European Union and the Caribbean: Exploring a Changing World

Join us for a Panel Discussion with Niermala Badrising and Amb. Pjer Šimunović. Badrising's presentation is entitled “Two” Americas and Europe: Navigating Between Latin America & The Caribbean, North America and the European Union. Amb. Pjer Šimunović will address Building on the Relations Old and New, the Two Sides of the Atlantic are Searching Ways of Working Together. Niermala Badrising is a Surinamese diplomat and politician. She was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Suriname in the cabinet of President Dési Bouterse between 12 August 2015 and 1 February 2017. She was ambassador to the United States from July 2017 until October 2021. Pjer Šimunović is a Croatian diplomat and former journalist who has served as the Croatian Ambassador to the United States since 2017. Formerly he was the Croatian Ambassador to Israel (2012-2016).