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Event | 27 January 2017

ELN Director participates in the Zurich Strategic Dialogue 2017

Security Euro-Atlantic Security European Defence

From January 27 to 29 2017, ELN Director Sir Adam Thomson participated in the Zurich Strategic Dialogue at the Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue, Zurich.

Other participants included former ministers Joschka Fischer and Carl Bildt, as well as Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference.

The Zurich Strategic Dialogue brings together around 20 leading international security experts from the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Top officials from national governments and international organizations as well as renowned think-tanks gathered to promote an open dialogue and frank exchange about current and future security challenges.

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