The German Elections and the Future of Europe
The German national elections on February 23rd are taking place in the context of the Ukraine War, tensions between the Trump administration and European governments, and a growing political crisis in several European countries. In Germany itself, they may have far-reaching consequences for the political order that has lasted since the West German Federal Republic was created after the Second World War.
To discuss the election results and their implications, join a conversation featuring Molly O’Neal, non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute and former U.S. Foreign Service Officer, Wolfgang Streeck, Emeritus Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne & Thomas Fasbender, German journalist. Anatol Lieven, director of the Eurasia program at the Quincy Institute, will moderate.
The conversation will take place on Thursday, February 27th from 12:00 – 1:00 PM Eastern Time.
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Molly O'Neal
Dr. Molly O’Neal is a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute and former U.S. Foreign Service Officer whose career, from 1989 onward, was devoted to U.S. relations with Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia. After leaving the Foreign Service in 2006, she earned her PhD at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in 2012, specializing in international political economy, comparative politics, American foreign policy, and European and Eurasian studies.
Wolfgang Streeck
Professor Wolfgang Streeck is Director Emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne. He is a member of the British Academy, of the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, and of the Academia Europaea. He is the author of several leading books on international political economy, including Critical Encounters. Capitalism, Democracy, Ideas (Verso Books, London 2020). His most recent book, "Taking Back Control? States and State Systems after Globalism", was published this past November. He writes frequently for the New Left Review, the London Review of Books and other publications.
Thomas Fasbender
Dr. Thomas Fasbender is a German journalist who worked in Moscow from 1992 to 2015. He holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Hamburg, Since 2023 he has been head of geopolitics at the Berliner Zeitung, a German daily newspaper. He is author of several books, including a biography of Vladimir Putin (2022). His latest book Der Eurasienkomplex: Warum und wie dem Westen die Zukunft entgleitet ("The Eurasia Complex. Why and how the future slipped away from the West") was published this month.
Anatol Lieven
Dr. Anatol Lieven directs the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He was formerly a professor at Georgetown University in Qatar and in the War Studies Department of King’s College London. From 1985 to 1998, Lieven worked as a journalist in South Asia, the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and covered the wars in Afghanistan, Chechnya and the southern Caucasus. His latest book is "Climate Change and the Nation State" (2021).