NATO at a Crossroads: Today’s Challenges and Tomorrow’s Opportunities
April 2, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT
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Join a targeted discussion on the evolving NATO-U.S. security relationship.
As a delegation of BENS members prepare for their visit to Europe, we’re hosting a compelling discussion on the shifting international landscape and transatlantic alliances with Lieutenant General David J. Julazadeh, USAF (ret.), former Deputy Chief of Staff for Capability Development at NATO’s Allied Command Transformation Headquarters, and Dr. Erwan Lagadec, Associate Research Professor at George Washington University’s Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies. This event will inform and further shape key topics for our upcoming delegation trip.
Lt Gen Julazadeh and Dr. Lagadec will lead this timely conversation on how NATO and the U.S. must adapt to emerging threats and opportunities — between evolving U.S.-Europe relations, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and China’s increasing influence in Europe, particularly through strategic investments in ports in Greece.
This hybrid event welcomes participants to join the conversation virtually or in person at the BENS office in Washington, D.C. Following the discussion, we will provide a light lunch for in-person attendees.
More About the Speakers:
Lt Gen David J. Julazadeh, USAF (ret.), is the former Deputy Chief of Staff for Capability Development at NATO’s Allied Command Transformation Headquarters. He also serves as a nonresident senior fellow with the Transatlantic Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.
Dr. Erwan Lagadec is a professor at the George Washington University’s Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES), where he leads Elliott School programs on EU and NATO affairs. He is the Director of IERES’s European Union “Jean-Monnet” Center of Excellence and leads a Memorandum of Understanding between the Elliott School and NATO’s Allied Command Transformation.
Cost: $30
Organizer:
LBallman@bens.org
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