The Future of Transatlantic Relations and NATO

with Dr. Kori Schake, senior fellow and the director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.

The United States has a complex history with Europe beginning with the revolution from British rule. Within U.S. policy there has been an enduring struggle between those favoring engagement with Europe and those that have opposed entanglements in European affairs. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, many scholars believed that the NATO alliance would fade away without the threat of the USSR. However, NATO, in compliance with Article 5, deployed forces to Afghanistan and endured. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 further bolstered the importance of the alliance. However, the current U.S. administration has expressed deep concerns over U.S. commitments to NATO and other aspects of the transatlantic relationship like trade with the EU. Dr. Kori Schake, a senior fellow and the director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), will help us better understand the transatlantic relationship and its future.

Bio:

Kori Schake is a senior fellow and the director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Before joining AEI, Dr. Schake was the deputy director-general of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. She has had a distinguished career in government, working at the US State Department, the US Department of Defense, and the National Security Council at the White House.  She was also senior policy advisor on the 2008 McCain campaign. She has taught at Stanford, West Point, Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, and the University of Maryland.

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