Transatlantic Academy Executive Director Stephen Szabo interviews Klaus Scharioth, nonresident fellow at the Academy, former German Ambassador to the United States, professor at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, and dean of the Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs. Scharioth argues that Europe faces eight simultaneous crises: the refugee crisis; Russian aggression against Ukraine; terrorism; the danger of European disintegration with the British referendum; the rise of populism; the state debt crisis; turmoil in the Middle East; and the Schengen system of free movement within Europe being put into question. “Europe has always and only moved forward when challenged,” Scharioth notes, and because the EU’s many different countries have different cultural histories, “It always takes a lot of time to solve problems.” Scharioth sees potential solutions on the horizon with European coordination on the challenges but serious risks to Europe as well. 

The Multiple Crises of Europe Part I: A Conversation with Klaus Scharioth

In the second installment of the GMF series examining the various crises facing the EU and possible steps forward, Dr. Stephen Szabo, executive director of the Transatlantic Academy, talks with GMF Senior Fellow Sir Michael Leigh. Applying his understanding of EU bureaucracy as the former deputy director-general for enlargement with the European Commission, Leigh argues the EU can weather these crises, but is not yet on the right path to do so. When discussing the refugee crisis, he does “not believe the long-term solution to this problem lies in trying to bottle up refugees… in the front line states.” The problem must be addressed at the root cause, which is proving to be a real challenge to EU leadership. When coupled with the on-going Eurozone strain, particularly in Greece with the influx of refugees, and the impending possible exit of Britain from the EU, Leigh foresees the EU surviving, but taking a different form with a different division of power-sharing between the EU institutions and the member states. - See more at: http://www.gmfus.org/audio/multiple-crises-europe-part-ii-conversation-sir-michael-leigh#sthash.jMUxD35Y.dpuf

The Multiple Crises of Europe Part II: A Conversation with Sir Michael Leigh

Returning for a third installment of the GMF series on EU crises, Dr. Stephen Szabo, executive director of the Transatlantic Academy, and GMF Senior Fellow Sir Michael Leigh discuss the implications of the March terrorist attacks in Brussels as well as the recent Dutch referendum on Ukraine and the upcoming Brexit referendum vote.

The Multiple Crises of Europe Part III: Attacks and Referendums

Media briefing ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's trip to Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

Media Briefing with Karen Donfried, Derek Chollet, and Daniela Schwarzer

Radio Feature on GMF's Transatlantic Leadership Seminar in the Balkans

In much of the world, the liberal international order is under attack. The transatlantic democracies have been beset by populist forces and self-doubt. Yet advanced democracies in Asia seem to have avoided some of these challenges even though the future battle for the future of the liberal international order will likely take place in their region. Will countries in the Indo-Pacific region continue to support international cooperation, democracy, open economies, and individual determination? Or will rivalries, power dynamics, and politics in the region lead to a backsliding on the core principles that have shaped the global landscape for the last fifty years? How will the contest of ideas between democracies in the region and the increasingly aggressive authoritarianism of China play out? What is the role of transatlantic democracies in maintaining the strength of the liberal international order in this vital region?

In this two-part audio report, these questions and more are discussed in relation to the release of the "The Liberal Order in the Indo-Pacific" a recent publication from the German Marshall Fund, 

In part one, join Joshua Walker, GMF's Non-Resident Transatlantic Fellow, in a sit-down interview with Aaron Friedberg, Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and Dr. Tomohiko Taniguchi, Professor, Keio University Graduate School of System Design and Management as they explore the questions posed above. 

Part two of this report, moderated by Jamie Fly, Director of GMF's Asia and Future of Geopolitics Programs, features GMF's Janka Oertel, Transatlantic Fellow, Amy Studdart, Fellow, and Andrew Small, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, all contributing authors of The Liberal Order in the Indo-Pacific, a recent GMF publication, as they dive into the contents of the report, and contribute their unique insights on the Liberal Order in the Indo Pacific.

For a link to the report click here: http://www.gmfus.org/publications/liberal-order-indo-pacific