EUROPEAN DIARY.

* NATO's enlargement and European security . Should NATO take in new members and what are the potential benefits and costs? Which countries should be invited first? How will Russia react? How will the Alliance co-operate with those not wishing to join? What are the implications for burden-sharing, for dealing with asymmetric threats, for the EU's Defence and Security Policies? Organiser: Wilton Park. Venue: Wilton Park, UK, Date: January 21-25, 2002, Information: Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3DZ, UK. Tel: (+44) 1903 817728 - Fax: (+44) 1903 814217 - Web site: www.wiltonpark.org.uk* Trade and economic integration in the Americas: implications for the hemisphere, Europe and Asia . Will the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) herald an era of economic prosperity and political stability in the Americas? Or would South American interests be better served by strengthening Mercosur and bilateral arrangements with the US and EU? What are the main obstacles to freer trade? Should the EU and Caribbean feel threatened by a greater US focus on Latin America? Organiser: Wilton Park. Venue: Wilton Park, UK, Date: January 28-31, 2002, Information: Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3DZ, UK. Tel: (+44) 1903 817728 - Fax: (+44) 1903 814217 - Web site: www.wiltonpark.org.uk* Russia's security policy and EU-Russia relations . The CEPS/IISS European Security Forum is convening for its sixth meeting. Three papers will be presented, giving respectively a US, European and Russian view. Organiser: CEPS/IISS, Date: January 14, 2002, Venue: Brussels, Information: Marc Houben, E-mail: marc.houben@ceps.be, Tel: (+32) 2/ 229 39 34 or Siren Christiansen, E-mail: s.christiansen@ceps.be , Tel: (+32) 2/ 229 39 70, Website: www.eusec.org* The implications of September 11 on Europe and on transatlantic relations . A special members' session. Organiser: The European Policy Centre and the Centre for European Reform in co-operation with the Transatlantic Policy Network, Venue: Brussels, Date: January 22, Information: Myriane Bartholome, E-mail: M.Bartholome@theepc.be* Competitiveness conference . This conference follows the discussion at the December Industry Council of the Commission's 2001 European Competitiveness Report, and is part of the run-up to the March 2002 Barcelona European Council. The Competitiveness Report looks at why Europe's overall productivity growth failed to match America's during the second half of the 1990s, and singles out...