Brussels Sprouts

Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. and Alan Salazar join Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss how their communities in Arkansas and Colorado engage with foreign policy issues. Scott is the mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas. Salazar is the chief of staff to Michael Hancock, the mayor of Denver, Colorado.

Wess Mitchell joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend on a special, live episode of Brussels Sprouts to discuss the “NATO 2030” report’s findings on the future of the NATO Alliance. Mitchellc o-chaired the group of experts behind the NATO 2030 report unveiled last month. He is a co-founder of the Center for European Policy Analysis and former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.

Olya Oliker and Paul Stronski join Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend on the latest episode of Brussels Sprouts to discuss recent events across the former Soviet space and what they mean for Russia. Oliker is director of the Europe and Central Asia Program at the International Crisis Group. Stronski is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program and a former director for Russia and Central Asia on the National Security Council.

Rose Gottemoeller and David J. Kramer join Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss priorities and approaches to the new administration’s diplomacy with Moscow. Gottemoeller is a former Deputy Secretary General of NATO, former U.S. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, and a chief negotiator of the New START treaty. Kramer is a senior fellow at Florida International University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and formerly served as president of Freedom House and in several senior roles in the State Department.

Steven Erlanger joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss how Europe is reacting to the incoming Biden administration. Erlanger is the chief diplomatic correspondent in Europe for The New York Times. A two-time Pulitzer Prize recipient, he has previously served as the Times’ bureau chief in seven countries, including London, Paris, Moscow, and Berlin.

On a special episode of Brussels Sprouts, four high school honors students from Indianapolis join Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the future of U.S. national security and international relations. Uredo Agada, Zoe Edwards, Sarah Konrad, and Logan Tullai are high school honors students in Indiana, all studying international relations and U.S. foreign policy.

Melanie Hart and Janka Oertel join Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss how the next administration can work with Europe to counter China. Hart is a senior fellow and director of China policy at the Center for American Progress. Oertel is the director of the Asia program at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Noah Barkin and Peter Chase join Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss prospects for greater U.S.-Europe cooperation on China under the next administration. This is the first episode in a two-part series highlighting the conclusions of the Transatlantic Security Program’s new report, “Charting a Transatlantic Course to Address China.” Barkin is a senior visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, managing editor in the China practice at the Rhodium Group, and former bureau chief for Reuters. Chase is a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund, where his focus is transatlantic economic relations, particularly trade, investment, digital and energy policies. He previously served as a U.S. diplomat on European economic affairs.

Soner Cagaptay joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the future of Turkish politics and democracy, Turkey’s role in the NATO alliance, and why the U.S. should care about relations with Ankara. Cagaptay is a senior fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He has written extensively on Turkish politics and U.S.-Turkish relations and is the author of "Erdogan’s Empire: Turkey and the Politics of the Middle East."

Jana Puglierin joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss how Europeans are thinking about the United States and a future transatlantic relationship. Puglierin is a senior fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, where she is also head of the Berlin office and director of the “Rethink: Europe” initiative. She has also advised the German Bundestag as an expert on arms control and non-proliferation.

Judy Dempsey and Jonathan Katz join Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the ongoing protests in Belarus and the country’s prospects for a democratic political transition. Dempsey is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, the editor-in-chief of the Strategic Europe blog, and a veteran journalist on European issues. Katz is a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and previously served as deputy assistant administrator of USAID for Europe and Eurasia.

Nina Jankowicz joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, and Carisa Nietsche to discuss the continuing use of information warfare by malign actors, particularly Russia and China, and how democracies can counter it. Jankowicz is a research fellow at the Wilson Center and the author of the new book “How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict.”

In the first episode of our new season, Amb. Nicholas Burns joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss U.S.-Europe relations under the Trump administration and how the election could change their course. Burns is the former U.S. ambassador to NATO and Greece, a former career Foreign Service Officer, and a professor of diplomacy and international relations at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Amb. Emily Haber joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss U.S.-German relations and the EU’s response to the pandemic and economic crisis. Haber is the German ambassador to the United States and a longtime German senior diplomat with several previous roles in Moscow and Berlin.

Catherine Belton joins Andrea-Kendall Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss her new book, “Putin’s People,” and what she has learned from her reporting into Vladimir Putin’s rise to power. Belton is an investigative journalist for Reuters and a former Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times.