Brussels Sprouts
Summary: Small bites on Transatlantic Security, NATO, the EU, Russia, and all things Europe. Hosted by Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend at the Center for a New American Security.
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Podcasts:
Josef Janning, Senior Policy Fellow and Head of ECFR Berlin, joins Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the future of the transatlantic relationship, U.S.-German relations, and the European Union.
Deputy Prime Minister Radmila Šekerinska, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia, joins Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Rachel Rizzo to discuss the Prespa Agreement and North Macedonia’s future role in NATO and the EU.
Benjamin Haddad, Director of the Future Europe Initiative at the Atlantic Council, joins Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Rachel Rizzo to discuss France’s Yellow Vest movement.
Andrew Weiss, James Family Chair and Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joins Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss Russian domestic politics, Putin’s future aims, the Russia-China relationship, and the INF Treaty.
Molly Montgomery, a Vice President in Albright Stonebridge Group’s Europe Practice, joins Dr.Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the Balkans and the future of the Sino-Russian relationship.
Dr. John Manza, NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Operations, joins Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the future of NATO readiness, NATO’s training mission in Iraq, and some of the challenges facing NATO today.
Former Ambassador Ian Bond sits down with Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss his perspective on Brexit and what the future holds for the transatlantic relationship.
Dr. Amanda Sloat, the Robert Bosch Senior Fellow at Brookings and DC’s Brexit expert, joins Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Rachel Rizzo to discuss Brexit: how it happened, why it’s still not resolved, and what comes next.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Sweden Azita Raji joins Jim Townsend and Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor to discuss Nordic security, European military capabilities, and Trident Juncture.
Dr. Alina Polyakova, the David M. Rubenstein Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center on the United States and Europe, joins Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend for a special edition of Brussels Sprouts to discuss aggressive Russian behavior in the Sea of Azov and how it fits in with Russia’s broader international strategy.
Luke Coffey, Director of the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation, sits down with Jim Townsend to talk about the future of UK defense, Brexit, and the US-UK special relationship.
LtGen Jan Broeks, DG of the NATO International Military Staff, and LtGen Esa Pulkkinen, DG of the EU Military Staff, sat down with Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the state of EU/NATO military cooperation before an event at the CNAS offices on October 31.
Elisabeth Braw, an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), sits down with Jim Townsend and Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor to discuss what modern deterrence is, why it’s necessary, and how institutions can do their part.
Ulrike Franke, a Policy Fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations, speaks with Jim Townsend and Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor about the rapidly shifting nature of German politics in a special mid-week episode of Brussels Sprouts.
Anna Wieslander, the Director of Northern Europe with the Future Europe Initiative at the Atlantic Council, speaks to Jim Townsend about this year's elections in Sweden, as well as the distinctly Nordic view of European defense.
