{"606986":{"#nid":"606986","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u2018A Changing Europe in an Uncertain World\u2019: CETS Conference Report","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Center for European and Transatlantic Studies recently released its new conference report \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cets.gatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/298\/2018\/06\/Brown-Young-2018-A-Changing-Europe-in-an-Uncertain-World.pdf\u0022\u003EA Changing Europe in an Uncertain World\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ndash; compiled by Scott Brown and Alasdair Young, with a foreword from Ret.\u0026nbsp;General\u0026nbsp;Phillip Breedlove, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and current Distinguished Professor within the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and CETS Senior Fellow.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESummary\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn April 13 \u0026ndash; 14, 2018, the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u0026rsquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cets.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for European and Transatlantic Studies\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the Atlanta Council on International Relations\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cets.gatech.edu\/news-2\/a-changing-europe-in-an-uncertain-world-conference\/\u0022\u003Eorganized an international conference\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to take stock of the European Union\u0026rsquo;s place in the world given the United Kingdom\u0026rsquo;s impending departure, the untraditional foreign policy of the Trump Administration,\u0026nbsp;and the new\/renewed assertiveness of China and Russia. The conference was\u0026nbsp;supported by the European Union\u0026rsquo;s Erasmus+ Program (Jean Monnet Center of Excellence Award 2017-2401),\u0026nbsp;the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs,\u0026nbsp;Alasdair Young\u0026rsquo;s Ivan Allen College Distinguished Researcher Award,\u0026nbsp;and the Atlanta Council on International Relations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe conference took place during a time of\u0026nbsp;uncertainty and disruption for the European Union.\u0026nbsp;President Donald Trump\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;administration had just announced that based on national security grounds the EU would be temporarily excluded from the aluminum and steel tariffs it imposed.\u0026nbsp;The U.S., France, and the United Kingdom\u0026nbsp;had struck Syria in response to the chemical weapons attack on Douma.\u0026nbsp;Also, President\u0026nbsp;Trump\u0026rsquo;s administration contemplated withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal (formally the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe conference participants reached six broad conclusions:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBrexit will not dramatically affect the EU\u0026rsquo;s role in the world.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDemocratic backsliding in member states threatens the EU\u0026rsquo;s soft power.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe transatlantic relationship is deep enough and sufficiently routinized to\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eweather\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;the Trump Administration and Brexit, but it will be a rough passage.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERussia is both spurring cooperation among the EU\u0026rsquo;s member states and fostering divisions within them.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EChina\u0026rsquo;s rise increasingly poses challenges and threats to the EU, but member states continue to focus\u0026nbsp;on the economic opportunities in the relationship.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe liberal international order is under threat from several directions, which poses a particularly significant challenge to the EU.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDownload the report:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cets.gatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/298\/2018\/06\/Brown-Young-2018-A-Changing-Europe-in-an-Uncertain-World.pdf\u0022\u003EA Changing Europe in an Uncertain World\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDownload other CETS working papers\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cets.gatech.edu\/working-papers\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Center for European and Transatlantic Studies presents its new conference report \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EA Changing Europe in an Uncertain World\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ndash; 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