Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center Newsletter
-Bridging the Atlantic to Reinvigorate an Indispensable Relationship
The new Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship aims to connect Europe and North America.
At a time of questions about Europe’s unity, security, and prosperity—and about the commitment of the United States to its relationship with NATO and the European Union—the Belfer Center has launched a new Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship to reinvigorate a continental bond that has anchored global order, provided peace and stability, and fueled economic expansion for seven decades.
Led by Nicholas Burns, Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, and Karl Kaiser, the Project will provide policy-relevant insights for today and training to prepare transatlantic leaders for tomorrow.
“We are initiating this Project to expand the Kennedy School’s teaching and research on Europe and the Transatlantic relationship,” said Nicholas Burns, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and to Greece, and the Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at Harvard Kennedy School. “Europe is vital to the U.S. as our leading trade partner, leading investor into the American economy, and leading number of American treaty allies globally in NATO, our premier military alliance.”
The Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship launched with a series of events on April 24, culminating in a JFK Jr. Forum featuring the Ambassador of the European Union to the United States, David O’Sullivan; the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States, Peter Wittig; the Ambassador of Spain to the United States, Pedro Morenés; and Julianne Smith, Senior Fellow and Director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security.
The Project will focus its teaching and research on four core areas: Strengthening Western Democracies; Diplomacy; Security Policy; and Economics and Trade. Its programming will empower students to serve in critical fields that strengthen the transatlantic relationship, including not only diplomacy, security, and development efforts, but also labor relations, trade, energy, cyber, and technology policy.
“The transatlantic relationship has been a bedrock of global security since World War II,” said Belfer Center Director Ash Carter. “We are committed to strengthening this relationship as part of our mission to build a more secure, peaceful world.”
The Project has outlined an ambitious agenda over the coming year, including:
- Raising funds to establish a permanent faculty position dedicated to European studies.
- Creating a new study on the future of NATO led by Nicholas Burns and Doug Lute, both former U.S. Ambassadors to NATO.
- Bringing world-renowned academics and practitioners to campus as fellows.
- Hosting the annual Pierre Keller Visiting Professorship on Europe.
- Convening an annual Transatlantic Conference in Spain beginning this July with the Spanish IE School of International Relations and support from the Rafael del Pino Foundation.
Organizing an international conference series on the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Versailles in collaboration with the American University in Paris.
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For Academic Citation:
Burek, Josh. "Bridging the Atlantic to Reinvigorate an Indispensable Relationship." Belfer Center Newsletter. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School (Spring 2018).
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At a time of questions about Europe’s unity, security, and prosperity—and about the commitment of the United States to its relationship with NATO and the European Union—the Belfer Center has launched a new Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship to reinvigorate a continental bond that has anchored global order, provided peace and stability, and fueled economic expansion for seven decades.
Led by Nicholas Burns, Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, and Karl Kaiser, the Project will provide policy-relevant insights for today and training to prepare transatlantic leaders for tomorrow.
“We are initiating this Project to expand the Kennedy School’s teaching and research on Europe and the Transatlantic relationship,” said Nicholas Burns, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and to Greece, and the Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at Harvard Kennedy School. “Europe is vital to the U.S. as our leading trade partner, leading investor into the American economy, and leading number of American treaty allies globally in NATO, our premier military alliance.”
The Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship launched with a series of events on April 24, culminating in a JFK Jr. Forum featuring the Ambassador of the European Union to the United States, David O’Sullivan; the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States, Peter Wittig; the Ambassador of Spain to the United States, Pedro Morenés; and Julianne Smith, Senior Fellow and Director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security.
The Project will focus its teaching and research on four core areas: Strengthening Western Democracies; Diplomacy; Security Policy; and Economics and Trade. Its programming will empower students to serve in critical fields that strengthen the transatlantic relationship, including not only diplomacy, security, and development efforts, but also labor relations, trade, energy, cyber, and technology policy.
“The transatlantic relationship has been a bedrock of global security since World War II,” said Belfer Center Director Ash Carter. “We are committed to strengthening this relationship as part of our mission to build a more secure, peaceful world.”
The Project has outlined an ambitious agenda over the coming year, including:
- Raising funds to establish a permanent faculty position dedicated to European studies.
- Creating a new study on the future of NATO led by Nicholas Burns and Doug Lute, both former U.S. Ambassadors to NATO.
- Bringing world-renowned academics and practitioners to campus as fellows.
- Hosting the annual Pierre Keller Visiting Professorship on Europe.
- Convening an annual Transatlantic Conference in Spain beginning this July with the Spanish IE School of International Relations and support from the Rafael del Pino Foundation.
Organizing an international conference series on the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Versailles in collaboration with the American University in Paris.
Burek, Josh. "Bridging the Atlantic to Reinvigorate an Indispensable Relationship." Belfer Center Newsletter. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School (Spring 2018).
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