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January 16, 2026 • 3:00 – 4:00 pm EST
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Live Episode: Europe in the Wake of the 2025 NSS
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Max Bergmann sits down with Abraham Newman and Kristine Berzina for a rapid-reaction conversation about the newly released U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS), its implications for the European security landscape, and the key clash at the forefront of transatlantic tech relations. The live video episode was recorded on Monday, December 9, 2025.
Abraham Newman is the director of the BMW Center for German and European Studies and John Powers Chair in International Business Diplomacy at Georgetown University. Kristine Berzina is a senior fellow for U.S. Defense and Transatlantic Security at the German Marshall Fund in Washington DC.
Watch the live event on demand here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFS5L81uzfA
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