The week of May 12th Dr Sara Silvestri was in the USA to convene a series of high profile transatlantic policy consultations on religion and foreign policy, together with her American colleague Professor P. Mandaville: the first workshop, hosted by UNFPA in New York, had a focus on the Post 2015 development goals; the second set of activities, jointly organised with Brookings Institution, took place in Washington DC and considered the issues of democratic transitions and religious freedom. The event of May 15th was covered by the National Catholic Reporter