Globetrotters: Europe and the Resurgence of the Transatlantic Alliance

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Charles Stevenson, a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) specializing in American foreign policy and national security, and Heather A. Conley, director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, will give a talk entitled "Globetrotters: Security Around the World" as the first installment of the International Studies Leadership Council's Spring Speaker Series. Stevenson and Conley will discuss what a U.S. foreign policy in Europe under President Joe Biden will look like and the various challenges and opportunities the new administration will face in rebuilding trans-Atlantic diplomacy.

Dr. Charles Stevenson is currently a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) specializing in American foreign policy and national security. Previously, he was a professor at the National War College and also worked on the secretary of state's policy planning staff. He has also served as a Senate staffer on defense and foreign policy for 22 years. He was also a member of the Project on National Security Reform and headed its working group on Congress. His latest book is America's Foreign Policy Toolkit: Key Institutions and Processes.

Heather A. Conley is director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS). Previously, Conley was deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs and held responsibilities for U.S. bilateral relations with the countries of Northern and Central Europe. Earlier, she was a senior associate with an international consulting firm led by former U.S. deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage. Conley began her career in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. She was also selected to serve as special assistant to the coordinator of U.S. assistance to the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union and has received two State Department Meritorious Honor Awards.