President Joe Biden has been busy with his overarching foreign policy aim of mending ties with America’s closest allies. Progress has been made during a series of summit meetings in Europe, but what are the underlying challenges ahead? We recorded two important conversations before the summits: Constanze Stelzenmüller speaks to Greg about the transatlantic alliance’s fundamental issues, followed by a discussion with Erik Brattberg and Jonathan about a democracy agenda and other priorities.
The Cable is a production of ICWA and the Transatlantic Democracy Working Group.
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Guests
ERIK BRATTBERG
Director, Europe Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
CONSTANZE STELZENMÜLLER
Senior Fellow – Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution
Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and Transatlantic Relations, Brookings
Hosts
Executive Director, Institute of Current World Affairs
Journalist, author of Russians: The People Behind the Power
Senior Fellow and Director of Democracy Initiatives, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Former Deputy Assistant Administrator, Europe and Eurasia Bureau, US Agency for International Development
The Cable is produced by Rebecca Picard
Top photo credit: US Dept. of State, Wikimedia Commons
