About this Event
The EU and the US find themselves in 2025 faced with a number of economic, security and other challenges that might better be solved together, but that also have the potential to create friction between both partners. H.E. Jovita Neliupšienė, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States, provides an overview of the EU's main priorities to stabilize transatlantic cooperation.
Guest speaker
H.E. Jovita Neliupšienė, PhD
Ambassador of the European Union to the United States
About the speaker
Jovita Neliupšienė became the Ambassador of the European Union to the United States on January 1, 2024. Before that, she was a Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania from September 2022, where she was responsible for the coordination of European Affairs, European bilateral and regional issues, as well as national sanctions coordinator.
From 2020-2022, she was Vice Minister of Economy and Innovation of Lithuania, tasked with investment and export promotion, international cooperation, including policy coordination of state-owned enterprises, as well as chairing the interagency commission for export control.
In 2020, she held the post of Chancellor and State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania. This position included responsibility for staff coordination, legal and consular affairs. Between 2015-2020, she served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the EU. These years were marked by the migration crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.
From 2009-2015, she worked as an advisor and chief foreign policy advisor to the President of the Republic of Lithuania Ms. Dalia Grybauskaite. She was responsible for foreign policy coordination, inter-institutional relations, as well as the role of sherpa/EU advisor, and in this respect took a leading position in preparing and coordinating the Lithuanian presidency of the EU Council in 2013. In 2014, she was awarded the State Decoration Order "For Merit to Lithuania" Commander's Cross
Moderator
Tatiana Kostadinova, PhD
Professor, Politics & International Relations, FIU
Director, European & Eurasian Studies Program
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Sponsor:
- Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence
Presented in collaboration with:
- The Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs
Co-sponsors:
- European & Eurasian Studies Program
- Department of Politics & International Relations
- College of Law
- Delegation of the European Union to the United States
- Ruth K. & Shepard Broad Distinguished Lecture Series
- Dorothea Green Lecture Series
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Made possible through generous support from the European Commission
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. The European Union cannot be held responsible for them.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Florida International University, 11200 Southwest 8th Street, Miami, United States
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