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Navigating the U.S. Foreign Policy Crisis Amid Domestic Instability

Navigating the U.S. Foreign Policy Crisis Amid Domestic Instability by Karolin Rippich (Based on Larres, K. (2024) ‘Verunsichert, konfus, führungsschwach: Die USA, im Inneren gespalten, präsentieren sich auch außenpolitisch desolat - Der Untergang großer Reiche markiert die Fallhöhe für die Supermacht’, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 29 October)

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Reports & Publications

  • Europe & Strategic Autonomy

    YSC Conference Reports: #YSC2021

    The report of the Young Security Conference 2021 summarizes the discussions on European sovereignty, climate security, health security, cyber security, and the German-French relations that took place at the #YSC2021. High-profile speakers emphasized the importance of EU's strategic autonomy, the urgency of climate change, the need for health preparedness, and the challenges in German-French relations. The conference served as a crucial platform for exchanging ideas and perspectives on European security policy.

    This Conference Report is unfortunately only avaiable in German.

  • The Transatlantic Alliance

    YSC Fellowship Programme Reports: #YSC2021 - Workshop I

    On 8 November 2021 EuropaNova Germany had the pleasure of hosting its first annual workshop focusing on the Transatlantic Alliance. This workshop was part of a series of events aiming to bring together the Young Security Conference (YSC) Fellows. Fellows of the 2020 and 2021 editions of the YSC attended the workshop. The workshop succeeded in bringing together a balanced panel of five top experts in the area of Transatlantic Relations.

  • Franco-German Relations

    YSC Fellowship Programme Reports: #YSC2021 - Workshop II

    On 13 December 2021 EuropaNova Germany had the pleasure of hosting its second annual workshop focusing on Franco-German relations. This workshop was part of a series of events aiming to bring together the Young Security Conference (YSC) Fellows. Fellows of the 2020 and 2021 editions of the YSC attended the workshop. The workshop succeeded in bringing together a balanced panel of three top experts in the area of Franco-German relations.

  • The West in Fragmentations

    YSC Policy Paper Series: Contributions by the #YSC2020 Fellows

    This collection of essays, created by a new generation of foreign policy analysts and thinkers, takes a nuanced and historically literate approach to the West and to European autonomy and geopolitics.

    The first section of the compilation starts with the concept of “Westlessness”, which was the theme of the Munich Security Conference in 2020. The subsequent chapters (i) explore the question of what Europe - in particular - can do to play a more active role in international relations as well as (ii) European behaviour towards arms trade in the Indo-Pacific. The compliation is rounded-up by contributions on strategic security policy, and a suitable strategic compass, as well as current trends and recent achievements in the field of climate and energy.

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