NATO and transatlantic relations

NATO experienced a considerable crisis during the Trump presidency with significant consequences for transatlantic relations. The Trump term intensified existing cleavages within the alliance over burden-sharing and defense spending, but also introduced new dilemmas over the focus of the alliance. Should NATO still primarily focus on Russia, or should the alliance also play a role in managing the rise of China?
We are now about 11 months into the new Biden administration. What has the change in administrations meant for these challenges for NATO? How have the European NATO members responded? And how can the new strategic concept currently being developed be expected to guide the course of the Alliance towards 2030?
Join us online for a panel discussion on these issues.
SPEAKERS
Lars Cramer-Larsen, Lieutenant Colonel & Associated Senior Analyst at DIIS
Maria Mälksoo, Senior Researcher, CMS, University of Copenhagen
Leonard Schütte, Visiting Researcher, University of Oxford and PhD Candidate, University of Maastricht
Mikkel Runge Olesen, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard, Senior Researcher, DIIS
PROGRAMME
Welcome and introduction, Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard
Trans-Atlantic relations during times of persistent strategic competition, pervasive instability and strategic chocks, Lars Cramer-Larsen
Back to Normality or Back to Reality, Maria Mälksoo
Why NATO survived Trump and the lessons for the alliance’s future, Leonard Schütte
How to be a good NATO ally anno 2021: Finding a new niche for Denmark, Mikkel Runge Olesen
Q&A - moderated by Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard
Photo: NATO