Raymond Aron Lectures

Since its launch in 2004, the annual series has become a well-established and prominent forum for leading French scholars and statesmen and their American counterparts to speak on critical issues affecting the transatlantic relationship.

Upcoming Event

June 05

2026

Society & Culture Russia and Ukraine: Societies transformed by war

The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.

Friday, 10:00 am - 11:30 am EDT

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, France's President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speak with U.S. President Donald Trump via phone during the European Political Community Summit in Tirana, Albania May 16, 2025.

Security Alliances & Partnerships America, Europe, and the shifting international order

Mara Karlin

June 23, 2025

U.S. Vice President JD Vance participates in a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (not pictured) at the Commerzbank in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2025.

Security Alliances & Partnerships The Republican foreign policy debate, President Trump, and the transatlantic alliance

Peter Rough

June 23, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 13, 2025.

Security Alliances & Partnerships The end of the “imperial republic” and the future of the transatlantic alliance

Camille Grand

June 23, 2025

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