Out of Order

“America is Back” and a Marathon Week of Diplomacy

Episode Summary

In this week’s “Transatlantic Takes” edition of Out of Order, GMF’s Rachel Tausendfreund is back with a roundtable of GMF experts in four different countries to discuss last week’s diplomacy marathon in which President Biden reaffirmed America’s return to the world stage. In addition to the virtual Munich Security Conference, where Biden was joined by Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel, Boris Johnson, John Kerry, Bill Gates, and other global leaders; last week saw a virtual G7 meeting hosted by the UK, a NATO ministerial, and a call between the Quad foreign ministers (U.S., India, Australia, and Japan). To unpack how it all went and what it all means are GMF’s Warsaw director Michal Baranowski, Garima Mohan, a fellow with GMF’s Asia Program and an expert on India; and Steven Keil, a fellow in GMF’s Washington office focusing on transatlantic security.

Episode Notes

Paper: "Flexible Security Arrangements and the Future of NATO Partnerships" (Steven Keil and Sophie Arts, GMFUS.org) 

Op-Ed: "New Possibilities Open for the U.S.-Poland Relationship" (Michal Baranowski, RealClearWorld)

Policy Brief Series: "Agenda 2021: A Blueprint for U.S.-Europe-India Cooperation" (Garima Mohan, GMFUS.org)