Join the Pacific Council for a timely webinar: Navigating the Atlantic: Europe-U.S. Relations in Trump’s First 100 Days. The global order is rapidly shifting. As the second Trump Administration redefines U.S. foreign policy, European leaders are reassessing long-standing alliances and navigating an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape.

Learn about these developments and more from our featured speaker, Dr. David Andrews. Dr. Andrews is a Professor of International Relations at Scripps College where he is also the Gabrielle Marie-Louise Jungels-Winkler Chair in Contemporary European Studies.

Why it's important:

• President Trump's return to office has renewed conversations and concerns around NATO funding commitments, with pressure on European allies to meet the 2% GDP defense spending target, potentially reshaping the alliance's priorities and operations. 
• Geopolitical shifts driven by the Trump Administration may push EU members to strengthen intra-European cooperation on defense, foreign aid to Ukraine, energy security, and technology. 
• The evolving transatlantic relationships highlight questions about shared democratic values and governance, prompting a deeper examination of how long-time democratic allies can cooperate despite differing approaches to global engagement.

Please feel free to send in questions in advance to events@pacificcouncil.org.

The webinar date will be announced soon.

Guest Speaker

David Andrews is Professor of International Relations at Scripps College where he is also the Gabrielle Marie-Louise Jungels-Winkler Chair in Contemporary European Studies and founding director of the European Union Center of California.  

Dr. Andrews’ scholarly research has addressed Atlantic political, security, and economic relations; the European Union and European integration; and international relations, diplomacy, and statecraft. His books include The Atlantic Alliance Under Stress: US-European Relations After Iraq (Cambridge University Press), Orderly Change: International Monetary Relations Since Bretton Woods (Cornell University Press), and International Monetary Power (also with Cornell). He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California, the London School of Economics, and the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, where he was Senior Research Fellow in Transatlantic Affairs. In 2009 he was named a Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Interdisciplinary Studies by the European Commission.

Dr. Andrews holds a B.A. in American Studies from the University of California, an M.A. in International Relations from Brigham Young University, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The webinar date will be announced soon.