Transatlantic Forum Dinner with Jean-Marie Guehenno: “Transatlantic Relations in an Age of Geopolitical Turbulence”

Join the French-American Foundation’s Transatlantic Forum for an exclusive evening with Jean-Marie Guéhenno, a distinguished expert on global conflict resolution and international relations. As former UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations and current Professor at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, Mr. Guéhenno will lead an in-depth discussion on “Transatlantic Relations in an Age of Geopolitical Turbulence.” This timely conversation will explore critical issues affecting the U.S.-Europe alliance, including emerging security challenges, the future of NATO, and potential impacts of the upcoming U.S. presidential election on transatlantic cooperation.

About the speaker:

Jean-Marie Guéhenno is the director of the Kent Program on Conflict Resolution and a professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. A member of the UN High-level Advisory boards on mediation and on disarmament matters, he sits on the boards of several nonprofits, including the Carnegie Corporation and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). He also chairs the scientific council of the French Institute for Higher Defense Studies. A French civil servant, he was appointed by Kofi Annan Under-Secretary-General for peacekeeping (2000-2008), leading the biggest expansion of peacekeeping in the history of the United Nations. He worked again with Kofi Annan as deputy special envoy for Syria (2012).  He was later president of the French commission of the White Paper for defense and national security (2012-2013), and president of the International Crisis Group (2014-2017). He is the author of several books. His most recent book, Le Premier XXIème Siècle, de la globalisation à l’émiettement du monde, received the annual prize of the Revue des Deux Mondes in 2022.