NATO at 75: Rebalancing the Transatlantic Alliance
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Non-resident Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; Associate Professor, University of Maryland

Professor Emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles

Assistant Professor, University of Miami

Senior Fellow & Director of Military Analysis at Defense Priorities

Ford International Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Executive Director of The American Conservative

(R‑OH)
From July 9 through July 11, NATO will celebrate its 75th birthday at a summit in Washington, DC. US officials foreshadowed three themes of this summit: celebrating 75 years of the alliance’s existence, emphasizing progress on defense burden-sharing, and aiding Ukraine in its defense against Russia.
Despite modest increases in European defense spending, the United States still carries a disproportionate share of the continent’s defense burden. At a time when there is increased pressure on US resources from debt, deficits, and other regions overseas, the transatlantic alliance needs rebalancing.
On the first day of the Washington summit, join us for a half-day conference examining how the alliance arrived at its current condition, as well as proposals for burden-shifting and an updated view of US interests in Europe.
This event is held in cooperation with The American Conservative magazine.
Schedule
Welcoming Remarks
Justin Logan, Director of Defense and Foreign Policy Studies
Curt Mills, Executive Director of The American Conservative
Panel 1: How We Got Here

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Brian Blankenship, Assistant Professor, University of Miami
Linde Desmaele, Postdoctoral Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Sumantra Maitra, Director of Research and Outreach, American Ideas Institute
Joshua Shifrinson, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Cato Institute, and Associate Professor, University of Maryland
Moderated by Justin Logan, Director of Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Break
Panel 2: How to Rebalance the Transatlantic Relationship

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Jennifer Kavanagh, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Justin Logan, Director of Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science, MIT
Marc Trachtenberg, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles
Moderated by Joshua Shifrinson, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Cato Institute, and Associate Professor, University of Maryland
Keynote Address

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Rep. Warren Davidson (R – OH)
Reception
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