European Union - Obama Presidency Oral History Back European Union Index / Organizations Transcripts Olsen Jean-Julien ...I left, and I started working for the European Union on project management. I did som... William Taylor ...associations and economic, like European Union ; all of those were driven to a larg... ...right we were not the only funder. The European Union , to its credit, both as the Europea... ...Union, to its credit, both as the European Union and as member states—that is th... ...the Brits—they had major roles. But the EU of course was the main organizer an... Michael Posner ...out maybe in a more benign way. The European Union at some point had decided that, in par... ...decided that, in part to strengthen the European Union , they were going to have one positio... ...the number were, twelve or thirteen European Union members on the council, and they woul... ...some of the Asia Bureau was, “Well, the European Union , they have a list, and that's thei... ...together a list. There's not just the European Union list. Amnesty International has a list... Roberta Jacobson ...market, if you will, like China or the EU as a block, etc. Yeah. So I want t... Jake Sullivan ...the negotiation between Ukraine and the European Union about this Association Agreement, abou... Thant Myint-U ...were leading aid efforts as well. The EU was there. So it was around that tim... ...largely by the Norwegians, by the European Union , by the Japanese. And these were al... Bernie Aronson ...top of all the other pledges that the EU and other countries had made during th... ...think we would've coordinated with the EU and others to see that the successo... Ricardo Zúniga ...Cuba, but certainly at that point the EU was taking a much more activis... Michael Morell ...Iranian politics, or the health of the EU . I can do that. But I can't g... William Burns ...sanctions against Iran, tougher US and European Union sanctions, which eventually put us in ... ...built American national sanctions and European Union sanctions as well. Fast forward to th... ...P5+1: the British, French, Germans, the European Union , the Russians, the Chinese, and th... ...the tug of war, in a sense, between the European Union , which was negotiating an associatio... ...long and uncertain path to potential EU membership for Ukraine. I think bot... ...step. Tug of war between the EU and the Ukrainian government, on th... ...it's probably a fair criticism that the European Union tended to approach these negotiation... ...certainly a case to be made that the EU might've reached out more to Russi... ...That's arguable, as I said. I think the EU did a lot to try to reach out to Russi... ...at least economically connected to the European Union , even if they understood the long-ter... ...and then to work through with the European Union and others. So it was that commitment... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Nuclear Nonproliferation go to the East Wing East Wing go to the Science Science go to the Black Politics Black Politics go to the Russia Russia