Transatlantic Crossroads: What To Expect from the NATO Summit

July 2018

Past Event

Transatlantic Crossroads: What To Expect from the NATO Summit

Past Event

Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters

July 12, 2018

NATO's new headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on March 20, 2018

July 2018

Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

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Speakers:

Arnaud Danjean

Member, European Parliament

Antonio López-Istúriz White

Member, European Parliament

Rebeccah Heinrichs

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Peter Doran

President & CEO, Centre for European Policy Analysis

Lulzim Basha

Leader of the Democratic Party of Albania

On July 11-12, amid increasingly contentious relations, members of NATO will gather in Brussels for what will likely be one of the tensest summits in the organization’s history. The Alliance faces a slew of challenges that will be at the forefront of next week’s discussions, including burden-sharing, terrorism and migration, countering an increasingly assertive Russia, and NATO’s eastern border.

On July 12, Hudson Institute hosted a public event to discuss the summit and the many challenges currently faced by the Alliance. The high-level panel will consist of European Parliament members; the leader of the Democratic Party of Albania, Lulzim Basha; and American experts, including Hudson Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs and the Centre for European Policy Analysis' Peter Doran. The conversation was moderated by Hudson Research Fellow Benjamin Haddad.

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