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

GREGORY FEIFER

Executive Director, Institute of Current World Affairs

Journalist, author of Russians: The People Behind the Power

 

JONATHAN KATZ

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