Director of the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship and the Future of Diplomacy Project, Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook speaks to WDR 5 on micro-multilateralism and the impact of urban diplomacy global diplomacy, particularly on climate change.

Director of the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook speaks to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung at the Munich Security Conference about the future of transatlantic relations and whether there needs to be a transatlantic security community.

Experts from the Belfer Center’s Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship and Future of Diplomacy Project shared their thoughts on the significance of the UK’s departure from the European Union.

The digital revolution arrived late at the heart of ministries of foreign affairs across the Western world. Ministries latched on to social media around the time of Tahrir Square and Iran’s 2009 Green Revolution, beguiled by a vision of the technology engendering a networked evolution toward more liberal societies.

In an event co-hosted by the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship’s (PETR) and the Asia Center, Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, Executive Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project and the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, moderated a panel discussion on China’s technological rise and its impact on the US-EU relationship. The panel featured Joel Brenner, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International Studies; Danil Kerimi, Head of Technology Industries Sector, Digital Economy and Global Technology Policy, the World Economic Forum; Meicen Sun, PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Sciences at MIT; and Daniel Weitzner, Founding Director of the Internet Policy Research Initiative. 

This TED-Talk is part of a series of six talks looking into "Varieties of Atlanticism" at the Aspen Berlin Transatlantic Forum 2019. In this TED-Talk, Cathryn Clüver-Ashbrook discusses "How City and State Diplomacy are Changing the Alliance - A Neo-Hanseatic Perspective". 

Staaten stehen als Schlüsselakteure des internationalen Systems im Zentrum der Charta der Vereinten Nationen. Die Kooperation von drei Staaten in einem gemeinsamen Interessenfeld wird dabei als multilaterales Handeln definiert. Zunehmend sind Staaten heute jedoch durch interne politische Spaltungen und die Rivalitäten zwischen Großmächten blockiert und handlungsunfähig. Folglich versagen sie bei der gemeinsamen Lösung von Problemen. Dieses Vakuum besetzen mittlerweile verstärkt Akteure unterhalb der nationalstaatlichen Ebene. Sie erfüllen nun die in der UN Charta definierten Kernfunktionen und definieren dabei effiziente Zusammenarbeit auf transnationaler Ebene neu, in einem Rahmen, den wir Mikro-Multilateralismus nennen möchten.

Cathryn Clüver-Ashbrook speaks to NDR2 radio on the impact of U.S. Scretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit on the health of the German-American relationship and shares reflections on 30 years after the fall of the Berlin wall.

The policies and conduct of the Trump administration are changing the way much of the world sees the United States. Host Marco Werman discusses the issues with Arturo Sarukhán, a former Mexican ambassador to the US, and Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, executive director of The Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. 

The Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship (PETR) and the Asia Center will be hosting a new event series over the course of the Fall and Spring semesters of the 2019-2020 academic year, focusing on China's rise and its implications on the transatlantic relationship.