In the penultimate week of BerlinsideOut’s first season, Ben and Aaron take a look at the transatlantic relationship’s current strategic deficit, what’s in store for the relationship during either a Trump or a Biden win in 2024, and the China challenge that will come increasingly into view over the next few years.
With four expert guests they discuss the common problems that Germany, the US and other democratic societies face at home and abroad, from popular discontent to a self-imposed strategic deficit that needs to be corrected. If it is not, Germany and the US’s currently complementary but inadequate approaches risk perpetuating mutually assured dysfunction at the heart of the Transatlantic alliance.
Guests:
- Kai Whittaker, MdB and Deputy Chair of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group (@Kai_Whittaker)
- Stefanie Bolzen, US Correspondent for Die Welt (@StefanieBolzen)
- Andrew Michta, Director, Scowcroft Strategy Initiative (@AndrewMichta)
- Jackson Janes, President Emeritus, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (@DrJJanes)
Resources:
- Germany Needs a Strategy – Grand and Democratic, Benjamin Tallis, Florence Schimmel, Roderick Parkes, Leonie Stamm, Jacob Ross, Jan Stoeckmann, Julian Stoeckle, Jannik Hartmann, Niklas Hintermayer, Aylin Matle & Nicolas Teterchen, DGAP Grand Strategy Group, IPQ
- The West Needs to Get Real About Security, Andrew Michta, Politico
- How Germany must prepare for a Trump victory, Sudha David-Wilp & Jackson Janes, Die Welt
- Joe Biden: Brillianter Stratege – und Sicherheitsrisiko(in German), Stefanie Bolzen, Die Welt
- Europe’s China policy will shape transatlantic relations, Andrew Michta, Politico
- What’s Gone Wrong With Germany, Oliver Moody, The Times
- NATO Societies Must be Ready for War, Ed Arnold, RUSI
- The Need for Strategic Patience in Ukraine, Kristina Berzine, Jackson Janes, GMF
- Olaf Unplugged, Mathew Karnitschnig, Politico Berlin Bulletin
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