What role does the United States under the second Trump administration now play in European security? What role should it play in resolving the Russia-Ukraine war, defending the continent and deterring Russian attacks on NATO allies, strengthening the industrial base behind Europe’s “NATO 3.0” rearmament, and shaping the continent’s political order? How might U.S. approaches evolve in the final years of the Trump administration, including through actions by the new Congress, and how could the 2028 presidential election impact U.S. policy toward Europe? How are European approaches to the United States changing in the wake of a tumultuous period and amidst political changes in key European countries?
To assess these and related questions, on November 19, Brookings’ Center on the United States and Europe and Strobe Talbott Center on Security, Strategy, and Technology, in partnership with the Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy at the University of Denver and the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at Claremont McKenna College, are convening a public discussion on European security, the ongoing war in Ukraine, and America’s role.
Philip H. Gordon Sydney Stein, Jr. Scholar - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @PhilGordonDC
Constanze Stelzenmüller Director - Center on the United States and Europe, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and Transatlantic Relations @ConStelz
Stephen Wertheim Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace @stephenwertheim
Michael E. O’Hanlon Director of Research - Foreign Policy, Director - Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Philip H. Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy @MichaelEOHanlon
