The Global Implications of the US National Defense Strategy
8:00am - 9:00am EST
2:00pm - 3:00pm CET
3:00pm - 4:00pm EET
About this event
Set against a backdrop of heightened geopolitical competition and ongoing global instability, President Donald Trump’s National Defense Strategy (NDS), released last week, underlines the new direction US defense and security policy will take in the coming year.
In this online event, GMF’s experts will go beyond the text to consider how the NDS translates into real-world policy and practice. The discussion will examine how the document frames great-power rivalry, deterrence, and the role of alliances in US security planning. Particular attention will be paid to the implications for allies and partners, especially in the transatlantic context.
Event Speakers
Kristine Berzina
Senior Fellow, US Defense and Transatlantic SecurityKristine Berzina is the Washington, DC-based senior fellow, US defense and transatlantic security. She is responsible for leading programming on US, Nordic, Baltic, and Arctic security and defense issues, an...
Sophie Arts
Fellow, Security and Defense, Arctic, North America, and Northern EuropeSophie Arts is a Washington, DC-based fellow with GMF’s Transatlantic Security team. She leads the team’s research on Nordic and Arctic security and geopolitics, covering North American homeland defense against conventional and...
Carrie A. Lee
Senior Fellow, Strategic Democracy InitiativesCarrie A. Lee is a senior fellow with GMF's Strategic Democracy Initiatives. She works on the relationship among democracy, the military, and foreign policy and strategy, and is an expert on civil-military relations. She was p...
Kate Stotesbery
Managing Director, Government RelationsKate Stotesbery is the managing director for Government Relations at GMF, where she works closely with both policymakers and experts in Washington and across Europe to advance transatlantic cooperation through policy engagement...