April 17, 2020
Live: How the Democrats Would Reshape Relations With Europe with Julie Smith and Tom Wright
How could a new Democratic President revitalize the transatlantic relationship? Julie Smith and Tom Wright join Andrea Kendall Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the potential challenges from COVID-19, China, and past U.S. leadership the next President may face. Smith is a Senior Advisor to the President and Director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Wright is the Director of the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution and the author of All Measures Short of War: The Contest for the 21st Century and the Future of American Power.
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