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Institut Aspen France, founded in 1983, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, international center for discussion and dia-logue. Aspen France has two goals: to help regional, national, and international leaders — from the economic, political, academic, and nonprofit sectors, unions, and the media — identify the challenges they must face in seeking solutions to the problems of our times; and to facilitate informal meetings of leaders from different geo-graphical, cultural, and professional worlds.

To these ends, Institut Aspen France, located in Lyon since 1994, offers international conferences and semi-nars addressing the major economic, social, and political issues of the day. It also hosts meetings and debates on regional issues.

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Participants of the Preparatory Meeting for the International Aspen Europe-India Conference.

Institut Aspen France119, rue Pierre Corneille69003 LyonFranceTel. + 33 4 72 41 93 12www.aspenfrance.org

RECENT HIGHLIGHTSPreparation for the Inaugural Europe-India ConferenceIn preparation for the first Aspen Europe-India Confer-ence, which will be held in France in late 2008/early 2009, members of Aspen France and Aspen India con-vened to discuss the topics to be addressed at this meet-ing. These topics tentatively include the commonalities between India and Europe, notably the diversity of their populations, their religious affiliations, their multilin-gualism, and their deep attachment to traditions and cultural affiliations. As both regional and global powers, France and India must deal with growing and similar responsibilities regarding the

environment, the promotion of a multi-polar world, peace, and prosperity. The objective of this inaugural event is to provide a platform for ongo-ing and informal dialogue between leaders, entrepre-neurs, thinkers, and decision makers from India, Europe, and France to create a better mutual understanding and a fruitful cooperation between India and Europe.

Aspen European DialogueAspen France joined Aspen Italia in “The EU, the US, and Global Disorder: The Need for a New Bretton Woods” conference on April 18–19. Over 60 participants shared their opinions on topics such as “The shrink-ing West and the rising rest”; “Europe’s order in global disorder: asset or liabil-ity?”; “Geo-political focus: the common challenge of the Greater Middle East”; “Toward November 2008: a transatlantic deal for a post-Western order”; and “The hardest trade-off: human rights, diplomacy and inter-national economy.”

Among the event’s par-ticipants were M. Pebereau,

chairman of BNP Paribas and chairman of the Aspen France Board; Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt; and Giulio Trem-onti, vice president of the Chamber of Deputies and chairman of Aspen Italia.

UPCOMING EVENTSNovember 20Gala Dinner of the Third Class of the Young Political Leaders ProgramParis

December First Europe-India International ConferenceLyon and Paris

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Michel Pebereau, chairman of BNP Paribas and chairman of the Aspen France Board, in conversation with Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTSAspen Berlin Roundtable SeriesIn May 2008, Aspen Berlin welcomed Federal Minister Dr. Thomas de Maizière where he led a discussion on globalization, climate change, and security. He spoke at length about China and India as upcoming eco-nomic global players and stressed the importance and positive outcome of the G8-summit in Heiligen-damm concerning climate change. De Maizière argued that a durable partnership between the US and “Old Europe” can produce and sustain viable solutions for diverse global issues.

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Amirah S. Salaam, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and legislative fellow in the office of Congressman Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL), speaks with Dr. Robin Mishra, Director of the Berlin office of Rheinischer Merkur, at an Aspen Berlin event.

Aspen InstItute berlInThe Aspen Institute Berlin is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan institution dedicated to the promotion of transatlantic dialogue. Seeking to act as a bridge between America and Europe, it convenes programs — in Berlin and throughout Europe, the United States, and the Middle East — on foreign policy, defense, and trade issues. Its programs and conferences reach out to key decision and opinion makers as well as the broader pub-lic, creating a marketplace of ideas.

Aspen Berlin’s work consists of lectures, roundtables, and debates. Its lectures — larger, formal events that are open to the public and press — usually draw 150 to 200 participants. The roundtables are smaller, invitation-only gatherings for about 20 select participants. The debates, which are lively and informal public sessions held in cafés throughout Berlin, are designed to foster discussion on issues of transatlantic interest.

lin hosted the president of Alliance 90/The Greens Reinhard Bütikofer. At this event, Bütikofer delivered a speech on green growth where he emphasized the free market economy’s need for a new strategy that inte-grates social, political, and ecological aspects. By the end of the 21st century,

renewable energies must replace fossil fuels. Bütikofer concluded that economic growth is not only imaginable as green growth, but also is the only sustainable solution for the future.

As the final installment of Aspen Berlin’s roundtable series, the Institute, in coop-eration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, invited Kim R. Homes, vice president of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the Heritage Foun-dation, on July 3 for a dinner and roundtable discussion.

This event brought together German politicians, members of the media, senior experts, and distinguished colleagues from German companies and organizations interested in furthering transatlantic coop-eration. Holmes addressed major themes such as advanc-ing American leadership and improving global and national

security as discussed in his lat-est publication, Liberty’s Best Hope. He presented his views on strategic independence as a stimulus for respon-sible leadership in democratic organizations on both national and international levels.

2008 Leadership ProgramTwenty-four young leaders — entrepreneurs, policymak-ers, journalists, lawyers, and artists, ages 25–40 — from Lebanon, Germany, and the United States convened at Aspen Berlin on May 18–20 to attend a conference on “Risk and Uncertainty: Cul-tural Approaches to Risk Management.” Following the model of previous Young Leaders conferences, the aim was to build alliances among the participants through panel discussions, seminars, and team activities in an informal atmosphere. The goal was also to understand the Middle East’s civil soci-ety, particularly in the case of Lebanon, and explore the topic of risk and uncertainty, which provided an opening for political and philosophi-cal discussions.

Reinhard Bütikofer, federal chairman of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen political party, and Charles King Mallory IV, director of Aspen Berlin, participate in Aspen Berlin’s June conference on green growth.

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Aspen InstItute IndIAThe Aspen Institute India (AII) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to in-depth discussion of global issues, devel-opment of values-based leadership, and a high-level exchange of opinions, information, and values. Its mis-sion is to bring a new perspective to the most important issues of the day and represent the forum of choice for convening and developing leaders in India. Focusing on India’s challenges, business community, and society, it invites top industrial, economic, financial, political, social, and cultural leaders to discuss these issues in set-tings that encourage candid and open debate.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTSFocusing on ChinaAs a part of its series on China, Aspen India hosted “Revalu-ation of Chinese Currency and its Implications for India” with Daniel Rosen, principal at China Strategic Advisory in New York and adjunct profes-sor at Columbia University’s school of International and Public Affairs. At the session, Rosen stated that after years of success using “gradualism” as a mantra, Beijing is just about out of options for turning its current growth model around with only minor adjustments.

The adjustment will have to be formidable and will have major psychological, political, and economic implications for China, India, and the rest of the world.

Strategic DialoguesThe 11th session of the US-India Strategic Dialogue was held March 30–April 2 in New Delhi in col-laboration with the Aspen Strategy Group. This dia-logue has helped both sides in bringing bilateral issues and challenges to the fore-front and has also helped develop a roadmap for future cooperation. The discus-

sions revolved around issues including US-India bilateral relations, energy security, Pakistan, the defense rela-tionship, and new directions in India’s foreign policy.

In April 2008, Aspen India and Aspen France launched the Aspen Europe-India Dia-logue. The objective of this meeting was to harness a mutual understanding and a productive cooperation between India and Europe. The two-day conference cov-ered a range of issues includ-ing globalization, environ-ment, and poverty.

Henry Crown Fellows Visit IndiaAspen India was fortunate to host Henry Crown fellows David McCormick, under secretary for International Affairs at the US Department of the Treasury, and James Lambright, chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. McCormick spoke to Aspen India about the state of global markets while Lambright met with the Fellows of the India Lead-ership Initiative.

Discussions on the US Presidential ElectionIn March, Aspen India hosted former UN Ambassador Rich-ard Holbrooke, who addressed how the US policy on Iraq

is where the fundamental difference lies between the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates in the upcoming election. Then in April, Ambassador Rich-ard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and former policy advisor to former Secretary of State Colin Powell, spoke to a joint session of the Confederation of Indian Industry and Aspen India about the issues that the next US president will face with respect to US-India relations, climate change, and t errorism.

UPCOMING EVENTSDecember 18–20Ideas India 2008New Delhi

January 3–7, 2009Aspen Seminar

February 14–16, 2009ICT Roundtable

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Ambassador Richard Holbrooke addresses Aspen India on “The Elections and American Foreign Policy” on March 28. On the dais are L. Brooks Entwistle, trustee of Aspen India and managing director & CEO of Goldman Sachs India Pvt. Ltd., and Tarun Das, president of Aspen India.

Professor M. S. Krishnan; Professor C. K. Prahalad; Kapil Sibal, minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences; and Venu Srinivasan, managing director of Sundaram-Clayton Limited, gather at the April 17th book launch of Prahalad’s The New Age of Innovation.

Aspen Institute Italia has established itself as a leader in promoting enlightened dialogue in Europe and across the Atlantic through conferences, seminars, and studies on a variety of international issues. It has significantly increased its membership over the past several years and has broadened its outreach through its quarterly journal, Aspenia, which is sold at bookstores throughout Italy.

Aspen Italia’s policy programs concentrate primarily on Euro-American issues, including the reorganization of a 25-member European Union, economic global governance, and the political and economic evolution of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries. Aspen Italia conferences and roundtables bring together high- level international leaders from business, politics, finance, and academia in off-the-record settings, often with an in-depth focus on a single topic.

The Aspen Seminars for Leaders represent an innova-tive, enriching, and distinctly European interpretation of the Aspen Executive Seminar. Open to top managers of enterprises, organizations, and associations (including non-members), these discussions have recently included themes such as infrastructure and transportation; the postmodern society; information, democracy, and communications; and the challenge of a global market for southern Italy.

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RECENT HIGHLIGHTS National and International Reach of Aspen ItaliaSince last June, Aspen Italia has organized five interna-tional and nine national meetings. Domestically, the Institute has hosted several conferences with topics of dis-cussion ranging from Italy’s cultural identity, the issue of energy security, revamp-ing the national health sys-tem, and the need for fiscal reform. International events

by a handful of veterans of Aspen programs in Germany, Romania, and India; veterans will get another chance to participate, with two alumni seminars planned for 2009.

AspeniaThe Institute’s prestigious journal on international affairs, Aspenia, came out with issues in Italian on “The China Games” and “Religion and Politics,” and in English on “Global Powers.” To read excerpts and order copies, please see the Aspenia page by visiting www.aspeninstitute.it.

UPCOMING EVENTSDecemberSixth Edition of the “Trans atlantic Dialogue”Washington, DC

FebruaryMeeting on the G8Rome

AprilAnnual Aspen European DialogueBerlin

have focused on EU-US rela-tions, building a privileged partnership with Israel, Italy’s relationship with Afghanistan and NATO, and the Ameri-can economy.

Leadership ConferencesIn Palermo in late October, the 26th edition of the Aspen Seminars for Leaders took place, with four seminars in Italian and one in English; all were held simultaneously. The Annual Friends of Aspen conference focused on com-petition and simplification

for small and medium-sized enterprises, and the Junior Fellows launched a “breakfast series,” with speakers such as Kerry Kennedy of the RFK Foundation.

Parla Aspen?Translating a signature Insti-tute offering, and working with the Seminars Depart-ment and veteran Aspen moderators, Aspen Italia hosted its own version of the Aspen Seminar in Como and Frascati on March 7–9 and 14–16, 2008, focusing on human nature, tensions in and differences across societies, the limits of rule, and leadership and the civil society. Excerpts from the classic Aspen Seminar cur-riculum — Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Machia-velli (in Italian and English versions), and Martin Luther King, Jr. — were paired with more recent additions, including selections from James Watson, Paul Rus-esabagina, E.O. Wilson, Her-nando de Soto, and Edward Said. Time outside the semi-nar room went to tours of Como and the Monastery of St. Mary at Grottaferrata, near Frascati, as well as lec-tures by noted academics and senior members of Aspen Ita-lia. The Italian participants, many of whom came from the Aspen Italia Junior Fel-lows Program, were joined

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On March 7–9, Aspen Italia hosted its Aspen Seminar in Como.

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In Japan, the Aspen method of dialogue has been adapted to incorpo rate Eastern — especially Japa-nese — ideas. Aspen Institute Japan offers the Nippon Aspen Executive Seminar (NAES) three or four times each year. Based on the traditional Aspen Executive Seminar, NAES features many of the original’s essential characteristics: extensive reading and intensive discus-sion; an emphasis on self-teaching, not training; and diversity as a priority at the discussion table.

As much as the seminars have in common, the readings from NAES diverge from those of the original. Compiled by two Japanese scholars who have taken the Aspen Executive Seminar, the readings have been adapted to include both Western and non-Western — in particular Japanese — values, history, traditions, and philosophy so that they may better fit Japanese leaders.

Each seminar focuses on five themes: Japan and the World, Nature and Life, Cognition, Beauty, and Faith, Humanity, and Democracy. Readings from Western sources include Dante’s Divine Comedy; the Dialogues of Plato; Immanuel Kant’s Perpetual Peace; John Locke’s Concerning Civil Government; Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America; Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species; and Francis Bacon’s Advancement of Learn-ing. The non-Western readings include The Ideals of the East, by Tenshin Okakura; The Analects, by Confucius; Flow and Stagnation: Fragments of Philosophy, by Shozo Omori; and An Encouragement of Learning, by Yukichi Fukuzawa.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTSThe year 2008 marks the 1,000th year since The Tale of Genji, the world’s oldest novel and a masterpiece of Japanese classical literature. The tale was written by a court lady known as Mura-

saki Shikibu and a series of millennium celebration events took place in Japan in honor of the world’s first romance novel. On May 31, Aspen Japan joined these millennium celebrations by offering a special lecture for the Nippon Aspen Execu-

tive Seminar alumni on the contemporary and universal significance of The Tale of Genji. Ken Akiyama, profes-sor emeritus of the Univer-sity of Tokyo and a leading scholar on The Tale of Genji, led a lecture on the author’s superb plotting, characteriza-tion, and deep insight into the depths of humanity. Fur-thermore, Akiyama discussed other aspects of the novel that have attracted worldwide readership.

UPCOMING EVENTSNovember 21–23Ninth Young Executive Seminar

November 28–December 3, 2009NAES

January 9–11, 2009Tenth Young Executive Seminar

January 22–25, 2009Eleventh Young Executive Seminar

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Ken Akiyama, professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo, speaks on The Tale of Genji as part of Aspen Japan’s contribution to the novel’s millennial celebration.

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Let Your Voice Be HeardJoin the Aspen Institute and National Geographic at the second annual Aspen Environment Forum—a powerful event examining the future of the environment and what we can do about it as citizens, corporations, and countries.

The 2009 Forum, themed “Powering the Planet: Energy for the Long Run,” will include discussions on climate change, energy extraction and use, innovation and technology, efficiency, conservation, and related topics.

The Aspen Environment Forum—part convocation, part roundtable, and part local town meeting—is open to the public and all are welcome. This is your chance to hear from energy experts, government officials, business leaders, writers, photographers, and other knowledgeable and committed voices in the field.

A wide range of programming includes large plenary sessions, intimate break-out sessions, panel discussions, one-on-one interviews, photography exhibits, screenings, luncheons, book signings, dinner events, evening exchanges, and more.

To register or learn more, go to aspenenvironment.org.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTSFocusing on the EnvironmentOn May 2–4, Aspen Romania hosted a weekend Workshop on Environmental Protection and Responsibility in the Dan-ube Delta. Romanian Min-ister of Environment, Attila Korodi, and the Chairman of the Parliamentary Com-mission on Industry, Iulian Iancu, were guest speakers along with Matteo Codazzi, CEO of Enel Romania and member of Aspen Romania. Participants from business

InstItutul Aspen romAnIAThe new Institutul Aspen Romania, founded in Decem-ber 2006, is a politically and ideologically neutral orga-nization. Its membership represents a broad range of opinion from the corporate, academic, political, and other sectors in the country; its focus is on develop-ment of leadership networks and the promotion of democratic values and principles, the rule of law, and economic efficiency.

Aspen Romania, governed by an Executive Board of eight members elected annually by a General Assem-bly of founding and associate members, is supported financially through the payment of membership fees, corporate sponsorship, and participation fees for Aspen Romania programs. It hosts Executive Seminars, policy programs, and a Young Leadership Program.

and national and interna-tional environmental NGOs discussed ideas about how to strengthen collaboration on environmental issues and how to encourage greater use of renewable and alternative sources of energy to increase energy efficiency.

Meeting with Former US Secretary of State Madeleine AlbrightA full house of some 40 Aspen Romania members, Young Leaders, and a limited number of invited guests wel-comed former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright

on May 25 for a private conversation on the upcom-ing US election, foreign policy challenges from Iran to Kosovo, and the future of Europe.

Workshop on MulticulturalismIn Cluj on July 17–19, Aspen Romania held a workshop on multiculturalism as a follow-up to last year’s Workshop on National Identity. The workshop offered a combi-nation of musical entertain-ment and a debate between several prominent Romanian and foreign speakers includ-ing HRH Prince Radu of Romania. Some of the issues covered were the nature of multiculturalism, the atti-tude of the majority to “the other,” the risk of too much political correctness as a bar to genuine understanding, and measures to counter discrimination.

2008 Young Leaders ProgrammeThe 2008 Young Leaders Programme concluded their seminar phase after a week-long excursion in the Delta in June where they covered leadership skills and styles. For the remainder of the year the Young Leaders will work on their community service project proposals before pre-senting these to the Execu-tive Board in December.

UPCOMING EVENTSNovemberRoundtable on Energy EfficiencyBucharest

DecemberFirst Young Leaders Alumni Gala DinnerBucharest

January 2009Third Roundtable on Romania in the EUBucharest

March 2009Aspen SeminarSusai

April 21–26, 2009Young Leaders Programme Module 1

July 6–12, 2009Young Leaders Programme Module II

September 2009Aspen International Committee MeetingBucharest and Sinaia

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Romanian Environment Minister Attila Korodi, Aspen Romania President Mircea Geoana, and NGO Greener Director Dragos Bucurenci speak at Aspen Romania’s May Workshop on Environmental Protection and Responsibility.

Aspen Romania President Mircea Geoana, HRH Prince Radu of Romania, and European Policy Advisor to the EC Beate Winkler par-ticipate in the Aspen Romania Workshop on Multiculturalism.