CANCELED! Europe’s Evolving Role in US Grand Strategy
<p>The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies presents</p>
<p><strong>Europe’s Evolving Role in US Grand Strategy: Indispensable or Insufferable? </strong></p>
<p><strong>Dr. Linde Desmaele</strong>, Visiting Scholar, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies</p>
<p>Moderated by <strong>Jack Synder</strong>, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Relations, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies</p>
<p>Tuesday, September 13, 2022</p>
<p>12:15pm-2:00pm</p>
<p>1302 International Affairs</p>
<p>If global politics are increasingly defined by what happens in Asia, then what precisely is the purpose of the transatlantic relationship from Washington’s point of view? This book project considers geopolitical pressures in conjunction with leaders’ strategic ideas to respond to this question and provides an account of the evolution of the role of Europe in the context of US grand strategy. Observers generally agree on the vague notion that Europe has been deprioritized in Washington’s external affairs. Against this background, this book project makes the case that such de-prioritization of Europe in the context of US grand strategy also entails a reconceptualization of the transatlantic relationship, namely as a region featuring long-standing relationships that can at times be leveraged in pursuit of non-European goals. Accordingly, it considers the crucial, yet relatively understudied issue of whether Europe has become indispensable or rather insufferable for the United States in an emerging post-Western world. </p>