Selected Events 2006

December 7/8, 2006.
U.S. consulate's public affairs section and Munich's leading think tank Center for Applied Policy Research (CAP), with the support of the German Marshall Fund, conducted a high-level seminar on political, military and economic aspects of China's and India's integration into the international system. American participants in the dialogue included former Assistant Secretary of State Karl Inderfurth and former ambassadors Teresita Schaffer (Sri Lanka, now Center for Strategic and International Studies) and Mary Ann Peters (Bangladesh, now George C. Marshall Center). Munich Consul General Eric Nelson (standing) opened the seminar, underscoring the importance of U.S.-European policy coordination and cooperation in meeting the challenges presented by the growing global reach of these Asian powers.