For more than 70 years, the transatlantic community has been among the world’s most important partnerships and alliances and an anchor of global democracy, stability, and prosperity. That community includes governmental and nongovernmental relationships in the U.S. and Europe, as well as Canada, the European Union, NATO, and other entities and stakeholders. The transatlantic alliance is now under internal and external stress in ways that we have not seen in many decades—if ever. In response, the “New Transatlantic Bridge Initiative” by the Brookings Anti-Corruption, Democracy, and Security (ACDS) project analyzes those stresses and engages a wide set of stakeholders on both sides of the Atlantic to identify how those stresses can be addressed. The Brookings ACDS team conducts cutting-edge scholarship, facilitates key convenings, and undertakes engagement with experts to contribute to transatlantic renewal. We will do so with the quality, independence, and impact that are the hallmarks of Brookings’ work.
