Jan Techau, Director of Carnegie Europe

The library continues its eight year partnership with the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and welcomes Jan Techau, Director of Carnegie Europe, to discuss The Future of the EU – the Three Revolutions Europe Needs on Wednesday, March 28 at 7:00 p.m. at the library.

The McMurray Veterans of Foreign Wars POST 764 is providing support for the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh 2011-12 program series. Register for this event online or call 724.941.9430.

Techau will speak about the sovereign debt crisis that has gripped the eurozone over the past year and has posed a mortal threat to the future of the European Union as a political and economic bloc. As countries like Greece teeter on the brink of collapse, political wrangling over a bailout has exposed divisions in the 27-member union. However, even before the eurozone crisis, Europe was facing decline. While its social stability, economic strength, and political influence may still be strong, the “old world” is rapidly losing ground as new powers in Asia and elsewhere increasingly flex their muscles on the world stage.

Jan Techau is director of Carnegie Europe, the European centre of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is a noted expert on EU integration and foreign policy, transatlantic affairs, and German foreign and security policy. Techau served at the NATO Defense College’s Research Division from February 2010 until March 2011. He was director of the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin between 2006 and 2010 and from 2001 to 2006 he served at the German Ministry of Defense’s Press and Information Department.

Techau is an associate scholar at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) and an associate fellow at both the German Council on Foreign Relations and at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS). He is a regular contributor to German and international news media such as the BBC, Deutsche Welle, Bloomberg, Deutschlandradio, and Irish Times.