15th March 2022, 14.00-15.00: NATO and the War in Ukraine – A Conversation with General Wesley Clark
In light of the recent war in Ukraine, the Center for War Studies and the Center for American Studies at the University of Southern Denmark invite you to attend “NATO and the War in Ukraine – A Conversation with General Wesley Clark”. The Zoom-based conversation will be moderated by Professor Trine Flockhart.
Wesley K. Clark is a businessman, educator, writer and commentator who serves as Chairman and CEO of Wesley K. Clark & Associates, a strategic consulting firm. Clark retired as a four star general after 38 years in the United States Army, having served in his last assignments as Commander of US Southern Command and then as Commander of US European Command/Supreme Allied Commander, Europe.
He graduated first in his class at West Point and completed degrees in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University (B.A. and M.A.) as a Rhodes scholar. He worked with Ambassador Richard Holbrooke in the Dayton Peace Process, where he helped write and negotiate significant portions of the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement.
In his final assignment as Supreme Allied Commander Europe he led NATO forces to victory in Operation Allied Force, a 78-day air campaign, backed by ground invasion planning and a diplomatic process, saving 1.5 million Albanians from ethnic cleansing.
His awards include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Defense Distinguished Service Medal (five awards), Silver star, bronze star, and purple heart. In 2019, Clark founded Renew America Together, a nonprofit organization designed to promote and achieve greater common ground in America by reducing partisan division and gridlock.
You can sign up for the online event by sending an e-mail to Sara Falk Garde (sagar@sam.sdu.dk) before Tuesday March 15 at 12.00 noon CET. We also invite you to send questions for General Clark along with your registration.