Timothy Garton Ash has both eyes on Europe. According to some, he is one of the most penetrating observers of Europe’s recent transformation.
A mix of modern-day journalist and contemporary historian, Garton Ash has watched the ill-matched collection of countries, that is Europe, change and grow and change again. From the collapse of the Berlin Wall, to ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, from the baby steps of the European Union to NATO’s recent growth spurt. But beyond the continental morphing and reinvention, the question remains: What is Europe?
At a time when the United States is so powerfully engaged around the world, what is Europe’s place and power. Europe, a collection of nations in search of their inner super power.
Timothy Garton Ash will give a lecture at the Boston University School of Management at 4:00 pm today. The title of the lecture is “Could A United States of Europe Rival the United States of America?”
Guests:
Timothy Garton Ash
contemporary historian, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, and author of numerous books including “History of the Present: Essays and Dispatches from Europe in the 1990s.”