In-person event
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has given a new impetus to the transatlantic alliance, which had been struggling to find a purpose in the post-Cold War era. Amid sharp calls to preserve Western unity in the face of major challenges and threats, the concept of EU strategic autonomy remains contested and controversial.
The West’s collective approach towards the war in Ukraine has not won as many plaudits in the ‘Global South’ as expected. Trade-offs have become apparent between the imperatives of consolidating transatlantic cooperation and reshaping the European continent, on the one hand, and increasing the EU’s influence in a diverse and diffuse global order on the other.
This panel discussion, which wraps up CEPS’ 18-month-long Euro-Atlantic Triangle project in cooperation with FES Brussels, will debate what the EU can uniquely bring to a contested continent and to an international order in transition. From a grand strategic perspective, should the EU plan to be more of a regional actor or more of a global one?
To learn more about the CEPS Foreign Policy unit’s Euro-Atlantic Triangle project, click here.
