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EU-US Future Forum Virtual The Atlantic Council and the EU Delegation to the US convene leaders and stakeholders in dialogue to develop a new transatlantic agenda and momentum for EU-US cooperation. On May 5-7, 2021, the Atlantic Council, in partnership with the Delegation of the European Union to the United States, welcomes you to the EU-US Future Forum (EUFF), a unique convening of leaders and stakeholders in dialogue to develop a new transatlantic agenda and momentum for EU-US cooperation. ...

If former U.S. president Donald Trump was a wake-up call for Europeans that they need to take more responsibility for security and defense, Europe lost too much time in the past four years discussing abstract notions of strategic autonomy while making only piecemeal progress toward becoming a more capable security actor. 1 With the new administration of U.S. President Joe Biden recommitting the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the challenge facing Europe could be...

endIndex: COVID-19, Brexit and the international political carnage of this year have hammered the continent and exacerbated tensions that have blighted the European Union for years. (FILE PHOTO) (CNN) — Youd struggle to find anyone in Europe who will be unhappy to see the back of 2020. COVID-19, Brexit and the international political carnage of this year have hammered the continent and exacerbated tensions that have blighted the European Union for years. But those problems are not going any...

2020 was a terrible year for Europe. 2021 is unlikely to be any better CNN 1/1/2021 Analysis by Luke McGee, CNN © Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Bloomberg/Getty Images The European Union has struggled with issues such as coronavirus and Brexit in 2020 Youd struggle to find anyone in Europe who will be unhappy to see the back of 2020. Covid-19, Brexit and the international political carnage of this year have hammered the continent and exacerbated tensions that have blighted the E...

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Source: Getty Summary:  To get the transatlantic relationship back and on track and to ensure that it will remain relevant in the future, the United States and the European Union should prioritize putting forward concrete ideas and taking actionable steps on climate and energy, democracy and human rights, and digital technology issues. Related Media and Tools If you enjoyed reading this, subscribe for more! Thank you! Summary While the election of Jo...

By   Paul McLeary on December 17, 2020 at 12:48 PM A Canadian Coast Guard vessel rendezvous with US Coast Guard icebreaker Healy (foreground) in the Arctic. WASHINGTON: The defense policy bill sitting on President Trump’s desk would fund new icebreakers the Coast Guard desperately needs, and give Arctic strategy a bigger seat at the decision-making table at the Pentagon. The 2021 NDAA, passed by the House and Senate with veto-proof majorities last week, authorizes money for six icebreakers...

December 10, 2020 Noah BarkinManaging Editor at Rhodium Group It depends which Europe we are talking about. It was positive to see the European Commission publish a blueprint for transatlantic cooperation which touched on many issues related to China. But would that document receive an unqualified endorsement from Berlin and Paris, let alone from Budapest and Athens? That’s not entirely clear. What we do have in European capitals is a readiness to sit down at the table with the incoming admin...