Debating Europe
Not only did Trump win, he won much bigger than anyone expected, including his own supporters. There is widespread concern among European liberals and progressives that Trump 2.0 will be Trump unleashed. Among Europe’s right who now dominate governments in several parts of the continent, his election is seen as a vindication and a boost to their ambitions. Trump’s early cabinet appointments suggest that this will be a government of loyalists with little experience of government, and many are interpreting this to mean we will see even more radical policies than during Trump 1.0.
The Europa im Diskurs debate brings together Europeans and Americans from the right, left and centre to debate who a Trump administration will impact Europe. The issues of Ukraine, the US commitment to NATO will be of immediate concern but the threatened tariffs of 10%-20% on European goods could have a dramatic long-term effect on Europe’s economic prospects. Our experts will help you navigate your way through the ever more complex reality of a new order with Trump at the helm of the world’s most powerful country.
With
Nathalie Tocci – Director of the Instituto Affari Internazionali, Rome & Europe’s Futures Fellow at IWM Vienna
Hannelore Veit – journalist and communications consultant
Moderation Misha Glenny – Rector, IWM Vienna
Nathalie Tocci ist Direktorin des Istituto Affari Internazionali, Honorarprofessorin an der Universität Tübingen, Gastprofessorin an der Harvard Kennedy School und außerordentliche Professorin des European University Institute. Sie war Sonderberaterin des Hohen Vertreters der Europäischen Union für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik und Vizepräsidenten der Kommission, Josep Borrell. Als Beraterin von Borrells Vorgängerin Federica Mogherini verfasste sie die Globale Strategie für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik der EU und wirkte an ihrer Implementierung mit. 2022/2023 war sie Europe’s Futures Fellow des Instituts für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen und der ERSTE Stiftung.
Hannelore Veit is a journalist and communications consultant. She served as the Vienna correspondent for Voice of America and as a correspondent for the Austrian public broadcaster ORF in Tokyo. From 1993, she hosted the ORF’s evening news program, Zeit im Bild. From 2013 to 2021, she was the ORF’s bureau chief in Washington, D.C., and has since been working as an independent media trainer and consultant in Vienna and the United States. Veit has authored several books, most recently Wer hat Angst vor Donald Trump? Risiken, Chancen, Einblicke, Aussichten (2024).
Misha Glenny is Rector of the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) and a former BBC Central Europe correspondent and author. He has contributed to the Financial Times, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The Guardian and newspapers, magazines, and academic journals around the world. He is a graduate of the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. and the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles and has taught as a visiting professor at the London School of Economics, Columbia University and University College London.
The event is held in English language.
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Debating Europe – Europa im Diskurs
This series of public morning debates brings leading politicians, scientists and intellectuals on to the stage of Vienna’s Burgtheater to discuss topical issues of political and social relevance. This long-standing event is a collaborative production of Burgtheater, ERSTE Foundation, Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) and Austrian daily DER STANDARD.
