<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/westmont-news/penksa-speaks-european-parliament.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>09/10/2008</pubDate><title>Penksa Speaks At European Parliament</title><excerpt>Susan E. Penksa, an international and European security specialist and professor of political science at Westmont, is in Brussels for two weeks speaking at the European Parliament and participating in the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union’s seminar on security sector reform. Penksa, who has an extensive consulting practice with national governments and international organizations, is also meeting with EU, NATO and national officials as part of her ongoing research and policy advising work.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
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