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X-WR-CALNAME:"US-Poland 2024:  A New Era of Security Collaboration on NATO
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DESCRIPTION:Please join the Center for the Humanities\, The Honorary Consul
 ate of the Republic of Poland\, and the American Institute of Polish Cultu
 re for a public lecture by Ambassador Mark Brzezinski as part of the 2024-
 2025 Series for the Lady Blanka Rosenstiel Endowed Program in Polish Herit
 age.\n\n \n\nThis lecture will consider the evolution of US-Poland securit
 y collaboration between 2021 and 2024. Given Russia’s further full-scale
  attack on Ukraine\, security is sacrosanct in Central/Eastern Europe. The
  indivisibility of US-Polish security collaboration means there are not on
 ly military dimensions\, but also refugee\, energy\, commercial\, democrat
 ic and people-to-people dimensions. This holistic approach has protected a
 gainst de-establishing influences in the region and has ushered a new era 
 of cooperation in this 200 year plus relationship.\n\n \n\n \n\nMark Brzez
 inski was sworn in as the Ambassador of the United States to Poland on Dec
 ember 22\, 2021. Ambassador Brzezinski previously served as U.S. Ambassado
 r to Sweden from 2011 to 2015\, spearheading innovative new approaches to 
 advance U.S.-European trade and landing key Swedish investments\, includin
 g Volvo’s decision to build a $1 billion factory in South Carolina.  He 
 also arranged the first-ever U.S. Presidential visit to Stockholm\, which 
 brought together all five heads of governments of the Nordic countries for
  a summit that galvanized a U.S.-Nordic strategic approach on energy\, inn
 ovation\, and sustainability.  In 2015\, he was asked by the White House t
 o lead a strategic effort on the Arctic as the first Executive Director of
  the White House's Arctic Executive Steering Committee. \n\n \n\nAmbassado
 r Brzezinski was founder and previously the principal of Brzezinski Strate
 gies LLC.  He was a Managing Director at Makena Capital Management\, where
  he led the firm’s sustainable and ESG investing efforts.  For a decade\
 , he was a partner at the law firm McGuireWoods LLP\, where he helped buil
 d the law firm's international compliance practice.  From 1999 to 2001\, h
 e served on President Clinton's National Security Council staff\, first as
  a Director for Russia and Eurasia\, and then as a Director for the Balkan
 s.  \n\n \n\nAmbassador Brzezinski is a member of the Council on Foreign R
 elations (CFR) and the Trilateral Commission.  He was a Fulbright Scholar 
 in Poland in 1991-93\, during which he researched and wrote a book entitle
 d “The Struggle for Constitutionalism in Poland.” In 2010\, he was nam
 ed to the State Department's Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.  He rece
 ived a BA from Dartmouth College\, a JD from the University of Virginia\, 
 and a PhD in Political Science from Oxford University. He is the proud fat
 her of a teenage daughter.\n\n \n\nThe Lady Blanka Rosenstiel Endowed Prog
 ram in Polish Heritage is made possible by a generous gift to the Universi
 ty of Miami from The American Institute of Polish Culture\, established by
  Lady Blanka in 1972. The gift\, made in 2021\, is intended to support pro
 gram events and activities designed to celebrate Polish people and Polish 
 culture.  The Program is aligned with Rosenstiel's commitment to educating
  audiences about the rich history of Poland and the substantial scientific
 \, scholarly\, and artistic contributions made by those of Polish descent.
  The Center for the Humanities is pleased and honored to lead efforts in c
 oordinating the Program at the University of Miami\, in partnership with t
 he College of Arts & Sciences and The American Institute of Polish Culture
 .  \n\n \n\n For Parking Instructions to Kislak Center Click Here : https:
 //acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:033f5b2a-56bc-44fa-9381-3e1212a10
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LOCATION:Kislak Center\, at the University of Miami.
SUMMARY:"US-Poland 2024:  A New Era of Security Collaboration on NATO’s E
 astern Flank” as Part of The Rosenstiel Lecture Series
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.miami.edu/event/us-poland-2024-a-new-era-of-se
 curity-collaboration-on-natos-eastern-flank
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CATEGORIES:Education/Training
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