{"59272":{"#nid":"59272","#data":{"type":"news","title":"European Union Center of Excellence Welcomes EU Diplomat","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe European Union Center of Excellence, a research center in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs within the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, welcomed Dr. Marc Vanheukelen, Head of Unit for EU Relations with the United States and Canada, Directorate General for External Relations, European Commission.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMarc Vanheukelen According to EUCE Director, Dr. Vicki Birchfield, \u0022Vanheukelen\u0027s position with the European Union is the equivalent to the US State Department\u0027s Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and having such prominent policy makers on campus is one of the added benefits of operating one of only 11 EU Centers of Excellence in the country.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his address to members of the Georgia Tech and Atlanta business and diplomatic community, Vanheukelen provided an overview of the EU\u0027s external policies and the current challenges facing the transatlantic community ranging from instability in Afghanistan and Pakistan to the global financial crisis and climate change. Vanheukelen offered a dose of reality on what he described as America\u0027s fascination with China, noting that Europe accounts for over 57% of total US foreign direct investment and from 2000 to mid-2008, US investment in Belgium was greater than our investment in China. Further demonstrating the transatlantic economic link, Vanheukelen noted that four million Americans work for EU companies and five million Europeans work for US companies. Vanheukelen said that, despite \u0022spats\u0022  over America\u0027s use of force to resolve global conflicts, the EU and US share more values and principles than any other countries. The discussion proved to be an informative prelude to the recent G-20 summit and President Obama\u0027s European tour marking the 60th anniversary of NATO and his first EU-US summit. \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The European Union Center of Excellence, a research center in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs within the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, welcomed Dr. Marc Vanheukelen, Head of Unit for EU Relations with the United States and Canada, Directorate General for External Relations, European Commission.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Head of Unit for EU Relations with Canada \u0026 US"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2009-04-17 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:38","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-04-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-04-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"59273":{"id":"59273","type":"image","title":"tlu80850.jpg","body":null,"created":"1449176221","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:01","changed":"1475894385","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:45","alt":"","file":{"fid":"190938","name":"tlu80850.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tlu80850_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tlu80850_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":40702,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tlu80850_0.jpg?itok=e6z8oea4"}}},"media_ids":["59273"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/27498","title":"View video clip"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.euce.gatech.edu\/","title":"Read more about EUCE at Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"892","name":"Directorate General"},{"id":"889","name":"EU"},{"id":"612","name":"EUCE"},{"id":"890","name":"European relations"},{"id":"891","name":"Vanheukelen"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=rkeane3\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}