treaty with Russia, signed in Prague on 8 April 2010. The annual conference Forum 2000, which was founded by former Czech President Václav Havel, Japanese philanthropist Yōhei Sasakawa, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel in 1996, is held in Prague. Its main objective is "to identify the key issues facing civilization and to explore ways to prevent the escalation of conflicts that have religion, culture or ethnicity as their primary components", and also intends to promote democracy in non-democratic countries and to support civil society. Conferences have attracted a number of prominent thinkers, Nobel laureates, former and acting politicians, business leaders and other individuals like: Frederik Willem de Klerk, Bill Clinton, Nicholas Winton, Oscar Arias Sánchez, Dalai Lama, Hans Küng, Shimon Peres and Madeleine Albright. Twin towns – sister cities Prague is twinned with: Berlin, Germany Brussels, Belgium Chicago, United States Frankfurt am Main, Germany Hamburg, Germany Kyoto, Japan Miami-Dade County, United States Nuremberg, Germany Phoenix, United States Taipei, Taiwan Namesakes A number of other settlements are derived or similar to the name of Prague. In many of these cases, Czech emigration has left a number of namesake cities scattered over the globe, with a notable concentration in the New World. Additionally, Kłodzko is sometimes referred to as "Little Prague" (). Although now in Poland, it had been traditionally a part of Bohemia until 1763 when it became part of Silesia. See also Churches in Prague List of people from Prague Outline of the Czech Republic Outline of Prague List of museums in Prague Notes References Further reading Bryant, Chad. Prague: Belonging and the Modern City. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2021. Jekova, Alena. 77 Prague Legends. Prague: Prah, 2006. Prague (Eyewitness Travel Guide by DK Publishing) (2009) excerpt and text search 2006 edition Prague (City Guide) by Neil Wilson (2009) excerpt and text search Praha – Prague and environs (by Čedok) (1926) city guide from 1920sRick Steves' Prague and The Czech Republic by Rick Steves and Honza Vihan (2009) excerpt and text search Wilson, Neil. Lonely Planet Prague (2007) excerpt and text search Wilson, Paul. Prague: A Traveler's Literary Companion (1995) Culture and society Becker, Edwin et al., ed. Prague 1900: Poetry and Ecstasy. (2000). 224 pp. Burton, Richard D. E. Prague: A Cultural and Literary History. (2003). 268 pp. excerpt and text search Cohen, Gary B. The Politics of Ethnic Survival: Germans in Prague, 1861–1914. (1981). 344