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Aug 28, 2019

Estonian Minister of Defense Jüri Luik stresses that neither Europe nor the U.S. "has the luxury to question the transatlantic bond". He adds that "Europe’s aim to be stronger and more vocal in global affairs is absolutely normal." But "for the EU to be strategically more autonomous, a credible capability to...


Aug 21, 2019

The EU Delegation was in Nashville, Tennessee in early August to engage with hundreds of legislators and staff from all 50 US states at the annual Legislators Summit. organized by the National Council of State Legislatures. EU Delegation Programs Officer Tim Rivera spoke with legislators from Hawaii, Wisconsin,...


Aug 15, 2019

Victoria Marum (former House Congressional Liaison Officer for the Navy; Vice President, Cornerstone Government Affairs) talks about transatlantic counterterrorism on the battlefield, with a particular focus on tracking foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria, with John Demers (Assistant Attorney General for...


Aug 9, 2019

Lara Seligman (Pentagon Correspondent, Foreign Policy magazine) discusses progress made in fostering EU-NATO cooperation in recent years and the way ahead with Major General William B. Hickman (Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, NATO Allied Command Transformation), Diego de Ojeda (European Commission...


Aug 2, 2019

Senior Media Advisor Kasper Zeuthen sat down with Marie-Anne Coninsx, the EU's Ambassador Large for the Arctic, during her recent visit to Washington, D.C. for a wide-ranging discussion about the EU's role in the region, Arctic transatlantic cooperation, rapidly melting ice, the threat of militarization, and what that...