Director:
Frances G. Burwell
fburwell@acus.org
202-778-4970

Assistant Director
Brooke R. Heaton
bheaton@acus.org
202-778-4954


Pan-Atlantic Student Summit — Prague

Student Summit Charts Course for the New NATO

The Prague Atlantic Student Summit (PASS) was held November 20-23, 2002 in conjunction with the official Alliance summit. An initiative of the Atlantic Council of the United States, PASS was held under the auspices of the Atlantic Treaty Association. One hundred seventy undergraduate and graduate-level students from 37 European and North American countries participated in the PASS program, which was in two parts. The first two days featured meetings with senior Alliance leaders, including Presidents George W. Bush, Vaclav Havel, and Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Secretary General Lord Robertson, SACEUR General Joseph Ralston, the Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic and Portugal, and the Foreign Ministers of Greece and Romania.

The second part of the PASS program involved a simulation of an Alliance ministerial meeting at which the future roles of the Alliance were discussed and a Central Asian crisis was managed by the student 'North Atlantic Council.’ At a time when there was much debate about the future role of NATO, PASS provided a unique opportunity for the next generation of Alliance leaders of to hear first hand from current Alliance leaders and to grapple for themselves with the strategic challenges facing the Alliance.

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For more information on PASS, please contact Carmen K. Iezzi at 202-778-4954.

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