Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project's Fisher Family Fellow,  Ambassador Peter Wittig, for a virtual study group that will explore how and to what extent the first 100 days of the Biden presidency has reset the transatlantic partnership. 

In Europe, the Biden victory was mostly greeted with tremendous relief. Notable exceptions were the governments of Poland, Hungary and Slovenia as well as right-wing populist parties in many European parliaments. Biden is widely viewed as an old-school transatlanticist, a strong backer of NATO, and a supporter of the EU as a strategic partner for the US. His critical view on Brexit is also widely known.

How much restoration of the old Western order is possible and desirable? What will be the main areas of collaboration and tension in the European-U.S. relationship in the foreseeable future?

Ambassador Peter Wittig is a five-time Ambassador. He served in Spain, at the UN, in Lebanon and Cyprus before working in the cabinet of two Foreign Secretaries at headquarters. Most recently he was the German Ambassador at the United Nations in New York (2009 - 2014) representing his country in the Security Council, in Washington (2014 - 2018) and in the United Kingdom (2018 - 2020).

Please register here. A light reading list will be provided and students are expected to come on time and prepared. 

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a conversation with Fisher Family Fellow, Peter Wittig, former Ambassador of Germany to the U.S., UK, and UN, moderated by Professor Nicholas Burns about America’s foreign and domestic political challenges from the perspective of one of its closest allies, Germany. Ambassador Wittig will also address the expected reset in transatlantic relations under President Biden.

PLEASE NOTE: This seminar will be conducted via Zoom. Please register in advance for this meeting:

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Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project's Fisher Family Fellow,  Ambassador Peter Wittig, for a virtual study group that will explore the key question of how much restoration of the old Western order is possible and desirable under a Biden presidency and how much re-invention is necessary to re-energize the transatlantic partnership.

Ambassador Peter Wittig is a five-time Ambassador. He served in Spain, at the UN, in Lebanon and Cyprus before working in the cabinet of two Foreign Secretaries at headquarters. Most recently he was the German Ambassador at the United Nations in New York (2009 - 2014) representing his country in the Security Council, in Washington (2014 - 2018) and in the United Kingdom (2018 - 2020).

Please register here. A light reading list will be provided and students are expected to come on time and prepared. 

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a discussion with three of our Fisher Family Fellows: Julie Bishop, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia; Federica Mogherini, former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission; and Peter Wittig, former Ambassador of Germany to the U.S., the UK, and the UN. They will discuss their reactions to the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election as seen from their respective vantage points. This seminar will be moderated by Faculty Chair, Nicholas Burns.

PLEASE NOTE: This seminar will be conducted via Zoom. Please register in advance for this meeting:

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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.