A Situation Briefing teleconference on the recent terrorist attacks in Brussels, and Europe's collective response to this ongoing security crisis.

In the wake of the harrowing terrorist attacks in Brussels last week, carried out by the so-called Islamic State, anxieties have intensified about the ability of the European Union to prevent mass killings. The attacks have highlighted the bloc's fragmented security apparatus and the inability of member-states to effectively share intelligence information. Analysts have cited the EU's open-border system, which allows European citizens to freely move between member-states, as a major element of this security dilemma.

Have terrorist attacks become an unavoidable part of life in an open European society? Can the EU's security apparatus prevent future mass killings from happening?

Featuring:

Dr. Jeffrey Anderson, Graf Goltz Professor, Director of BMW Center for German and European Studies, Faculty Chair, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

Dr. Jeffrey Anderson is the Graf Goltz Professor & Director of the BMW Center for German and European Studies in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and Professor of Government at Georgetown University. His areas of expertise include Germany, transatlantic relations, the European Union, European integration, and European foreign security policy. Read more.

Dr. Ian O. Lesser, Senior Director, Foreign and Security Policy; Executive Director, Transatlantic Center Brussels, German Marshall Fund

Dr. Ian O. Lesser is senior director for foreign and security policy at GMF, managing activity in these areas across the organization. He also serves as executive director for the Transatlantic Center, GMF’s Brussels Office, and leads GMF’s work on the Mediterranean, Turkey and the wider Atlantic. Read more.

Moderator:

Ms. Sophia Besch, Clara Marina O'Donnell Fellow, Centre for European Reform

Ms. Sophia Besch is the Clara Marina O'Donnell fellow at the Centre for European Reform, where she works on foreign policy issues, with a focus on defence and security. Read more.