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Business and Government in Emerging Europe Study Group

Chairs

Dante Roscini
Dante Roscini
MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Luka Oreskovic
Luka Oreskovic
Political Economist
Rawi E. Abdelal
Rawi E. Abdelal
Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management, Harvard Business School; Emma Bloomberg Co-chair, Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
 

This Study Group explores the nexus between business and government in Central and Eastern Europe. It highlights the interwoven political and business interests across this region. For example, it considers the issue of energy security of Eastern Europe as a region situated between Russia and the Middle East, and the increased involvement of new political forces and business interests from the Far East in CEE economic activity.

From Hard to Soft Power: Public Service and Civic Engagement in the Age of Geopolitics, Religious Strife, Democratic Discontent and Propaganda
April 11, 2016
12:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Mario Nicolini – Director, Parliament of the World’s Religions, Slovakia; Former Advisor to the Minister of Defense, Slovakia; Consultant, McGuireWoods LLP, Washington, DC
The European Neighborhood Policy is Dead - Long Live the European Neighborhood Policy! The EU and the Southern Mediterranean after the Arab Spring The European Neighborhood Policy is Dead - Long Live the European Neighborhood Policy! The EU and the Southern Mediterranean after the Arab Spring
March 24, 2016
4:15pm - 6:00pm
  • Tobias Schumacher – Chair in European Neighborhood Policy, College of Europe; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow 2016, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Investing in National Security Through Veterans Affairs: Examples from Southeast Europe
April 28, 2015
2:15pm - 4:00pm
  • Predrag Matic – Minister for Veterans' Affairs (2011), Cabinet of Zoran Milanovic, Republic of Croatia
  • Bojan Glavasevic – Assistant minister in charge of Legal Affairs and Veteran Housing, Republic of Croatia
A Conversation with the Slovenian Finance Minister - Slovenia from Transition to Post Crisis Period
April 21, 2015
2:15pm - 4:00pm
  • Dušan Mramor – Minister of Finance, Republic of Slovenia
Inflated Threats: The Eurozone Crisis and the Challenges Going Forward Inflated Threats: The Eurozone Crisis and the Challenges Going Forward
November 17, 2014
5:15pm - 7:00pm
  • Wolfgang Münchau – Associate Editor, The Financial Times; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 2014, CES, Harvard University
The Political Economy of Monetary Solidarity The Political Economy of Monetary Solidarity
October 29, 2014
12:15pm - 1:45pm
  • Waltraud Schelkle – Associate Professor of Political Economy, European Institute, London School of Economics

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