Jean Monnet Public Lecture: 'If Obama's America is struggling to make soft power work, what chance does Europe have?'
18 April 2010
Mr David Rennie, EU correspondent of The Economist, will be giving a Public Lecture on the international role of the European Union entitled 'If Obama's America is struggling to make soft power work, what chance does Europe have?' on Friday 30 April at 12:00 in the Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol.
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David Rennie joined The Economist in 2007 as European Union correspondent and Charlemagne columnist, based in Brussels. Previously he was on the foreign staff of the Daily Telegraph, with postings in Sydney (1998), Beijing (1998 to 2002), Washington DC (2002 to 2005) and Brussels (2005 to 2007). From 2006 until he joined The Economist, he was also a contributing editor of the Spectator. He worked for the Daily Telegraph in London (1996 to 1998), and the Evening Standard (1992 to 1996). He has reported from more than 40 countries, covering riots and earthquakes in Central and north east Asia, dissidents in Cuba, elections on four continents, and the war in Afghanistan (2001).
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Professor Panos Koutrakos for further information.