Global Economy & Development
Climate, global governance, and technology
Russia’s unabated aggression against Ukraine, China’s assertiveness, and extremist challengers in upcoming elections in the United States and Europe are forcing governments to question the future of the trans-Atlantic relationship. What interest does America have in a Europe at peace? And what should Europeans do to help Ukraine win said peace, manage China, and keep NATO and the European Union together? How do Western democracies balance existential threats, such as climate change and creeping authoritarianism, with the needs of domestic policy? And what can they do to shape a global order that maximizes peace and security for all?
In a season-opening event on September 15, the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution hosted a three-part conference to address these issues. The conference opened with a conversation between Oxford historian Timothy Garton Ash, author of the recent book “Homelands: A Personal History of Europe,” and Brookings Senior Fellow Fiona Hill, moderated by The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser, about lessons of the post-Berlin Wall period. Their conversation was followed by a discussion about the ramifications of the Russia-Ukraine war and the sharpening U.S.-China rivalry for the Euro-Atlantic security order. The event closed with a panel on the resilience of democracies in the face of transformative global disruptions and contested Western hegemony.
Viewers submitted questions via Twitter using #USEurope by emailing events@brookings.edu
Registration is required to attend this event in person. Same-day registrants and walk-ins will not be permitted.
Agenda
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September 15
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Welcoming remarks
9:00 am - 9:05 am
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Panel one: Lessons from the post-Berlin Wall period
9:05 am - 9:50 am
Timothy Garton Ash Professor of European Studies - University of Oxford, Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow - St Antony’s College, Oxford, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution - Stanford University @fromTGA
Moderator
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Panel two: Europe’s path between Russia, China, and America
9:50 am - 10:40 am
Mariana Budjeryn Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe @mbudjeryn
Jim Townsend Adjunct Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Security Program - Center for a New American Security
Stephen Wertheim Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace @stephenwertheimModerator
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Panel three: Disruption, democratic governance, and the provision of public goods
10:40 am - 11:30 am
Matthew Continetti Senior Fellow, Patrick and Charlene Neal Chair in American Prosperity - American Enterprise Institute @continetti
Moderator
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 Trans-Atlantic Relations @ConStelz
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