 W. Johnson St. The cost for the event is $25 for members of the MCFR and the European Union Center and $40 for non-members. Reservations, which are required by Friday, Feb. 4, may be made through MCFR at (608) 282-1200.

Gordon also will speak on “Allies at War: Will U.S.-European Relations Get Better or Worse?” at 4 p.m. the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St. This talk is free and open to the public.

Gordon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., is a regular commentator on international affairs and U.S. foreign policy for television and radio, as well as a frequent contributor to the op-ed pages of major newspapers in the U.S. and Europe.

In recent publications, notably a book co-written with Jeremy Shapiro in 2004, Gordon has provided analysis of and prescriptions for the transatlantic relationship, which he views as vital to both sides but in critical need of repair. Copies of Gordon’s most recent book “Allies at War: America, Europe and the Crisis Over Iraq” will be available for sale following his Pyle Center talk.