PROGRAM UPDATE: The Future of the European Union

Dr. Steve Sokol, President, Pittsburgh World Affairs Council, will present the program on The Future of the European Union on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the library. Dr. Sokol is well trained in global issues and international affairs including German political affairs. Our scheduled speaker, Jan Techau, is not able to join us due to a sudden illness. To attend the program, register online, at the circulation desk, or call 724.941.9430.

Dr. Sokol joined the Council in June 2010 after roughly 20 years working with non-profit foundations and think tanks in Europe and the United States to promote greater transatlantic cooperation and to further the deeper understanding global issues and international affairs. Most recently he served as Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany from October 2002 until June 2010.

Previously he was the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin, Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion, and a Program Officer with the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He is a frequent commentator on transatlantic relations and German and American political affairs in the U.S. and European media.

Dr. Sokol is a frequent commentator on transatlantic relations and German and American political affairs in the U.S. and European media. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin.