- December 10, 2025
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- December 10, 2025
The transatlantic partnership is of central importance to Europe’s security. Only with the US can NATO be a credible deterrent. In times of Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine, Europe cannot ensure this deterrent capability on its own, despite significantly increasing investment in its own security. But what if the US turns away from Europe? The discussion about a greater presence in the Indo-Pacific continues in the US. The US has once again become Germany’s number one trading partner. Now, the US administration is erecting new barriers to imports from the EU with higher tariffs. What consequences will protectionism from the US and Europe have in the interconnected international markets? What are Europe’s options vis-à-vis the US? How can the economy as a whole become more resilient to disruptive political interventions? The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and the Aspen Institute Germany have invited high-ranking experts from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss these issues.
Agenda
Final Event
| 18:00 |
Welcome Remarks Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Paqué, Chair of the Board, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Keynote Christian Dürr, Federal Chair, Free Democratic Party (FDP) |
| 18:30 |
Panel Discussion Dr. Claudia Major, Senior Vice President, Transatlantic Security, German Marshall Fund; Rachel Rizzo, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Europe Center, Atlantic Council; Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation; Dr. Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann MdEP, Chair, Committee on Security and Defence |
| 19:15 |
Panel Discussion Prof. Dr. Hubertus Bardt, Managing Director, German Economic Institute (IW), Cologne; Ken Levinson, CEO, Washington International Trade Association (WITA); Michael Georg Link, Deputy Chair, Board of Trustees, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom; Melanie Vogelbach, Head of International Economic Policy and Foreign Trade Law, Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) |
| 20:00 |
Closing Remarks Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Paqué, Vorsitzende des Vorstands, Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung |
| 20:15 |
Networking Reception
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