Recent Conference - Disunity in Diversity? Europe and Grand Strategy in a Time of Global Upheaval

Disunity in diversity? Europe and Grand Strategy in a Time of Global Upheaval

May 29 to 31, 2024

Hertie School, Berlin, Germany

This three-day conference sponsored by the DAAD and jointly organized by the Henry A. Kissinger Center at Johns Hopkins University SAIS and the Hertie Centre for International Security aims to shed light on these fundamental questions: Why has the EU failed so far to develop a joint strategic vision including the means to implement it? Why is it incapable of protecting Ukraine on its own? Has the EU missed important junctures in its political trajectory that could have led to a joint conception of world order? Or rather did geostrategic, ideological, or domestic obstacles stand in the way of ever reaching this goal? Furthermore, will the EU fail or succeed in the process of resolving these questions? Can the absence of a joint geopolitical vision of the EU tear its economic achievements apart? What will the EU look like in 10-15 years?

The final panel took place on May 31 at 10:30 AM local time and was open to the public. You can find more details here.