Anand Menon is a member of the Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue. His research in the network focuses on the EU and Canada as global actors in international conflict management and security. He is also a professor of west European politics at the University of Birmingham. He speaks about the need for a unified European defense strategy and the reasons behind the European intervention in Libya.
Marie Bernard-Meunier is on the advisory board of the Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue. She has also been Canada’s ambassador to Germany, the Netherlands and UNESCO. She speaks about the European debt crisis, the reality of a “two-speed Europe,” and the need for certain countries to take a leadership role in managing it. She also discusses the development of the Canada-EU free-trade agreement.
Marc Helbling dirige le groupe de recherche Emmy-Noether <<Immigration Policies in Comparison>> au Centre de recherches en sciences sociales de Berlin. Il a écrit sur le nationalisme, la xénophobie et l’accommodement de l’Islam. Il traite des effets de la crise économique européenne sur l’immigration, de la question de savoir si l’Europe peut apprendre du système canadien.
